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Posts posted by DenaliBlues
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Awesome job completing three weeks, @JustinHoot99. You have a GREAT quit going!
I, too, find mornings to be very strange since I quit. I have tried to snap into a new wakeup routine (movement, cold caffeine, mixing things up) because productive mornings are important for my work. But my body and brain are NOT cooperating yet. I’m still lurching around trying to figure out how to wake up without smoking. It’s the strangest sensation, like I’m deep underwater.
I had an aha moment a couple weeks back when @Gus said “Brain fog is real.” Wow, so true. And @jillar and @Doreensfree, I'm taking note of your comments today that things take time and can’t be scheduled. Rats! But it helps to hear that firsthand voice of experience from you and others. Sometimes feels like I'm going too slowly or doing something "wrong." But I guess I need to accept that it's just part of recovery to resemble spaghetti for a while. Okay then.... spaghetti it is... pesto anyone!?
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5. Cheer up a bowl of fro-yo
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Ugh, so sorry to hear about your tech troubles, @Sunshine. It's great that you are reconnected now. Missed you!
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Welcome back, @Kdad. Glad to hear from you again. We saved you a seat on the Train. You can do this!
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Congratulations on hitting the nine-month milestone, @Kris. A major achievement! Thanks for being part of my quit crew, and for sticking with me even when I get a little strange...
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Exhausting run uphill.
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Me, too, @JustinHoot99. I'm still dodging triggers, reminders, desires. They do seem to be getting weaker, as you say. Or perhaps we are getting stronger. It's especially hard for me when I'm outdoors. I never smoked inside or in my car. I stepped out on the back porch, or lit up after a drive, or paused on a hike to enjoy the scenery with a smoke. Being outside has been intertwined with smoking ever since I lit my first cigarette in the woods behind my house when I was 8. Smoking while "watching nature TV" has been my happy place my whole life. I guess it's going to take a while to reprogram 47 years of associations and get happy without the grip of nicotine. I need to spend the day out in the yard today starting spring cleanup. I. Will. Not. Smoke. But I might pout a little bit.
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2. Put them on my Cream of Rice
(yup, every time)
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Being reckless in new galoshes.
SLOSH
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Eventually need this earwax removed.
waxer
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Yabbering aimlessly while not smoking.
BALLS
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emergency broadcast network
(beep)
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IBC Root Beer
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Congratulations, @Gus on your big anniversary. So happy for you, and thankful for you, too. Happy freedom!
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Tandoori eel, delicious.
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tabbouleh
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Game *The Food Game*
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opera cake