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I'm throwing my 131,760 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Yup, that's the day alright, thanks for lighting the Bonfire Mysticcat! I'm dumping 119,375 unsmokeds tonight. Enjoy another marvelous smoke free evening everyone!

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Dear friend Mysticcat woooooWOOOO thanks for hosting Wednesday night bonfire I appreciate youI'm throwing my 257,900 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire! Only by Gods grace

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It’s The “What Day It Is?” Bonfire!

That’s right it’s Hump Day🐪🐫. That means it’s the Wednesday Night Bonfire!! Everyone is invite so don’t be shy. Just toss your unsmoked cigarettes on the fire and celebrate quitting smoking! I hope you’re all doing well! Tonight’s self-serve to mind those fingers and toes! Congratulations to all us quitters! For those new this fire was started by our own sweet 😇Q-Angel Mary Merrey(tilletoiler) long ago as place for quitters toss unsmoked cigarettes and celebrate being quit. This is also a...

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Thought for Today

Wednesday Smile

Repost:  Don't Give a Damn!

I think this is a great repost.
I was very negative early on, try when possible to focus on the positives. When I did that my quit got easier. Now, I cannot think of 1 single reason to smoke as it does nothing for me but kill me.
Quitting is doable.
KTQ
Cara
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Don't Give A Damn
From DJD8960 on 2/7/2007 10:03:03 AM

I liked this advice...
Donna

Sometimes, it can seem that you are not making any progress, but you really are!

You're going through a stage that we all know.

You are still AFRAID of and want to GET RID of the desire to smoke.

Today try to notice if you are still FIGHTING the desire to smoke -TRYING to make it go away.

I bet you are feeling:

"Oh, I wish this craving -this feeling would go away. When will it go away?"

And I bet you, now and then your mind whispers to you:

"What if it NEVER goes away? What if you will always feel like this?".

Don’t worry if you have this thought. .

It is ONLY a THOUGHT in your mind.

And it is not even ‘your thought.’ EVERYBODY who gives up smoking has these thoughts.

Try to accept: you are going to experience the desire to smoke for a long time yet.

You can decide to hate it and push it away OR you can say to yourself.

"OK, I going to stop kidding myself. For the next few weeks, I'm going to have these feelings -this desire to smoke. I'm NOT going to wish it goes away. No, I'm going to EXPECT it. I'm NOT going to run away from it or EVEN TRY TO MAKE IT GO AWAY.

In fact, I'm going to LET IT BE and say to it;

"You can do whatever you want......You can make me feel good OR bad, comfortable OR uncomfortable - I don't care. I REALLY, REALLY don't mind. You're finished. You're in your death throes. I'm just going to WATCH, NOTE AND OBSERVE you for HOWEVER long it takes...........

And if you can really adopt this attitude you'll experience the GREAT PARADOX: When you can get to the stage where you don't GIVE A DAMN whether the desire to smoke is there or not it will totally disappear!

Just wait and see!

Repost: Don't Give a Damn!

I think this is a great repost.
I was very negative early on, try when possible to focus on the positives. When I did that my quit got easier. Now, I cannot think of 1 single reason to smoke as it does nothing for me but kill me.
Quitting is doable.
KTQ
Cara
D6916
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Don't Give A Damn
From DJD8960 on 2/7/2007 10:03:03 AM... Show more

Good morning all
Happy Hump Day!!!!!!

Up and going for the day today. I am keeping myself busy by going to visit some of my kids on my caseload this morning. Into the office after that. Saying NO to smoking and keeping to my path along the Freedom Road. I hold my hand out to the next winner joining me kicking ash to the curb today.
Have a great day and survive this last day in the deep freeze before the arrival of a chinook.
Have a good one
Cara
D6916

3Y 11M
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Good morning world! It's 4:13am in very cold middle Tennessee. We are a big bad 24° and still dropping to our overnight low of 22°. It's cloudy, it's snowing. Not a lot of snow but snow all the same. Should continue off and on throughout the day. It's a good day to say NOPE. Glad I no longer stand outside in this weather feeding a bad habit.

So yesterday had a few quick switches. Nails got done. A sweet royal purple. Then the realtor called and decided to switch the date of photography of the house... Show more

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I'm throwing my 131,740 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Only by Gods grace I'm throwing my 257,850 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire! Thank you dear Mysticcat for hosting Tuesday Taco night bonfire I appreciate you

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Taco Tuesday Bonfire 2/18/25

Welcome to the self serve Taco Tuesday Bonfire. Yum!!! It’s toss your own unsmokeds and create your own tacos with all the fixings you can ask for. 🌮🔥 Sven has concocted some Yummy refreshments to go with your tacos. So enjoy the night!!! For those new this fire was started by our own sweet 😇Q-Angel Mary Merrey(tilletoiler) long ago as place for quitters toss unsmoked cigarettes and celebrate being quit. This is also a place where you can unload your burdens and just have fun. Find Mary’s...

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Frosty Funny

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Repost:  The brain thing…….
Excellent repost!
Have a great day
Cara
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17 hours ago 
REPOST: the brain thing.... 
From loretta4living on 10/21/2007
 I got a qmail asking for me to explain what I learned about nicotine recovery during the post acute withdrawal stage to you.
 First let me say this, as with ANYTHING anyone deals with in life, attitude and being able to keep one’s perspective makes a huge difference. The mind can be a powerful tool. 
That being said, nothing could be further from the truth than the premise that once the nicotine is out of your system in 72 hrs what you are experiencing is purely psychological. 
That is not true. How you choose to look at it and mentally handle it may make a world of difference but it doesn't make what is happening not be happening. A person can psyche themselves up to walk across a bed of hot coals, that doesn't mean the coals aren't hot. They are using the power of their mind to accomplish something. 
Deal with me here, I'll do my best to make this sound not too jumbled as I have been indulging a bit during tonight’s ALCS ballgame. 
When we smoked our body's bio and neuro chemistry had to compensate for the presence of nicotine. When I say bio chemistry I am referring to our endocrine system. That is our glandular system responsible for putting out hormones that regulate every organ and function in our bodies. These glands include, Pituitary, Hypothalamus, Pineal, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, Pancreas, Ovaries for Women, Testes for Men...I'm sure I'm leaving out some here... 
Anyway, ALL those glands send out hormones. Besides regulating our body's organs functions they impact, mood, concentration, sleep, body temperature, cognitive thought, memory, anxiety, depression, appetite, body weight etc.... When I was saying about neuro chemistry I was referring to the many brain neurotransmitters. 
Which, once again, are chemicals responsible for a host of things. Dopamine, Serotonin, Acetylcholine, Epinephrine, Norepinephrine, are some of these neurotransmitters. If you need specific info about what each of these do, I'd have to get it to you at another time..like I said, been celebrating a bit here. 
But understand that now that the nicotine is out and these glands and neurotransmitters aren't having to compensate for the presence of nicotine and the thousands of other chemcicals they are going through a rebalancing.
 A neuro-adaption. 
That takes time. Our bodies constantly strive to be in a state of homeostasis. That is a state of balance. 
The nicotine is out and it is scrambling to find its new balance. 
I am under the care of an endocrinologist. My blood work showed continual glandular hormone changes for the first 6 months of my quit.

Repost: The brain thing…….
Excellent repost!
Have a great day
Cara
D6915

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17 hours ago
REPOST: the brain thing....
From loretta4living on 10/21/2007
I got a qmail asking for me to explain what I learned about nicotine recovery during the post acute withdrawal stage to you.
First let me say this, as with ANYTHING anyone deals with in life, attitude and being able to keep one’s... Show more

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Good morning all
Happy Tuesday to you!!!!!

Up and going for the day today. Would like to still be sleeping but alas I owe so off to work I go. Saying NO to smoking today and keeping to my path along the Freedom Road. I offer my hand to the next winning quitter joining me kicking ash to the curb today.
Have a good one
Cara
D6915

3Y 11M
Life Saved
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Good morning. 3:53am in my neck of the woods. Middle Tennessee is currently at 28°, it's cloudy and is expected to be so all day. We have snow in our forecast...ugh... yesterday the weather person said 4". That mess should start late this evening. Waiting for the local news to see what they have to say. But because that 4 letter word was used I ordered my groceries for pick up today!! Around here flurries cause people to freak out.

Today I am going to get the fingers and toes done. Broke 2... Show more

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zameel Happy Birthday and many more dear friend

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