DenaliBlues

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Hi, Loren. Congratulations on four months of being smoke free. That's an impressive achievement, and inspiring to hear about! I'm a little past the 3-month mark, and I've had a little bit of kooky congestion on and off since I quit. Not problematic, just annoying, and intermittent. I've been attributing it to the fact that I was a smoker for 40 years and my body is still going through a transition. But I'm glad you asked the question, Loren, because I, too, would be curious to hear what folks with longer quits experienced. Meanwhile, I'm glad you found the Train. Have a seat, and welcome!

Hope you feel better quickly, @reciprocity. With such a handsome cat for company you’re bound to be on the mend soon!

Way to go, @Kris! Big congrats on 11 months of hard-won freedom. Disco Turtle and I are doin' a little dance in honor of your life-affirming work to ditch the smokes!

Prancing unicorns pestered indignant llamas. Llama

Orville Redenbacher's popcorn

Proud Mary rolls

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6. Sunglasses

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So happy for you, @Kdad! 10 days is a major milestone. Give that man a round of applause!

4. Brush gunk out of computer keyboards. +1 to Jo's dad's tip - I used to pollinate my own dad's greenhouse tomato and cucumber plants that way.

1. Approximately 10,000 napkins - - - - - - A Recent Spousal Scene from our Subaru "Honey, can you grab my phone charger? It's in the center console. Under the napkins." <rummaging noises> "Good grief! How many napkins do we have in here?" "Why would you ever throw away a perfectly good napkin? You never know when we might need one in an emergency!" "Uh, we have enough napkins in here to last us a lifetime. Plus it's a pandemic, and we hardly ever actually GO anywhere that would necessitate napkins." "But what if there's National Napkin Shortage?! We should be prepared!" "Okay, when the apocalypse comes we'll wave our napkins at it. Good plan. In the meantime, we're going to have to start a Napkin Storage Annex in the back seat if we don't weed out these dang things pretty soon." "Well you were pretty dang glad the last time you spilled your coffee. Those napkins came in handy, didn't they!?" "True that. You were my beloved napkin ninja. But I still think you need a 12-step program for Napkin People." "I admitted I was powerless and my napkins have become unmanageable!" "Oh look... I found your charger."

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Way to go, @Kdad! How do you feel?

+1 to what Yoda said. As a comparative newcomer in this mix, I just want to say that the support you veterans are giving me isn’t merely theoretical. It’s real. And it helps. Never doubt it. I hang out in this forum because I know that my nicotine addiction is waiting for me in the tall grass. I’m under no delusions about being able to be complacent. I’ve quit before – sometimes for quite a while. I always lit up again eventually. But I didn’t have you people then. Now I do. And you’re helping me build a much stronger quit. So save me a spot on the Lido deck. I promise to pay it forward.

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@Rozuki, I am really sorry to hear you've come down with the virus. I know numerous people who have gotten it lately. Cases are on a major upswing in my area. Take good care, hope you feel better soon.

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