Reciprocity

5 hours ago, bakon said:

says I Posted 98 percent and won't let me mess with anyone. Can one of the window lickers in charge erase my shit so I can post more shit?

Can't help you ............ they don't trust me with the key to this place

What? Are you chicks like vampires? Come out in force after dark

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Yeah ... got a little outta control for a bit there

My body would shut down on a healthy diet yet

And then there's figure skating. So delicate and so sophisticated

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^^^ Yup, that's the way I did it. Dove in head first, unplanned; I was just a dumb-f*ck know nothing, wide eyed and gob-smacked - LOL.

It doesn't matter as long as you edumakate yourself once quit and make an unwavering personal commitment not to ever take another puff - ever no matter what comes your way. It's just head down & push forward

1 hour ago, Jetblack said:

Octain - I do not really believe in "triggers" for smoking if someone smoked a lot. If someone smoked all the time, then is there such a thing as a non-trigger? All that aside -

 

The overall desire mostly declines. The reason for my three month crave hitting bad was perhaps either timing or the fact that i was rummaging a bunch of old magazine ads (found a bunch of old mags at thrift) and of course cigarette ads were every other page back then. There was one brand I thought was particularly neat looking but I never actually smoked them.

 

But yeah come Spring when you are in the garage with your bike, you will likely think of smoking but hopefully will not hit that three month thing. If you do, fight it like hell. I almost, almost caved during that time.

Things have smoothed out a little for you now tho right JB? Your situation sounds very unusual to me I must say. Who knows why we all go through different issues at different times during our quits but the main thing we all must do is fight like hell .... I mean, fight as if our life depends on it just to get through those times of challenge no matter when they come. I can't imagine you will be challenged to that level again though Jet.

1 hour ago, Octain said:

Thanks. 

The carbs need redone on that one. Been sitting too long.

These bikes don’t care much for ethanol fuel.

 

Yes, ethanol is becoming a huge factor as they keep trying to increase the percentage in refined fuel

3 hours ago, Martian5 said:

Walk a mile for a camel???

Yeah, that was the slogan but what they didn't tell you was that eventually, you won't be able to walk 5 steps for anything

50 minutes ago, Octain said:

LOVE THIS

Oops ... double post

Good bike for the highway with lots of grunt down low for a 4 banger. A little top heavy for tight twisty stuff tho.

Have about 40,000 miles on it and yes, it's been babied in terms of maintenance

What's that Suzuki  in the foreground of your pic? It's an oldie but goodie. You could actually do a lot of your own work on the bikes with carbs. This Fi stuff - I have no clue when a fix is needed.

2004 Kawi Z1000

Yes - full face all the way   No smoking with one of those on - lol.

How do you know Lee is a guy? Might be a female Lee? That would be funny if you were chasing your own kind from chicks and sticks game

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Yes!! That is exactly the attitude you need. You can do it. Nicotine is gone from your body now if you quit cold turkey and now it's all about retraining your brain to function normally without smoking. That part is tough because it takes time. There's no shortcuts so you just take things a day at a time. It is tough at first but gets easier and easier as you continue along. As you say, you DON'T want to go back to the start - ever!! You've invested a lot of time and work so build on that and you will make it

Welcome to this special place Lee. There is a lot of information about this addiction here for you to read. Education about this addiction is key to quitting and staying quit. As already mentioned, go to the NOPE page and pledge your NOPE daily. It will help keep you focused on not smoking for that day. You will have challenges as we all have had but knowledge and desire will see you through. You also have complete support here from others going through the exact same thing.

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Absolutely! The more the merrier Nice pic!

Hey, is that SNOW I see?

Nice one "D"

Hey Octain, here's my baby. And yes, hoping spring is coming sooner than later?

You'll be OK because you know there's a trigger coming and you've learned how to handle them now. It;s the ones that come at you by surprise that are the most dangerous. Just stay on your guard

Tin

Oh My! Look who's sporting double digits now!! Big congrats on reaching 10 Months Pumpkin

Better go have a look for that suitcase as you'll need to start packing for the Lido Deck soon!

In keeping with the Winter Olympics, I'm scoring you a perfect 10!!

Glad to see you Latoya