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Congrats. Jackie! Wow, 5 months already. Way to get this done and next month, you'll be half way to Lido Deck. How exciting is that? Go ahead and treat yourself to a small glass of wine today in celebration of this milestone :)

Congratulations Dee. All that hard work you put in this year and now you're half way to the Lido Deck. Great Job!! Be sure to treat yourself to something really special today :)

Raising a glass to celebrate Colleen's 4 year anniversary. That's the way to do it Colleen!

NOPE!

I'm on it - cleaning the Inter-Web as we speak :lol:

At first, in the early part of your quit, you find it hard to believe all these things the people who have quit before you keep telling you, You think; "oh, it must have been different for them" - "I have this stressful situation in my life that they don't have so it's different for me". NO - it's that same for all of us. We all dealt with life while we struggled through the early part of our quits.It's the level of commitment you make that will be the difference. We each have to find our own way but listen to what the people who have gone before you say. They know. They've been through it. Their situations may have been different than yours but, they did have life situations that they too had to deal with while they were quitting. The process of quitting progresses at a little different rate for all of us so it's not possible for anyone to tell you that; :Oh, on day 5 you will feel (insert feeling)". It just doesn't work that way but, the one guarantee all of us will give you is that if you commit to NOPE each and every day and continue that for a period of 1 year, you will be a confirmed quitter and most of that year will have been just maintaining a vigilant attitude toward not smoking. Most of that first year you will just have fleeting thoughts about smoking but it will still be there lurking in the background waiting for you to have a weak moment. That's where the vigilance comes in. Just don't do anything stupid and you'll be fine. That's why the 1 year "Lido Deck Celebration" is such a big deal. It marks a huge milestone in your quit. It's like a quitter's convocation - here's your Quitters Degree. Now, go forth into the world and enjoy your permanent smoke free life! So as you go through the early part of your quit, remember all these things. It's all true. Quitting and the early withdrawal period may not be pleasant but it won't kill you. Just commit to NOPE each and every day and you can achieve freedom from this deadly addiction too - YES YOU!!

WOW - The side-burns and shirt are like - WHAT - REALLY?

Do you know who the real life Sgt. Pepper was? http://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/canadian-sgt-pepper-1.4141074

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^^^ Wow - you're a real nopin' machine! Good on you :)

Good job figuring out what will work FOR YOU. Nobody else matters in this instance. Personally, I am of the school of thought that using a "cigarette substitute" only delays part of the reprogramming of your brain to learn to live without cigarettes and the motions of smoking cigarettes however, having said that, you need to figure out what works FOR YOU. A couple of suggestions: Plastic Straw cut to about the length of a cig. stuff it with a little cotton or something so there's some drag resistance. Use that as a replacement cig. and smoke at will. Some people just smoke a pretend cigarette as an imaginary object. Putting your index and middle fingers to your mouth then breathing in and exhaling. Same idea as above but even less work. The same principal applies to the 2 above suggestions and that is - beep breathing. What you are really doing is a repetition of controlled, deep breathing. Inhale - hold & exhale then, repeat. You can do that without using any pretend cig. That's what I found helped me over some of my more anxious moments in my early Quit. R.

I see you got the "how to make the video show" thing worked out :)

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^^ I will Private Message you on how I do it using my PC. Methods seem to vary depending on what device you're using to post with. You get your PM's in that little envelope icon top right near your notifications icon.

Angie, today is your quit date. Are you with us? Didn't see your NOPE pledge. Making that pledge every day is a great way to renew that commitment to yourself and others each and every day. Come join us and let's get this done :)

Georgen you can start near the top of this page where all the "pinned" Posts are (look for the Green icon). "10 effective ways to use this forum ......" is a good starting point. Happy reading :)

Hope you're having a great day!

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Good news is, he won't be with you that long before he'll be like:

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Cover of one you posted up Grace.

Geez Grace - you got a lotta tunes up there. Good job :)

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LOL - back in my day we didn't have all this rock 'n roll clatter to deal with. Geez, kids these days!