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Thanks Pilgrim. The daily tough times do really test a person's resolve. The thoughts of Puffin Pain and cardiac arrest are a little stronger for now! Still doesn't make the cravings any less powerful. KTQ .

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Thanks so much Cat. I am "slowly" staying busy changing an old flower bed to include a new Magnolia tree.

NOPE!! For Tonight Mount Olympus- Washington, Olympic Range .

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Thanks for your input, Paul. When I wake, I take a big deep breath and start the day with a hug for my wife and a smile. Getting through the morning coffee is a little I guess cumbersome but taking the dog out and deep breathing is my fix. Seems to work for the mornings. KTQ Stew.

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Good Morning, NOPE!!

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Wonderful accomplishment and I would bet great memories. I was an avid hiker on multiple sections of the pacific crest trail. And other fairly grueling hikes for multiple day and week adventures.

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Nope!! For tonight. Mt Adams, Washington- Cascade Range ,just south of St. Helens

Thanks girls I appreciate the comments more than you know. Time for a walk.

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Thanks all. Knowing my lifesavers are out there really helps. Just listing comments adds confidence and the ability to redirect a crave. I remember these nasty ones and the "battle within" that has to be dealt with. TIME. I will KMQ today.

Good Morning NOPE!! There'll be no puffin today.

SD. Thank you. I woke up to a beautiful morning with a clean attitude. Trying to decide what I can do that won't affect my physical recovery and keep me occupied for this mental recovery. I think I'll take my dog swimming. KTQ

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Came home from the hospital last night and was attacked by some cravings. It's so screwed up! To this point my quit has been fairly easy going. I understand I am just through Heck week, but right after all of these life changing events and to even think of smoking HUH? The cravings kept coming back. WTF. I am safe and through it for now but just Dam. I clearly saw myself smoking and know what the pain would be like in my chest, and that JUST THE ONE could JUST KILL ME. That is romancing this addiction, even when death is at your door!!! I believe the ride home in my wife's car, even though it doesn't smell and we didn't smoke in our house or vehicles, just being confined there must have been a scent that set it off? My wife still smokes but not at home or anywhere around. She covers the smell well. She doesn't leave to smoke but the knowledge is surely dangerous. The same as the last quit she will at some point become complacent that I am quit and relax her rules. She has started reading Allen Carr's Easy Way. I can only hope she keeps moving in the direction she is going and gets serious. The good. These deeper breaths are an addiction in themselves, and my sense of smell is definitely coming back for the good and the (crap that stinks) bad. Or should I say that crap sure stinks. KTQ.

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Another "NEEDED READ".