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Saturday Smile

Teach

7 hours 7 hrs

6,821 Days Quit

Repost:  Is it Me or the Addiction??

Excellent repost!
Have a wonderful smoke free day!
Quitting is doable.
KTQ
Cara
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REPOST:
Is It Me Or The Addiction ??
From BilliB on 1/26/2009 3:48:27 PM

......... I see so many posts about how 'The Voice of Addiction' is turning lives upside down. It once held me in the vice of it's power. It was the fight of my life to KICK BUTT, and there were times when I wondered if I would ever make my way to being nicotine free.

Not one of us ever came to the Q for the fun of it. Not one of us ever came here because we wanted to continue smoking. WE KNEW !! We knew we had to quit, whatever our reason. Ask yourself right now ~~ why did you come to the Q ??

Was it to get help in quitting smoking ? I suspect the answer is yes. Why then, after you start your quit, do you think that you would start wondering if you were ready to quit ? That the excuses would start happening and we would start finding all kinds of reasons to smoke ?

THAT IS THE ADDICTION SPEAKING...........

let's do an honest reality check here: in your rational mind, do you know that nicotine does not empower your life in ANY way? You also know that you are addicted to a deadly substance. A substance that is creating hell in your life. It doesn't matter what your personal hell looks like. Nicotine kills. It literally takes your breath away. There is no way that the drug nicotine helps your in your mind, body or soul. It is a KILLER !! But you already know that.

Have you ever heard how hard that Crack or Heroin is to quit ? I have heard that Nicotine is even harder to quit. Who is talking in your life about your quit ? You have seen, read or heard about people going into rehab all the time to "kick the addiction". Those people have reached the end of their sanity to the addiction. We are no different here at the Q ~~~ only we do not have a place to go as an inpatient. We have the Q!!! The addiction to nicotine is as serious as that of alcoholism, speed, cocaine, pot, or heroin. It just comes packaged a little more socially accepted. In 2009 tho, it isn't even socially accepted anymore. You know you feel looked down on for smoking. I have also felt that. I remember feeling like I was just not even worth the effort to quit.

When you came here, you were in some way at least thinking about quitting smoking. Maybe you didn't realize how strong an addiction this substance is........ I sure didn't ! It was just a bad habit !! RIGHT !!! Learning to live with your addiction is probably one of the most difficult things you will ever do. I promise you tho, it will be counted among your greatest of victories.

Repost: Is it Me or the Addiction??

Excellent repost!
Have a wonderful smoke free day!
Quitting is doable.
KTQ
Cara
D6821
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REPOST:
Is It Me Or The Addiction ??
From BilliB on 1/26/2009 3:48:27 PM

......... I see so many posts about how 'The Voice of Addiction' is turning lives upside down. It once held me in the vice of it's power. It was the fight of my life to KICK BUTT, and there were times when... Show more

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Teach

7 hours 7 hrs

6,821 Days Quit

Good morning all
Happy Saturday to you!!!!!! Belated Happy Birthday Tman!

Up and going for the day today. Grocery shopping this morning and I have a couple of jobs to do around the house today. What will not be happening is smoking. Saying NO to smoking and moving forward along the Freedom Road. I offer my hand to the next winner joining me kicking ash to the curb today.,
Have a super Saturday
Cara
D6821

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Friday Smile

Teach

yesterdayyesterday

6,821 Days Quit

Repost: Smoking's NOT a Crutch

I used smoking as a crutch - these words are true - smoking helps nothing. Smoking wants to kill you.
Smoking is nothing to me today!
KTQ
Cara
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Smoking`s NOT A CRUTCH
From gummer on 7/13/2006 12:46:40 PM
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We tend to think of it that way, and so often say that we used it as crutch... during stress... or nervousness... or... Show more

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Teach

yesterdayyesterday

6,821 Days Quit

Good morning all
Happy Friday and a huge TGIF!!!!!

Slept in today and am running late. Here to say NO to smoking and keeping to my path along the Freedom Road. I offer the next winner joining my hand as we kick ash to the curb today.
Have a fantastic Friday
Cara
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Thursday Smile

Repost: Your Time is Now

Great repost.
KTQ
Cara
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JW
2852 DAYS

We are surrounded by many here that have ended their filling their bodies with the poisons. And so have I. I cannot speak for all of them, but I do believe that they did not pull off their successes by being meek with the enemy. If you are being meek with this challenge, the enemy will sense it immediately and will deal its... Show more

Good morning everybuddy
Happy Thursday to you.

Up and going for the day alas already tired lol. I am off to visit some kids this morning and into my office. Lots to get done today. No smoking here as I am keeping moving forward shouting NO to smoking along the Freedom Road. I hold my hand out in friendship and support to the next winning quitter kicking ash to the curb with me today.
Have a good one
Cara
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Wednesday Smile

Repost:  The Starving Dragon

I love this one - it so describes how I see my addiction.  I tossed a 12 yr quit because I thought I was over smoking and could have just one - but the truth is the addiction sleeps and once you wake it, it is all over but the crying.  I can never have just one and while I cried bitter tears over that in the early days, I can honestly say that I do not want one now and when the thought enters my head, I dismiss it as I can never act on it.
Have a great day.
Cara
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The Starving Dragon 
written by MutinyFever on 4/23/2003 8:04:04 PM

~ 200 dayzLong, long ago, in a lifetime far, far away, I smoked just one. Bitter tears I shed when I realized the dragon Addiction still had a lair in my heart. I had thought him dead, after seven winters of starvation. Just one cigarette fortified him and he drew strength. With each puff he felt his claws, yawned his mouth, breathed his fire. The cinders that were his eyes began to smolder, and then he SEIZED ME.After relapsing on my seven year quit, it took me two years to get quit again. I tried and tried to find the strength to quit again.

A dozen tries in those two years. A dozen agonies ending in hours. I tried. I failed. Just one, I`d thought. I scoff at my hubris. So does the dragon.I was healthy before the relapse, getting a cold every 3 years or so. In the two years of the relapse I had at least a dozen colds, and I developed a persistent cough. Hiking became a problem. I became more sedentary in general. I lost weight and muscle tone. I gave up my yoga practice, which I had been faithful in performing for 5 years. I grew more depressed, and had less in the way of coping mechanisms to relieve that depression.The dragon loved it. Just one and my sense of self was crushed under
his dictatorship.

Death was to be my tribute to the dragon`s rulership. At last, though, I`ve reached deep within to find love. Love for myself, my wife, my family, my life. That love sustained me while the dragon roared. I have quit again.Today is the two hundredth day of my quit. The dragon is not dead, but he is starving and weak again. The dragon has retired to his lair to wait, to watch. Just one, he whispers with a long blackened tongue, his voice cracking and weak. Just one and I will have you again.

Repost: The Starving Dragon

I love this one - it so describes how I see my addiction. I tossed a 12 yr quit because I thought I was over smoking and could have just one - but the truth is the addiction sleeps and once you wake it, it is all over but the crying. I can never have just one and while I cried bitter tears over that in the early days, I can honestly say that I do not want one now and when the thought enters my head, I dismiss it as I can never act on it.
Have a great day.
Cara
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Good morning all
Happy Hump Day!!!!!

Up and going for the day today. I am off to Cochrane for the day and have to stop at the optometrist after work. Busy one ahead and there is no time and no place for smoking in my life. Saying NO to smoking and kicking ash to the curb. I hold my hand out to the next winner joining me on the Freedom Road today.
Have a good one.
Cara
D6818

3Y 11M
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Tuesday Smile

Repost: Quit Tip #39

I love Carly - she writes excellent, inspiring posts.
KTQ
D6817

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Quit Tip #39
From CarlyKicksButts on 12/9/2011 8:01:44 AM

It is MUCH easier to KEEP this very quit that you are on RIGHT NOW, then to try to start all over and FIND a NEW one.

Protect it, my friends. You are living a gift right now, and as hard as it seems, it is easier than:

-trying to quit AGAIN
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Good morning all
Happy Tuesday to you!!!

I owe, I owe, back to work I go. Nice little break but I have to go back - 6 more months till retirement. I will not be smoking today as I plan on keeping my feet firmly planted on the Freedom Road. Saying No to smoking and kicking ash to the curb again today. Who will join me???
Have a great day
Cara
D6817

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