intoxicated yoda

1. fish

7 tire gauge

3 owners manual

+7

6. remote

2. ashtra...er...flower arrangement. hahaha

+3

Andy

Lew

frozen lime margarita

@jillar ya know, if there wasn't a reason for the bloat i might be a little worried about it, but I can track the sluggish digestion all the way back to the quit so I feel like a little more time and attention and with the great support I get from you and the others here I'm sure it will go back to whatever normal is. I did have a weird smoke dream the other night. I don't remember all the nuances of it but I pulled out a cigarette and lit it and as soon as I took that first drag off of it, it was just a long ash all the way to the filter and I didn't get any smoke. So I went to get another one out of the pack but it was empty. Then I woke up wondering where the hell I was at what had just happened. It was very lucid.

@Kris thank you for the kind words.

6. diamond studded grill

Good evening to all my junkies...ol' Yoda got a new bedtime story for ya and this one might actually have something of a little substance. Spending all my time crying and whining about crawling thru tubes of crap to escape my smoking prison was a real drag especially when I ran across a post from Ace and found out he flew out of his prison, I'm assuming it was first class because that is what my hope would be. But here is the juice of tonights sphincter tightening episode...I found that there is a definite and profound link to my gut health and level of cravings. Shall I explain? Oh please do Yoda cuz you da shizzle...ok, here we go. On a scale of 1 to 10 my craving levels usually are at about a 16 and constant like an abscessed tooth. The only thing that really would calm them down was taking a long walk but it couldn't be just a slow walk, it had a be a walk like I intended to get somewhere. A walk with purpose. That caused a really bad pain in my hip due to some nerve damage so I think the pain of my hip took my mind off my cravings. Now it would be great if I could just walk it off but I've got a bit more rehab to do before that becomes a viable option. Anyhow, I needed to deal with this never ending bloat I'm experiencing so I decided that I would cut out the coffee and replace it with koumboucha tea and see if that would help and possibly take some pressure off of the nerve in my back. Well, surprise surprise...the bloating was a lot less severe today, In fact, I didn't even start to get the daily bloat until about 4 pm. It usually starts when the toothpaste hits my tongue first thing in the morning. And the cravings, I would say were about at a 4 when I got up and stayed around a 2 or a 3 most of the day. Just enough to let me know I was still being stalked which I'm okay with. Even the pain in my hip seemed less severe during my walk. Now this evening as I ate dinner and the bloat returned the craving is back up to around a 12 but I can live with a few hours of discomfort per day especially since I feel like I'm on the right track. So I'm working on getting a regime together for healing my gut and will keep the results updated here as things progress. If anyone has experienced anything similar please let me know. Love you all and will send the good vibes to all my fellow quitters out there. Peace

4. Creature from Jekyll Island

I see your ticker is about to hit the 1 week mark. you can do this. all my major successes were achieved from the top of a mountain of failures. keep climbing

2. Gulag Archipelago

1. Alice in Chains

randy as roosters

+1

-1

shaman chants heal

use sparingly Ethel

@LindaIt's no problem. Seeing some of my fellow quitters connecting on a thread I started makes me feel like I did something worthwhile. I hope you guys also enjoy my bedtime stories although there really ain't much to enjoy about them...so stay tuned, another one's coming right about now...LOL