DenaliBlues

Twerk all day

… I thought I needed a new hobby. So I tried…

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Welcome back, @darcy. Congrats on your first 24 hours. So great that you’re back on track. Totally agree with @jillar that your sense of what’s possible hasn’t gotten a fair shot yet. THIS can be the quit where you give yourself that chance. My Addict Mind pulled all kinds of fatalistic crap on me for the first 3-4 months… about my being destined to fail, destined to be unhappy, not having the capacity to ever feel well, having smoked for so long that quitting no longer matters, etc. It threw the kitchen sink at me, trying to rationalize why it was ok to revert to smoking again. It was nonsense, of course. “Through a mirror darkly.” I recognize that now. You’ll get there too. Your life has circled around this addiction for a long time, but you CAN break free. You made a great start on that today. Well done.

Hang in there @Brioski. Quitting is emotionally and physically discombobulating. But like you said, protecting your quit means you have stepped OFF that merry go round of regret, and that’s huge!! Keep advocating for the medical help you need. We’re here for you.

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….put down the Cheese Whiz before someone gets hurt. Regardless of the weather…

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Jay bird squawks

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Our beloved boys Herry (short for Herrington, the grey and white guy)… and Ollie (our little hot mess tabby).

Fie, fo, fum

…has convinced me that it’s way better to go commando. Except I worry that…

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Such a great story, thanks for the bump. Needed this reminder today: “….The only thing I got from it was emptiness…”

Promise.

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Sorry for your tough times. I’m having my own version these days. But we CAN do this. Not one thing is made better by smoking… but hundreds of good things are made possible by quitting. Not gonna make things worse by ditching my quit. But damn, this ride is bumpy sometimes!

Happy Easter, all.