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2024-10-31 6:49 AM

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Feels like hell week all over!!

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Smile....and don't shoot the messenger

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bj,
 
Good for you for holding strong!
 
Thanks for the support and the visual!
 

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The last couple days.. I have hit a couple of my "key" triggers......  Sometimes we can avoid them or ward them off, and sometimes we can't.
 
  I have let myself get too tired.. emotinally, mentally ... not really physically.  When you are mentally tired though, you are physically tired.
 
 
Well the point is.. I wanted to smoke.. well I thought I wanted to smoke.   I made a quick stop at the gocery outlet on the way home ( they don't sell smokes) and the crave had gone and I had even forgotten about wanting one..  as I was leaing the store a man walked in.   Whew.. stinkey.. ahh cig smoke,  then I walked to my car.. no smoke was visible but I must have walked thruough the same way he came in..   EWWW  yucky.....  no  I don't want a smoke...
 
LOL...      remember N O P E (not one puff ever.. and also
 
 ask yourself    H (hungry or thirsty?)  A (anxious/angry?)  L (lonely?)  T (tired?)    HALT  
 
try to distrac yourself.  do a small chore or pull a few weeds.. whatever you can ... and  then wthin a little while the crave will be gone.
 
  Have a great weekend?   Bonnie
 
 
 

My Milage:

My Quit Date: 2/10/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 173
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 2,941
Amount Saved: $588.20
Life Gained:
Days: 24 Hrs: 20 Mins: 14 Seconds: 58


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