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Saturday February 22 Self Serve Bonfire

Welcome to the BONFIRE on this beautiful Saturday Evening! It’s a self-serve bonfire so carefully throw your unsmoked nasties into the bonfire and head over to check out the many different diversions available on NOPE Island! We encourage you to toss any worries or problems you are experiencing tonight into the fire as well! 🔥 Everyone is welcome at the Bonfire! Whether you have 2, 20, 200, 20,000 or 200,000 stinkeroos, we want your unsmokeds to make this fire blaze high. We especially welcome...

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Thought for today

Frosty Funny
So true - not currently but it was on this past Monday

Repost:  Human Brains

This one is an oldie but goodie from the old Alberta Forum in the old Quit Net.  Shawn was who I looked up to early in my quit.
Quitting is doable.
KTQ
D6919

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Human Brains
From armourguy on 1/21/2006 1:22:55 PM

Here we all are. Feeling like $hit, but with
the same common goal, which is not to smoke anymore
It is an attainable goal, but will take a huge
amount of determination, dedication and hard
work. It has been, and will continue to be painful as we move forward. 
Our brain tells us that we will feel better,
and things will be normal if we start smoking
again.

We call bull$hit on the brain.
We will not feel better.
We will be broke.
We will smell.
We will be losers by societies standards.
Will will get sick, maybe not right away, but
some day in the future.

So we choose every morning not to smoke. We
choose not to "feel good" again. We have been told that we will feel better for not smoking and are waiting for it to feel good, but that is not today. Maybe tomorrow.
It is going to take a lot of hard work today
to get through. Humans don't like work. We
are lazy by nature.

Now we have to work hard at feeling bad. That
gives the brain more ammunition to tell us how
to "feel good", just go ahead and smoke.

We will not feel better.
We will be broke.
We will smell.
We will be losers by societies standards.
Will will get sick, maybe not right away, but
some day in the future.

We call bull$hit on the brain.

We need to keep the determination to be free
from the weed and what it did to our brain.

We need to embrace the pain.
We will not smoke today and will feel bad for
that choice.
It is a good thing not to be yourself.
For now.....

Think about how you will benefit tomorrow from
your choice today, to feel bad.
Not about how you were, but how you will be.
Work towards being who you want to be, not who you were.
Go forward not back.
Feel good about feeling bad.

Tomorrow may be the day we feel good again.

Shawn
D82 ...now at D587

Repost: Human Brains

This one is an oldie but goodie from the old Alberta Forum in the old Quit Net. Shawn was who I looked up to early in my quit.
Quitting is doable.
KTQ
D6919

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Human Brains
From armourguy on 1/21/2006 1:22:55 PM

Here we all are. Feeling like $hit, but with
the same common goal, which is not to smoke anymore
It is an attainable goal, but will take a... Show more

Good morning all
Happy Saturday to you!!!

Great day yesterday as it was treats for the staff day so I had a nanaimo bar - yum!!!!! No smoking in my world today or any day thank you much. Saying NO to smoking and keeping to my path along the Freedom Road. I offer my hand in friendship and support to the next winner joining me today kicking that ash to the curb.
Have a great day
Cara
D6919

3Y 11M
Life Saved
$102,747
Money Saved
186,813
Unsmoked

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Good morning. 3:39am here in middle Tennessee. It's cold. 19° cold. However will warm to 44° today under partly sunny skies. We have no wind and no rain expected. Zero chance of rain and 90% humidity. With all that being said it's a NOPE day. No smoking here today.

Yesterday was crazy. Ended up having to do 4 more showings of my house. By 4pm I was done. I received a offer on my home on Thursday night. Yesterday I accepted the offer on my house and bought a new home. Talk about stress... Show more

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I'm throwing my 131,800 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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WaynenMary I appreciate y'all hosting Friday night bonfire Only by Gods grace I'm throwing my 258,000 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Good evening WaynenMary, TGIF! Thanks for starting the Friday night Bonfire! I'm dumping 119,425 unsmokeds. Have another awesome smoke free evening everyone!

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I'm throwing my 53,320 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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I'm throwing my 2,919 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Friday February 21 Self Serve Bonfire

Welcome to the BONFIRE on this beautiful Friday Evening! It’s a self-serve bonfire so carefully throw your unsmoked nasties into the bonfire and head over to check out the many different diversions available on NOPE Island! We encourage you to toss any worries or problems you are experiencing tonight into the fire as well! 🔥 Everyone is welcome at the Bonfire! Whether you have 2, 20, 200, 20,000 or 200,000 stinkeroos, we want your unsmokeds to make this fire blaze high. We especially welcome...

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Thought for today

Frosty funny - even though we are in a chinook here lol

Repost:  No Man's /Woman's Land.

Love this one.
KTQ
Cara
D6918

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No Man's/Woman's Land ... ACK Blech.. !
From ClearColors on 11/23/2011 10:14:02 AM

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Peace to all who read this.

I seldom start a post, unless it is to honor someone's anniversary. But I feel compelled to share something that I seem to be sharing a lot of lately... and that is my thoughts on 'No Man's Land'. No Man's Land is a dangerous and scary place... and it is a lonely time during a quit.

I call No Man's Land that period of time between about 1 month and 3 or 4 months into your quit, or about the time from the end of your first month until you become an Elder. This is a time when many people slip and go into a full relapse and have to start over... if they can start over, that is. I have some observations that may help some of you who are literally hanging on by your fingernails... or who may find yourself there tomorrow.

The first month is an exhausting but exhilirating experience... you are locked in nearly daily struggles and you get the satisfaction of successfully beating your addiction that day. You go to bed a WINNER each night (as Troutnut would say), and you are justifiably proud of yourself. Your friends and family are also supportive as they see you struggling each day to maintain your quit. And you are being constantly supported here, whether or not you post... just being here is good for your quit. And so, the battles are won and it actually becomes easier and the battles occur less often as you finish 30 days or so.

Around 60 days, you're starting to have some really good days, with very few craves and some nice insights about yourself... but then again, you still have some bad days. Those bad days can really be depressing... you begin to wonder if you're ever gonna be able to relax. Your junkie is whispering to you, telling you that 'just one' won't hurt. You've conquered your daily triggers, but now you start trippiing over the occasional ones... a death in the family, unexpectedly bad news, money problems, health problems, going on a long car ride, a trip to the bar, or whatever. You have a strong crave and you begin to doubt your ability to keep your quit.

In addition, the 3D support that you used to get is pretty much gone... non-smokers figure you should be 'over it' by now, smokers don't like to hang around you much because they feel guilty and addicted (remember that feeling?), and people who have quit may not remember just how much love and support you need well into the first few months. They all think you should be 'over it', you think you should be 'over it'... and the temptation is to have 'just one' to see if you ARE over it.

But of course you're not over it, are you? That 'just one' whisper becomes much much louder and becomes 'just one more'... and each time you give in to that whisper, the craves come harder and sooner. The one way to guarantee that your craves will never go away is to light up, to slide that old cigarette needle into your arm and shoot up. Those craves will be back and keep coming back. But if you protect your quit, your craves will eventually weaken and become even fewer and farther between.

As you get to around 100 days or so (some will be a bit longer)... you will begin to really get a healthy perspective on your addiction. You will see the huge role that smoking played in your life, you will see clearly what that addiction really cost you. And you will understand that it was a very high price to pay... the loss of your confidence, your emotions, your self-control... your SELF. All enslaved to your addiction.

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Good morning all
Happy Friday and a huge TGIF!
It was a short week but it did not feel like it. I am up and going off to my problem child centre. Children are fine it is the adults. Cannot wait to retire. No matter, I will not be smoking today or any day. Saying NO to smoking keeping to my path along the Freedom Road. Hand offered to the next winner joining me kicking ash to the curb today.
Have a great day
Cara
D6918

3Y 11M
Life Saved
$102,732
Money Saved
186,786
Unsmoked

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Good morning! It's 5am in middle Tennessee. Have been up forever. My brain is in overdrive. Just had a conversation with my daughter....she is in eastern time zone so it's an hour later there....

Well here goes the reason for the sleepless night. Yesterday was crazy stupid. We had snow in the morning, as a result my first showing of the house was cancelled. Had 3 video showings of the properties I am interested in down by my kiddo. Then the requests to view my property started coming in. I... Show more

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Good evening WaynenMary, thanks for starting the Bonfire! I'm tossing in 119,400 unsmokeds tonight. Have another awesome smoke free evening everyone!

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I'm throwing my 2,912 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!I'm throwing my 2,912 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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