Lust4Life

@d2e8b8 true. Good to see you here too!

@jillarThis news breaks my heart- learning what you’ve gone through. Thankfully you are home and getting stronger. Please don’t feel embarrassed about the 02! There is no shame in using equipment that helps you live more fully and comfortable.

@johnny5 haha- yes, I think I was listening to Iggy’s L4L when I created my screen name.

@jillar Happy #5!!!! Congratulations!! Five years of smobriety!!!! Yippy yahoo! I’m sorry I missed the celebration!

Still smoke free & kickin’ butts!!! I finally got all user names/ passwords reset and got back in! That and life is settling back down a bit. Since it’s been forever- allow me to reintroduce myself. I’m a proud member of the 2016 Buttkickers! I love living life smoke free! Best thing ever! I huge part of my success is from this forum and one other form now defunct. Newbies- read every nugget of info here. Post post post! Thanks for leaving the light on- glad to be back! L4L

G’evening JH63- Hefty thread- welcome! Nice ppl here to support your quit from tobacco.

What!?!? And today I decide to pop in and say Hello! Whoa. Divine intervention? Circumstance? That's a debate for another thread. What a wonderful day to celebrate this locomotive LIFESAVER! @jillar I think I missed your 5 year this month? @johnny5 you saved me - the SOS that will never be forgotten @BKP you slapped me into reality before my sticky quit @Christian99 good narratives @beazel games kept my hands busy @Rozuki your presence @Lin-quitting yours too @Bassman - duh @Doreensfree thank you! @notsmokinjo thank you! keeping it real @c9jane29 hey! @sgt.barney why not- @MLMR our life is our recovery! @Hope2Nope H2N - comforting @Cbdave G'day!! Your posts greeted me so many mornings and helped me make it a G'day without smokes! and so many other friends that fought to keep me on track with or without knowing - please don't be offended if I did not tag you - I'm old. I'm old and I'm having wine. I can't tag Mike Piano - no words from me are worthy compared to his.

9. Add Windex or similar to clean windows

Newbies and lurkers - rest assured I did not smoke a pack of cigarettes. Way back in 2016 one of fearless leaders @jillar shared a great tool - the air cig. Put your fingers up to your mouth. Take a drag of air. I termed it pack of JACs. Jillar's Air Cigarettes. Hard to do in public these days. My security blanket was a straw, cut down to the size of a cig. That did not work for me tonight. After all these years, I dove into a pack of JACs. I'm sad to admit that this evening - all the stress of life in the USA, life in my own existance, came to a head in my own head. I've been in a state of unease for quite awhile. When I reflect back on my near panic attack this evening - I realized I did not crave a cigarette. I craved breath. The shameful Pavlovian response for decompression breathing resurfaced. I found myself with smoker's fingers married to pursed lips. I inhaled quiet air. Clean. Deep into my lungs. Deeper into my body. Exhale anxiety. Exhale stressors. Exhale my own breath- without purchased toxins. My fellow quitters have great success stories. Faded triggers, broken routines have secured their path to a lovely life as an ex-smoker without looking back. The tender path to reformation is longer for some. Do not let it thwart your efforts. The suck it up buttercup mentality is great for some. I chanted that mantra for months. Maybe years. It worked until it didn't. I did not smoke. I did not want to smoke. I was startled by my stress response. After all these years - I still require a physical motion to decompress. Do you? If no- OK If so- OK. Okay? Okay.

Ginger is tired.

I’ve always wondered about Dolly on the Island of Misfit Toys. braid

Finish

Trunk is full

Scale

5. Host a party & sell it.

Yep to NOPE!

and @Sazerac? Need updates! @beazel too. @notsmokinjo worries me... All y’all regulars need to clear it w management before taking hiatus! Just sayin’. I’m often MIA but my presence, historically, is inconsistent.

Good for you for being honest. Glad the pack is flushed. Don’t buy another. Take the advice from doreensfree. Pledge and mean it!

Nicely done BKP!! Congratulations on 5 years of smobriety!!

6. Put some in moving boxes to fill in space without adding much weight.

Woo-hoo!! Congratulations my friend on 6 wonderful smoke free years!! You are an inspiration to all and your support has saved many quits - mine included!! L4L

6. Use it as a drum

4. Wash dishes

Yep to NOPE!!

Great reminder, boo! When I encounter people huffing, puffing, coughing and such - I’m thankful to not be in that battle anymore. And now... w COVID and masks. The thought of re-inhaling stale smokers breath makes me gag. Glad to be free!!