Still winning

Well, no, you don't smoke. Awesome holski. x

Oh hell fire comrade! You knew as well didn't you..... So pleased you are out of the woods and recovering. x

4 hours walking round a farm 25 minutes of yoga with a 4 year old sharing the mat... not for the win (although a brilliant "bow" position, better then mine!)

Retained fluid is uncomfortable enough as it is so hopefully they can get that gone and find what the actual problem is. Pleased it's not a stroke and that's ruled out, weight off the mind I'm sure. ((sharon)), keeping you in my thoughts my friend, being strong is the toughest job. xx

Buddy, a brand new milestone!! Good times, atta boy!! Big up Stu, 7 months is all kinds of fabulous, as are you. Thanks for all you do,both for me and the board. Hope you have time to raise a quick toast today. xx

nope - used the money to visit the farm with kids instead, good fun :)

So is it early morning there now and you need to get all the way to night time?

Money. I hate that it's my first thought but it is. Financially solvent for the first time in years! Kept my word to my 8 year old who I promised to quit.. eventually. Showing my children an example of an entire non smoking family while they are young is literally priceless to me!! (stats are scary on this) Self belief/ self value Can laugh without that scary cough We and house smells better More energy, tons of it!! Showed others it could be done, who subsequently quit :) Better blood flow is beneficial in sooo many ways ;) New friends, who accepted me as I am. Need less sleep to feel refreshed Can enjoy events like swimming/theme parks etc without feeling my nico levels dropping and getting unhappy! Quit forced me to own and subsequently manage my emotions, rather than keep surpressing them Having spare time forced me to exercise or bloat lol, turns out I love exercise - who knew?! Last but not least, I have stopped adding to any smoking damage. What's done is done but now I may get a few more years to watch those I love grow. x

hey sweetie, gosh that sounds like a bit of a worry. No wonder you don't like sleeping very much. Sounds like this mask could be the making of you. x

I had one because of a repeat cough from quitting. I'm not sure if you could go private here but they wouldn't do an x ray without a reason here. Also as sarge said, what about radiation exposure? I think we all panic about the damage we have done too, all we can do is try and make our lifestyles healthier now. xx

Hey Gio, Welcome in :) xx

Sharon, sending my energy to you and yours again. Love to you sweetheart. xx

Massive congrats on the big moment of 1 month Tom!! Excellent job!! Are the kids pleased? Great job on the quit. xx

1 month of freedom!! Great job Vic. Love having you on the board and how you have faced down this quit. Massive congrats on month 1 of many!! xx

35 minute brisk walk 45 minute Combat cardio ( with the fittie - it's been a bad day and I totally deserved the ogle) 10 mins arms curls, low weights high reps.

I still like a vino and refused to give that up too. Agree with Nancy, release one vice at a time lol. I even went pubbing day 4 and still held my quit...mostly by screaming inside but they put me on Marti watch and someone distracted me while the others went to smoke lol, I eventually ran away to bed haha. I'm always surprised when people say how interlinked the two are for them, they weren't for me... although I think maybe going pull pelt made me face the trigger and know I could surpass it right from the start.. who knows.

Mine are all there already. Apart from Care bears :)

Aw man, really, that's sad, no SOS and I would have been there for you. However.... You know what, you fell off, so what?! We're human and in this case we're addicts too, people screw stuff up all the time. Get back on!! Then it's a shame but not a catastrophy, this, "dissapear" talk, that's bad news! Understand, WE ARE ADDICTS!! The way to be a non smoker is to accept it will utterly suck some days but you just don't smoke. You smoked for years, not a week or two - it's gonna take some time to undo those thoughts and you simply hold on because to fail is to get to the point, today, in a year, in 10 years, with a diagnosis of cancer or similar and realize you were Part way here already and gave it away!! Do not walk away Susana, you know too much. The piece you're missing is sometimes a quit just sucks and you march through it anyway and with every step walked through and every trigger faced - they get less powerful and easier to ignore. End of story! Only way is through it. We will hold your hand though. You know where I am. xx

Massive congrats Aine, half a year is a superb and huge milestone!! Hope all is well for you all and comrade is recovering well. xx

Nope for me, enjoying the fitness for me and money for the family too much.

Lovely meal?? Wasn't expecting that at the end lol. Ah well. better than lost finale :)

Hi, It's tough when all around you smoke to start, I remember it well. Some tips is tell them all you've quit and ask them to look after you, not allgo out together etc. To be honest you might find it a bit too much, or not, everyone is different. Another tip, if you crave, really watch them smoke. You'll see a catch and acough and then remember that's the real smoking, also it's instinctive, not wonderfully relaxing as they never suddenly look blissful mid cig - if they stop coughing that is :) Just see it for what it is my lovely and it may actually reinforce your quit. x

Congrats on 7 my lovely :) Brilliant. xx

Wow, super quick recovery of a trigger, brilliant work :) xx

I'm pleased to see you post, it's when we let these little thoughts take hold and grow they become too big to manage. Exactly right to say this feels hard. Remember certain countries used sleep loss as a form of torture! Sleep matters so I'm pleased you'll start getting some if your weather calms enough now. Rest up Susana and just bat those thoughts straight back out where you can. xx