Still winning

If anyone does do this... Dalmation or Brown Jasper are excellent Crystals for quitting smoking. Amethyst is healing/calming, Citrine is brilliant at redirecting bad energy back to source and lightening the load. Vanilla is a scent that lifts mood. Lavender is really good as a relaxant.

hola senorita, uno vino collapso porfavor :) Place sounds fab. Smoking sounds dire. I feel for you honey, that being surrounded feeling is not abulous. Try pubs with an outdoor area? Sangria is lush but strong! Be good and if you can't be good, be careful :) xx

Hi Gabby, sorry I'm late to respond. x I want to be mad, but I can't hun, I know you are so confused with this smoke/don't smoke yo yo you're on. This is do able though Gabbyy. All you need to do is not put something in your mouth and light it and the battle is won in small steps where you've said no and chosen to do something else. Not to be horrid but because I needed to be this firm with myself. Here is my top dramatic "I don't think I can ever quit" tip. Education is crucial, it's time to understand what smoking is doing to you. Not the "yeah, could get lung cancer". Actually go to whyquit.com, read a story and imagine for some awful minutes it was you. Who would stand and look at you with accusing eyes, that you actually CHOSE to do this to yourself through being weak. Who else would sit and cry, wondering how long you had. How would you feel. Then go on youtube and listen to a COPD smokers cough. Watch people remove actual oxygen tanks to smoke, then re connect them. I literally had to get this brutal with myself as I was living in some serious denial about whether I could or couldn't carry on doing this to myself. Congrats on what must now be 6 days and all the above is said because I really want to see you have some faith in yourself. You can absolutely do this!! x

nope. Those days are done.

Extensive knowledge of electric toothbrushs/sharks and putting them together in an avatar.

OMG they SPANKED them, utterly brilliant to watch! Such an exciting game. Such a surprise as well, you'd gotta be real unhappy if you were spanish last night. Action, so right, there were another 3/4 goals that could have been too. I was cringing for spain at times! Bandit - It's not rugby is it hahahaha. It's ok though, it's still safe to watch ;) However, probably right about the streets, think I will stay in and watch tonight rather then attempt a wade through of vomit fest lol.

Phone still broken - 2 weeks now Hose Broken - hottest day of the year, no paddling pool. Garage door spring broken - car stuck inside. All school runs on foot means 1 1/2 hrs walking, fine for me, my little one won't cope well at all. Argument with mum last night Argument with Chris last night, no idea where he slept, not here Kids due to spend the weekend with their Dad. F u c k ! How's ya luck. I actually feel sick with all the stress now. What a shit old week.

1/2 hour of the 1 1/2 hours of walking I have to do today is done. Thanks friday 13th for trapping my carin a broken garage so everything is on foot today!

bad day. still nope.

22 mins of yoga. x

AMAZEBALLS!! Sharon you are all kinds of awesome and I hope something wonderful has been planned by/for you. Thank you for all do, but mostly I just want to say congratulations and enjoy your day. xx

I see you post and dissapear for a while, pleased you're enjoying your smoke free life after 11 months! Always enjoy your humour when you return tho. Massive congrats on 11 months Baffled. x

Awww love this. Big up Ross!! Massive congrats on your 8 months and on generally being amazing support! Pleased to share my quit with you and vice versa hun. x

Massive congrats on your 8 months quit. xx

nope (that fore sounds pretty big news!!)

Real Name Martine. Crazy amount of nicknames Marti obviously quite sensible and due to a lady called Marti Cane who my dad fancied off the telly! Mum wanted something "posher" (lol, fail) so she extended it to Martine cause it was french? "Champagne" by my god forsaken grandmother who said and I quote "bleetin silly ta name a kid after a bleedin drink". In non cockney, she felt Martine was very close to a favoured 70s drink called Martini and struggled to accept it as a valid name :blink: . Teeny, by he who shall not be named of an ex as I'm pretty short Thunder thighs and chunky butt by Mum, award pending for parent of the year! In fairness I am fairly challenged in childhood photos but she fed me lol. Big Louie - which refers to my middle name being louise and quite possibly what my mum actually wanted to call me? Mo Mo by little sisters, big age gap meant they struggled to say Martine, thus attempts were ma ma ma, which they changed to mo or mo mo. It's stuck, I am still periodically referred to as Mo mo by sisters and cousins. Mum obviously by my two beauties, Mummy if they're trying to score chocolate. Occasionally I am simply referred to as a *huff* when the 8 year old tweenager thinks something is a tad unjust! I can't wait for the future huffs :unsure: Current fella uses beautiful, this scores him cooked meals, lunches packed and washing tidied. He is a clever chap for a mechanic!! Have heard it said the ex husband has named me the witch, I chuckled, probably quite apt ;) I hate when people call me Mart, it sounds too harsh. I now prefer Marti but for most of my life I did use Martine, it causes confusion among friends who introduce me differently.

Aww thank you all!! But I'm not entirely sure why my ticker has peaked a day early? Tomorrow I will delightedly celebrate my 3 months and be in the profuse thanking you all camp. Then it will matter to say this. Your strength helped me to find mine, I love the support of this board and how it works so simply. All of you helped me, and continue to support me no matter what stage you are at. It's a bit fabulous!! :) xx

great work. Distraction is always the key, and we are ALWAYS pleased we didn't act on the thought to smoke. x

Pleased your jumping back on. Good to hear the stern talking to self - you need that attitude to not give yourself any leeway to cheat. Get a plan for those craves. Use the SOS board too, it helps if you need it then do it. x

mouth/tongue. Altho laughing at some answers, good sarcastic work lol.

You got any celebratory plans?? So excited for you, it must feel immense!! xx

Massive congrats on your 11 months pippa and I love reading what you post too. x

RWW brilliant work on your 4 month quit, massive congrats. x

While you're all going nuts, I've done 21 minutes of yoga lol. Building up 1 minute a day back to the half hour and then add in the next wave when I feel comfortable. Loving the stomach burn today from working my core two days in a row :)

I just wanted to say, read what you wrote above again now, it might help you remember how much you want this freedom and give you some ammo to fight the thoughts you seem to have at the moment. x