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For E we shall head of to the Apple Isle.... yep its Tassie... their road map is rude and but they do have.... EGGS AND BACON BAY

-2 ... well it is kinda you and I'm not having palpitations when I look at it anymore so it will grow on me. -1 ... sneaky Jo-E you know I blame G-ski for all the changes... it was his that got the ball rolling.

00 .... oh Fluffy you too with the new id.... everyones changing, why? why? why?

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I got a fizchick coming in from our lovely bunny... she wants that B so she can say.... Bong Bong, in NSW Aust. which gives me free reign to have the C and we will head to the South Australian rural town of C0ck Wash

OK.... so @Sslip this is my weekly fight song.... more commonly used for my footy I know one Aussie fast bowler who had this in his warm up mix tape for his walkman while over in the UK....

Confession: (so for those of you who haven't realised this will be the final proof you need that I am certifiable) .... the fact Sslip is 5 weeks behind my quit date and gave up the NRT gum so early in his quit made me more determined to get off it because, well he was beating me... and now you know why I am called a looney bird.

1 ... morning Fluffy

In my case @reciprocity I just used the NRT gum. I didn't use any other aids. I actual sort of fell into this quit. I had a tight week money wise and had enough money for a pack of smokes that wouldn't last until my next pay no matter how tightly I 'budgeted' them OR i could by some NRT and ride out the 3 or so days until payday, then get more smokes... bu the chemist had the bulk NRT on special for 50% off so instead of getting more smokes I got more NRT and well taking it a day at a time I decided to see how far I could take it. In my case I can honestly say I wouldn't still be here without the gum. I needed the gum emotionally and psychologically and with all the drama that was my first 2 months quit that NRT dragged my arse over the line. From hindsight using the NRT did prolong the hold of the nicob1tch over me but it gave me the buffer to break the 'habbit' part of the quit, which for me was just as big and issue as the physical addiction. When I decided to take my Quit seriously (around week three) I gave myself 3 months on the NRT (within limits) and then I would break that habbit. Around the 2 month mark I decided the NRT would be OK to use for 6 months because even though I was only using 6 or less pieces a day I was afraid to give it up because I really did want to keep my quit. I did a big post outlining my plan to ween off (not here, over there) and I felt OK. I had a plan and secretly I knew putting the plan out into the universe I also had a challenge... that might of beeen my plan but I was going to beat it. Life doesn't go to plans, as I said above I realised one day I had stopped using it altogether. Being part of a quit community was the main thing to keep me on track but the NRT got my arse over the live each day in the early days.

welcome Silver. I gave up a 6+ year quit over a decade ago. Took me a long time to seriously quit again. I can honestly say this quit is a completely different kettle of fish than the previous successful one. I am finding this quit easier at 6 months than the other one was at 6 years. So... from my early days of being quit and on a forum, I would often feel weird sharing things because of the previous lost quit. Don't feel that way. Noone here judges, noone is going to sit behind their keyboard and think oh what would Silver know blah blah blah.... because its not true and I regret not commenting on things in the early days that could have helped others when I had the chance. Its a unique feeling, being early in a quit but having knowledge of being further down the track. Everything you have to add is valid. So lots of great advice already, read up on all the facts, knowledge is power. Keep hydrated and also keep your blood sugar up. Love yourself, before you give yourself a hard time about something think about how you would respond to someone else in that position and treat yourself that way. Daily NOPE is a well worth it. Jo PS @Sazerac I'll post my giving up a long quit story, I think its time.

-1 ...nuh-aah..... its nigh nighs for me... just yawned 3 times in a minute... best try and catch the wave before I miss the set completely and have to wait another 8 hours

Icecream Sandwich

SWITCHEROO ..... SWITCHEROO..... (thanks Sslippy) Funny / Silly Place Names.... Zagazig - Egypt

Salsa Chicken

It is officially Let It Go day... so let it go:

Welcome to the weekend NOPErs. Today is Let It Go day.... which was a great life model until Disney came along and kinda destroyed it for everyone over he age of 8...So Let It Go day is about letting the negative stuff go... and focusing on the positives and moving forward. Living in the past isn't going to change it or make the now any better only putting one foot in front of the other and continuing your journey will do that... here's an apt quote: ”I don’t really have any regrets because if I choose not to do something there is usually a very good reason. Once I’ve made the decision I don’t view it as a missed opportunity, just a different path. ~ Andrew Lincoln So those nagging regrets and grudges that tug at your soul weeks, months or even years after the people, jobs or situations which once made them important ceased to be part of your life? That is exactly what Let It Go Day is all about; a day to take the brave step to cast away all those hang-ups from a previous chapter in your life. ... well maybe not all of them... but pick one, just one and let it go.. That's a big fat NOPE for me... cos I'm letting the nicodemon's hold on me go! . Topic of the Day: Silly Place Names.

I thought you'd go for Wagga Wagga.... or as the locals call it Wagga (pronounced wog-are) ... or there is Woy Woy, Wangaratta, Warnambool .... (Oh, locals call Wollongong .. The Gong) Seriously... that's the V that makes me smile... surely your fizchick needs some corrections to the reception... Xenopus

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@Kelly someone mentioned you had asked in the Chatroom about tips for getting off the NRT gum. I used NRT gum (chewies) to help me quit. So... the way I see it you can.. Option 1. Stop cold turkey... ultimately this would be the best way, detox is quick and over and done with in a shorter time... but if you are anything like me that option wouldn't work.. I know myself well enough to know that would never have worked for me... so the detox craziness is hard and fast but over much quicker, just more intense... but you are free quicker. Option 2.. You ween off which is what I did. How you go about this would depend on what strength you are still on... I was on 2mg and what worked for me was: I set myself a daily limit of NRT gums... and a minimum amount of time between each gum. Now this next bit worked for me because I have a bit of a competitive issue... but my goal was to push the limit... if I was allowed to have 6 gums a day and they had to be 3 hours apart then i would try to only have 4 and get as long as I could between each one.. i turned it into a competition between me and the addiction... so I said it was ok to have 6 a day but most days I was having 4 or even 3. The other thing I did was allow myself to have as many non-NRT gums as I wanted in the time between.. so I was still chewing.. just not NRT. After a few weeks of this I set a new limit of 4 a day.... with the same rules, try and beat it... see how long I could go without.... and I just went on like that. Always allowing myself as many non-NRT gums as I thought I needed/wanted... then one day I went to get a chewy out of my bag and realised I hadn't had an NRT for about 5 days so that was it... no more NRT gum.... I still carried a sheet of them around for about 2 months but now it is all gone from my house (passed on to a friend who smokes and is thinking of quitting) and I have even kicked the normal gum habbit... but I chewed that for a good couple of months after I quit the NRT. Pro of this is the detox is less intense, but it is prolonged... over a period of weeks or months... which makes other quit stages seem to drag... and it gives the nicob1tch a nice little foothold in your brain. I know a few others had to break the NRT gum habbit, maybe they will see this and come and share their tips.

00 I'll have two stop calling you to frick and frack and call you the Dead Sport Starts

I am having a weekend full of watching Footy... or in all probability listening to footy (aussie rules) on the radio and watching soccer on my laptop... I am at the bottom of the tv totum pole in our house as I am the only sport junky... might try and catch some cricket on the radio too. Making cauliflower and bacon soup one day and fried rice with pork pies the other. That's it... its off season for softball so nothing really happening. If I'm upt to it I might go to my little cousin's gig but doubtful.

shoot out