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Sunshine, 120 pushups in a single set or do you break it up. It's very impressive either way. Finally looked up farmer's walk on youtube and decided to try it hoping it will help with my running. Does anyone know if its safe to do with achilles pain or is it better to hold off until the pain reduces?

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Didn't get the reference to my son. Yes, I have a son but he was never a smoker. Are you thinking of someone else perhaps?

Thanks, all. Don't really think of smoking these days. I will reiterate that without the support of folks, it wouldn't have happened. Total strangers stepping up to help others with their quit. And still doing it ....

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Sometimes people relapse. You've done well to get right back on again but you know you will need to be extra careful now to keep your quit. The brain is funny and will want to give in more easily having relapsed once. I tried to build a system to not smoke by going into temptation on my own terms i.e. I would choose to go and stand with smoke buddies but it was a moment when I was prepared and knew ahead of time what I was going to do. This helped me prepare for the unexpected triggers because I had built up an internal mechanism and routine to resist. Not that it wasn't hard ... it just was something I could leverage.

So glad that you posted here ... Hope your quit is intact and you can use this experience to get stronger gong forward. You got this, Juan. As for girlfriend, I"m sure you'll do better as a more confident non-smoker. Until then ... there's always selfie.

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Sometimes dreams can be a symbolic representation of a concept (like dreaming of being naked). Would you have any other habit or something in your life that 'could' be represented by the smoking dream? I'm not a dream expert so don't really know but there may be people who could help interpret the dream.

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Great question. Maybe I should pay more attention to her spending ....

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Totally agree. We have to get up and try again and it might be the one. My own path is a string of failures with just the 1 success at the end. And also, Jill, you're awesome.

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As a new quitter, I wanted to tell everyone that could quit too, that they didn't need to be tied to the habit. If I could do it, they certainly could. Now, I'll only talk to someone if they ask me for input. Over the last couple of years, I've talked to a few people who asked me and my success rate is 0. Only 1 person has quit a few times going a few months last time but think he's smoking again now.

I learned that I could be proud of the aches and pains in my body from running because ... they're only possible due to no longer being out of breath or wheezing/dying while trying to run.

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@Ankush, sorry to hear. But also glad that you're back at it. A lot of folks require more than 1 attempt. Do use the SOS in future - folks will jump in to support you. You really need to get past the minute or 2 of intense craving and that's where the support helps you. Don't let cigs be the boss of you.

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