notsmokinjo

I get what you mean, and FW de Klerk gets forgotten in the Nelson hype and he was instrumental in a lot that went down for the positive. Imagine going against everything you were bought up to believe and against everything your people held true to effect change... that's courageous, making the unpopular decision for the right reasons.

Hey @christine 12 I noticed in another thread you are also trying to give up coffee. Can I just say, as both a coffee/caffine and a nicotine junky I can't do both. If you have only just started the coffee detox as well could you pop it on the back burner for a few weeks until the nicotine withdrawal is at a better place, because both have pretty full on physical detox, and both have a huge psychological impact. A few months ago I had to go coffee free for 14 hours for a medical test and i went mental... total and complete break down... rocking on the floor like a numpty.... and i knew i could have a coffee in the morning after the blood test... it was insane. Everyone here had to rally to keep me on my quit. I know I couldn't do both at the same time. Is it just coffee you are giving up or caffine, if its just coffee are you drinking tea? because that could be a good reward when you are looking for one.

Well i'll be the resident nut but only if I can be a macca nut cos they the Aussie nuts and they are gold class dontcha reckon?

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^^^ brilliant choice and a true hero. ok this is a double header... Keith Murdock & Ellis Ashmead-Bartlett Between the two of them (one aussie journalist and one pom) they bought about the sacking of Sir Ian Hamilton who was using ANZACs, Canadians, Irish (the mass slaughter of Irish was a big contributing factor and possibly the final straw in the leave up to the Easter Rising) and to a lesser extent the poms at Gallipoli as nothing more than target practice dummies for the Turkish & German machine guns and bayonets...so in a time of war, when these things weren't done they both railed against the machine, protested the mass senslless and pointless slaughter and were instrumental in bringing about an end to the campaign.

You are doing so well... feeling like a failure is just the stupid nicob1tch/nicodemon trying to trick you. 2 days is great, day three is just hard. That's how it is sweetie... day three is sent to test every nerve ending and fiber but you can get passed day 3, just keep posting... random thoughts .... try and do something to keep your mind occupied (why do you think the games threads are so popular here)... seriously nicotine is an addiction, it wants you to feed it and its been with you a long time, it knows your weaknesses... it makes you feel like a failure WHEN YOU ARE NOT, YOU ARE THE OPPOSITE, YOU ARE SUCCEEDING, so it sends messages that you are because its programmed your brain that when you feel like that your feed it and have a smoke... having a smoke wont make you feel any better. So it (the nicotine addiction) is playing on your need for rewards (cos we all need those).... so every hour you don't smoke have a little reward.. hard lollies/sweets/candies are good because you can suck them and they will keep your blood sugar up... which will also help with anxiety and craves

Well she is great, anyone who attributes their big break to a timtam ad is surely a legend, yes?

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Martin Luther King.... it had to be said.

Well if Junior Wee wants to be the boss, and Snr Wee wants to by the Syn... can I be the cate?

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OK... so I used me fizchick abilities and can tell you that the next word is ..... Forgetful

Ironman

I'm happy to be the Cate, always fancied being a Cate. Do you think it suits me?

1 ... G is on the money... had to go pick someone up and drive them home.

00 .. have to do taxi duty... bbs

Grandma S ... the woman had 10 kids of her own and took in 8 more and I was a teen before I knew we weren't all blood..... bloody legend who loved you just the way you were and tended to have the softest spot for the roughest diamonds.

Happy Sunday fellow Nopers. Hope your weekend is shaping up nicely. Today there are a few countries celebrating Cancer Survivors Day... because just like successful Old Phartes are the beacons of hope for the Newbies, Cancer survivors are the beacons of hope for those coming behind them. So because I'm never going to stop fighting... I say: NOPE ... cos nothing is better than NOPE. Topic of the day: to be advised in the northy tomorrow.

I tend to agree with Jillar that it sounds like anxiety, however in my case my smoking was hiding the fact I had a thyroid issue as the nicotine was treating the anxiety associated with my thyroid condition. I used NRT gum in the early days of my quit which still helped hide the symptoms but once I stopped that it went into over drive. It is worth going to your doctor and asking for some blood tests and check your thyroid levels. Before the diagnosis though the way I was dealing with the anxiety, which can be physically crippling was a breathing technique.... I would take a breath, usually drawing on an imaginary smoke (my pen, a straw) and hold for a 3 count then slowly breath out over the next 3 count. Beath in over 3, hold 3 , out over 3.... I would do this for about 2 minutes and just concentrate on the breathing while I did it. Thanks for posting about this. It is so scary when it happens and you are so not the only one. It gets better further into the quit... its partly the nicotine receptors trying to get you to feed the addiction in most cases. But if you think its more do go to your doctor.

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-6 .. Boo was killing copperheads near his rubbish bin, the are snakes but obviously not in your area. ... So would you kill a snake with a shovel or your gun... trying to re-affirm my stereo type that all americans are gun wielding. (cos we aren't)