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I'm glad you have decided on freedom from this crippling and deadly addiction C12 What Jim said is the truth. Quitting smoking is a choice we make and once we do we NEED to be FULLY committed to our decision. You know already how ugly things can get in the early days of your quit. That's why being fully committed and taking smoking off the table no matter what is so important. So is sticking close to the community here daily, at least for the first while and reading/watching everything you can while you're here. You will learn valuable things from the experiences of others who were at the same stage you are right now. Please don't expect the worst of your withdrawals to end suddenly on day #3 because you are not using any NRT products. Yes, nicotine will be out of your body sometime around day 3 but, you will not have had time to train your brain to live comfortably without smokes by day 3. This is the bit that takes the longest time to adjust to. Weeks, yes, even months of gradual adjustment of your thinking about smoking. How long did you smoke for? Probably years I would guess. During those days, you brain was making connections between smoking and all sorts of other life activities - stress, joy, sadness, boredom. The list is almost endless. It took years for you to develop those associations when you smoked so .... guess what? It will take a while to readjust your thinking to what it would be if you had never smoked in the first place. Stick with us here and let us help you along. It's free and will probably be the best decision you ever make for yourself. Education is the key to quitting , along with unwavering self commitment and a bunch of other quitters like us to lend some support

Nope! Kept telling Pork Chop; "turn off the cam"!! He wouldn't do it though ?

Huge congrats Jo on reaching 7 months! Wot can I say but you are a Star! Ticking all the boxes here on the quit train. I just know you'll make it to that prized Lido Deck and when you do .... The daily theme will be .......................

Me Too!

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NOPE! International Mud Day You Say?

Doing great Z!! Learning to deal with stress after quitting is a challenge for a while just because we program out brains to believe smoking help relieve stress when it's actually the opposite. Smoking adds stress as we are in a constant race to feed aour addiction and YOU said it right . Cigs gave you an excuse to avoid stressful situations - not deal with them Welcome to the 1 month Club! Celebrate the occasion!

Keep us informed on your progress please Your positive attitude will carry you a long way! Keep up your determination and stay close to this place for support or just so we can get to know you better. Remember, we are all in the same boat here and understand completely what other quitters are going through

Celebrate your 1/2 way mark to that Lido Deck Farmgirl! It's a huge accomplishment. I'm routing for Ya

^^^ OK then. Is the last number of your address an even or odd number? If it's odd then you can probably never get a good night's sleep ?

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Going to go see my Pork Chop

ha,ha ....Dairy Queen is an ice cream place ( some locations serves burgers and wot not too. (OMG! I'm spelling words like Jo now!) Shake is a milk shake and a Blizzard is a really thick milk shake - really more semi-frozen ice cream. They flavour those in many ways and add all shorts of stuff in. In Bat's case - Butterfinger is a chocolate bar so it's probably got bits of that in it and maybe even a whole one stuck in the top of it?

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^^^ YES, chocolate shake please!

^^^ Maybe he's planning on breaking up with his little Piggy? You never know with Pork Chop

OMG ............. PIZZA is like .........................

Gander Newfoundland, Canada Yesterday (June 26th) ? Sun Block would apparently be optional? And YES! This is the actual community where the "Come From Away" play actually happened

She wants Portugal to win because if they do, Pork Chop will go to Aussiland and spank her good!! (Don't worry. Once you've been here longer, you'll actually understand what I just said and why ?)

Great post W and all true. Attitude is a huge factor and it's pretty easy to let yourself slide into a negative place. Make a conscious effort to think about the benefits you are now enjoying and yes, there's plenty of those right from day 1

Hey Rory! Good to see you around again. Your story is not all that unusual. Thanks for putting it into words. This helps others understand what we quitters go through. Quitting involves a long period or readjustment. Perhaps longer for some than others but, the fact of the matter is that for all those who take the journey and stick with it for the duration, we do eventually get there. To the freedom point where we have turned the tables on benefits vs struggle. Be proud that you have put in this much work to get to where you are now and continue the work because you will get to where you want to be!

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