Reciprocity

Yes - I know you had a real tragic situation last week. Have been thinking about you and wondering how you were doing with it all. As Doreen said, lots of people here eager to support you when you need it. Hope to see you around DeeGal :)

You're lucky I gotta work most days or you'd be din real trouble :P -12

Not with that countdown about to begin :)

Yes - there's no easy way to earn your stripes in this quitting business, which makes each success that much sweeter :)

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Yeah - was thinking the same thing. Where are all the newbies? Back to me being the baby quitter I guess :(

Good for you :) I hope you & your husband really enjoy yourselves. A chance for you both to enjoy a big benefit of no longer smoking!! These are the things that keep us motivated during our quit. Looking forward to those benefits we can now enjoy as non smokers. It's not just about the health aspect.

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Hey - you chicks are cheating AGAIN! No wonder we're struggling :( -6

NOPE to smoking AND frolicking.

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At first, I read your "bop" as poop - lol

Wow - you never know who's gonna drop in around here eh? Howdy Tracey. I don't believe we've met :)

EXACTLY HOW i FELT FOR THE LAST DAY, GETTING POUNDED!!!! The old Ali rope-a-dope LOL. Or I suppose in my case; the old rope-a-NOPE?

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Sun is setting chicks. Time to crawl into bed and leave us sticks alone to win a game?

So, after posting up about being almost a couple of months into my quit and feeling better and better about not smoking and how not smoking was becoming easier and the attraction to smoking was becoming less, I got blind-sided by a situation that came up out of nowhere causing a huge amount of sudden stress. Well, let me tell you, while I've been dealing with the situation that came up, the urge to smoke has been surprisingly incredible this past day. I didn't give in and I'm not going to give in to the false promise that having a smoke will help me in any way. I only post this to warn others who might be relatively early in their quit to just be prepared in case something unusual crops up. It's amazing how our addicted mind immediately thinks - "gotta have a smoke to calm yourself down so you can deal with this issue". All the while I'm reminding myself that smoking won't solve my issue, won't change anything but boy oh boy, that voice in my head is really persuasive and very persistent. This too will pass but it really took me by surprise. I thought I was doing better that this and that I was further along the road to really healing.

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NOPE for Thursday!

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Good to see you pledging your nope Beata. It's a good reminder each day for what we want to achieve :)

^^^ Cat videos are always a winner - guaranteed to make you smile!!

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