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Good morning!! 1:33am. 68° outside. We have some clouds however lots of sunshine is in our future with a high temperature of 84°. A great day in middle Tennessee and a better day to have a NOPE day.

Work yesterday especially in the beginning was chaos. One call out for the first shift. 1600 picks for the 8:00 hour of which many were late arriving. Just made for a tough start. The good thing for today is no construction crews, no set up crews, no scissor lifts, peace and quiet to start. Yay!!... Show more

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Thanks for starting the Bonfire WaynenMary! I have 111,925 unsmokeds for disposal tonight. Have a wonderful smoke free evening firebugs!

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Saturday April 27 self serve bonfire

Welcome to the BONFIRE this beautiful Saturday Evening! It’s a self-serve bonfire tonight – so please 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...

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Saturday Smile

Repost:  Filling the Pages

This is a long one, but really worth the read.  I love filling my pages with what I want, not what my addiction tells me to do.  What I love the most about being quit - is being free.
KTQ
Cara
D6618

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Filling the Pages
From Eric7704 on 11/11/2009 12:42:48 PM
A fellow quitter inspired me to write this

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A common topic a quitter might talk about since they quit smoking, is the fact that there seems to be void in their life now. Now that they're not smoking it feels as if the days have grown longer and they are unsure of how to fill this time. Sometimes this can actually put stress the new quitter, because this is so unfamiliar to them.

Cigarettes have been so deeply intertwined in their life for so long, that the new quitter is constantly being reminded that they no longer smoke just from everyday activities.

They may ask how do they unwind after work now that they don't smoke? How do they deal with stress, now that they don't smoke? How do they puncuate finishing a task now that they don't smoke?

For the smoker, that cigarette after finishing a task was like putting the period at the end of sentence. Now that they don't smoke, daily tasks can just feel like a long running sentence with no punctuation.

The cigarette was also like the smoker's pause button. If they needed to concentrate on doing something or were under a stressful situation. They would step back, smoke a cigarette and think about how to resolve the problem. Now that they don't smoke, there doesn't seem to be a pause button for the quitter. That "magic button" that says" Whoa give me a minute" is now gone. Now they are just left with the situation and a very unfamiliar way that they now have to deal with it. Without the cigarette.

One thing that should be pointed out though, is that we have lived our lives and dealt with stress DESPITE smoking, NOT because of it.

There was a fellow quitter that was talking about this and it was really stressing her out. She was having a hard time dealing with stress and everyday scenarios without smoking.

She was getting discouraged about this and felt that her life just felt kind of empty since she quit. She felt that there was now a void in her life.

One thing she said though, that I thought was an interesting way to look at it, was that she said that since she quit smoking, was that she felt she now had to rewrite her life.

When I read this, for some reason it reminded me of someone writing a screenplay about the day in the life of a smoker. This is what it might say.

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THE DAY IN THE LIFE OF A SMOKER.

Dear (anonymous)

I'm just making this up, but let's just say this is how your typical day when you smoked would look like.

You wake up. Smoke a cigarette. You get ready for work. Smoke a cigarette. You have breakfast. Smoke a cigarette. You get in your car and drive to work. Smoke a cigarette. You get to work. Smoke a cigarette before going inside. You go to coffee break at work. Smoke a cigarette. You go to lunch. Smoke a cigarette. You go to second break. Smoke a cigarette. Maybe something stressful happens at work. Sneak out and smoke a cigarette. After work, as you drive home, you smoke a cigarette. You get home and unwind. Smoke a cigarette. You cook dinner. Smoke a cigarette. After eating dinner. Smoke a cigarette. Have a glass of wine or beer and of course smoke a cigarette. Watch TV. Smoke a cigarette. Get ready for bed. Smoke a cigarette. Before going to bed. Smoke a cigarette.

Repost: Filling the Pages

This is a long one, but really worth the read. I love filling my pages with what I want, not what my addiction tells me to do. What I love the most about being quit - is being free.
KTQ
Cara
D6618

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Filling the Pages
From Eric7704 on 11/11/2009 12:42:48 PM
A fellow quitter inspired me to write this... Show more

Good morning everybuddy!
Happy Saturday.

Nice sleep in today. I am going to share my posts today and get dressed and hit the grocery store. Get groceries done and head for home. Unsure what else I will get up to today but smoking will not be part of it. Saying NO to smoking and YES to kicking ash to the curb. I hold my hand out in friendship and support to the next winning quitter joining me.
Have a good one.
Cara
D6618

3Y 9M
Life Saved
$98,277
Money Saved
178,686
Unsmoked

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Good morning. It's 1:24am. My day is beginning. A NOPE day for sure. As with every day it starts with a weather check. Current outdoor temperature is 71°. It's cloudy and will remain so all day. We have 66% humidity and no rain predicted. The high should come in around 82° so we have a pleasant day on tap in spite of no sunshine.

Work yesterday was slow. But it helped me get back in tune with the movements of products throughout the store. Health and beauty is a mess. Aisles are missing. And... Show more

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Good evening WaynenMary, TGIF! Thanks for lighting the Bonfire! I'm dumping 111,875 unsmokeds tonight. Enjoy another wonderful smoke free evening everyone!

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Friday April 26 self serve bonfire

Welcome to the BONFIRE this beautiful Friday Evening! It’s a self-serve bonfire tonight – so please 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...

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Hi amigos frome Nope!
Ve had a productive afternoon today,homemade hip rose
mermelade for my family and friends, most popular jam in this area and one of my favourites, hope you can all start a wonderful smoke free weekend!

Thought for today

Friday Smile

Repost:  Rules of Quitting

A post to give you a smile today.....some truth mixed with smiles.
Have a good one!
Cara
D6617

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Rules of quitting
From Dr.Avery on 5/9/2011 7:31:20 PM

Disclaimer: This post is just for fun, and not meant to be taken too seriously.

In order to successfully drop smoking like a bad habit once and for all, there are certain habits - rules to follow - that tend seem to be instrumental to success.

1. Don't smoke. Don't smoke if something bad happens, don't smoke if something good happens, don't smoke even if nothing is happening. Don't f@cking smoke.

2. For the first week, NyQuil is your best friend. Stay sauced, stay groggy, stay asleep. If you don't feel comfortable misusing an over the counter drug, consider the fact that you've been inhaling a potent combination of known carcinogens for several years now.

3. You don't have to know why you want to smoke to break under the pressure, but you DO have to know why you don't want to smoke if you're going to survive.

4. Smoking was, is, and will always be your decision. No one else can make you smoke. Once you start blaming others for your habit, you are no longer responsible. Once you eliminate your personal responsibility for your addiction, you have made the first step towards relapse.

5. If you can't drink without smoking, quit drinking. If you can't eat without smoking, don't eat. If you can't drive without smoking, quit driving. If you can't enjoy marital relations without smoking, sleep on the couch. Once you are tired of depriving yourself of everything to avoid smoking, you will learn the truth: You *can* do all of these things without smoking.

6. That said, protect your quit. If hanging outside with the smokers is going to be more temptation than you can handle, go inside. Can't go to Vegas without smoking? Postpone your vacation. In a few short months you'll be ready for real life. Take it easy when you can.

7. If you use a gum, patch, pill, lozenge, or other cessation aid, buy extras and carry spares. For example: If you use the lozenge, keep 2 vials in your pants, keep a vial in your room, a vial in your car, and a vial at your desk at work. That way, when you forget to put your lozenges back in your pocket, or if you run out unexpectedly, or if you wear different pants, you always have a backup.

8. It might not yet seem easier not to smoke if you don't smoke today, but it will be almost infinitely harder not to smoke if you do. We are all one puff away from being full time smokers again. It will never be safe to have 'just one'.

9. Start easy and ramp up the difficulty as you go. Visiting your indoor chain-smoking in-laws might have to wait a few months. Sooner or later, you will have to deal with the world on its own terms. Start slowly, and work your way into harder scenarios. You can't live in a cave forever. Eventually the world is going to force you into a worst case scenario. Be prepared.

10. Your old smoking buddies will test your resolve. Constantly. Try to remember that deep down inside, they want to quit and your success is a constant reminder of their own shortcomings. Just don't be a jerk about it. Your confidence in your quit is revenge enough.

11. You eventually have to quit your NRT / prescription. Take your time, but if you're using a cessation aid, that's the next thing you'll have to quit.

12. Learn to take breaks for no reason. Smoking used to be the reason for breaks, but breaks are still important. They keep you from burning out at work, and they keep you thinking effectively.

Repost: Rules of Quitting

A post to give you a smile today.....some truth mixed with smiles.
Have a good one!
Cara
D6617

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Rules of quitting
From Dr.Avery on 5/9/2011 7:31:20 PM

Disclaimer: This post is just for fun, and not meant to be taken too seriously.

In order to successfully drop smoking like a bad habit once and for all, there are certain habits - rules to follow - that tend seem to be... Show more

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

I am up and going for the day today. In the office and after my week, this will be like a vacation. Smoking is not going to be part of my day not today, not any day. Saying NO to smoking and keeping moving forward along the Freedom Road. I offer my hand in friendship and support to the next winning quitter joining me today.
Have a fantastic Friday!
Cara
D6617

3Y 9M
Life Saved
$98,262
Money Saved
178,659
Unsmoked

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Good morning. It's 12:58am and another night of I couldn't sleep. So decided after flopping around like a fish out of water just got up. Now I am having my second cup of coffee and catching a bit of news while I type this.

Ahhh the weather. At this moment it is 61°. We have a hefty chance of rain for the early morning hours. Then things level out and the rain ceases and the sunshine's. We warm to a very pleasant 82°. A good day to have a NOPE day.

Back to work this morning. I have enjoyed my... Show more

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Thanks WaynenMary for starting the bonfire. Only by Gods grace am I able... I'm throwing my 96 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Hey there WaynenMary, thanks for starting the Bonfire! I have 111,875 unsmokeds to get rid of. Enjoy another wonderful smoke free evening everyone!

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Thursday April 25 self serve bonfire

Welcome to the BONFIRE this beautiful Thursday 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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