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feeds@yuku.com (Joe J free) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:04:06 GMT

Joel

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feeds@yuku.com (Maggie1014) — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 09:22:50 GMT

Thank for the post. Really helps me! Marge 19 days free!

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feeds@yuku.com (FreedomNicotine) — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:47:31 GMT

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feeds@yuku.com (Joel) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:43:00 GMT

Yes even on Halloween there are no monsters under the bed with regards to smoking.

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feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 05:33:00 GMT

Allow yourself the time it takes to adjust to living without your drug. True healing is taking place in your brain. Let it happen. Breathe, continue to educate yourself about nicotine addiction and recovery, and pat yourself on the back often. You are FREE and HEALING!

As written by OBob:

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feeds@yuku.com (Ilona) — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 04:05:00 GMT

Thanks OBob

I love the "dare to look deeper" attitude that I find on this site. And I really appreciate this post today, as I have not dared to even peak at the monster under my bed. I have been trying to hum away the addiction chatter and pull the covers over my head! I just took a moment to look at monster head-on and have discovered that the chatter is not an urge to smoke at all, but a lack of belief...

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feeds@yuku.com (allanb) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:59:00 GMT
This site is like having the lights on and when the lights are on the monster can't get you. What we can see is information and the constant input of reasons not to pick up another cigarette.... I have to say since I quit over 4 months ago I have been through ALOT, including the deaths of my father in law and my birth mother(I'm adopted) who both would have lived longer lives without smoking. The point is I quit after 40 plus years and still haven't smoked ..... the monster is...

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feeds@yuku.com (Crystal View1) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 05:57:00 GMT

This is what Freedom is all about to me

From Bob's original message, still dear to my heart:

"And, like the monster under the bed when...

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feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 01:41:00 GMT

Freedom's guarantee - give your body and brain time to heal and adjust to what is normal - free of the infuluence of a killer chemical, nicotine &........calm comfortable living as you were always meant to live will envelop you. It's true. We've all been you.

Like Bob said in Three years vs. three days - we just got here and started on the road back to the true us a...

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feeds@yuku.com (JoeJFree Gold) — Tue, 15 Jan 2008 00:36:00 GMT

For Russ & Mary.

The last paragraph of O'Bobs original essay above:

Confront the fear, and confront the voice. Our junky side doesn't fight fair, and uses confusing logic. It plays upon the parts of us that feel most vulnerable. The parts of us that want to hide and wish things away. You can eliminate the fear, and silence the voice...

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feeds@yuku.com (Sal GOLD) — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:27:00 GMT

Further Reading:

The urge hits

Thoughts - fixating on wanting a cigarette...

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feeds@yuku.com (Kristie) — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:32:00 GMT

This is the first time I read or that it clicked with me that you wouldn't get an ahh from your first cigarette. Just one more incentive to never take another puff.

Thanks,

Kristie - Free and Healing for Thirteen Days and 1 Minute, while extending my life expectancy 21 Hours, by avoiding the use of 260 nicotine delivery devices that...

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feeds@yuku.com (FoolishWorkinj) — Thu, 02 Mar 2006 06:19:00 GMT
Thanks OBob, for the reminder. I haven't had any craves in the past two days, just those old black urges -- the fantasy smoke, I call it, that says how good it was when I know it wasn't good. It didn't taste good -- that harsh, hot burning in your throat. It certainly didn't feel good after hundreds and thousands of cigs had gone down -- it felt depressing and desperate and out of control a lot of the time after all those years. It smelled hideous. It snuck up on your clothes,...

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feeds@yuku.com (ChakkaDawg) — Tue, 28 Feb 2006 05:21:00 GMT

OBob,

You are such an inspiration to us newbies! I have saved this post to my favorites to read over and over and over again. Although I do not know you, I already respect and admire you a great deal. Thank you for being here for us, and thanks to Joel and all management!

8 Days Nicotine free!

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feeds@yuku.com (OBob Gold) — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 14:47:00 GMT

Hi Jamie,

Congratulations on your silverdom! It means a lot to hear that you were able to find some strength in this post. Thanks for the kind words.

YQB,

Bob (3 years, 10 months free)

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feeds@yuku.com (enjoyinglifeJamie) — Wed, 09 Nov 2005 19:12:00 GMT

Firstly, Thank you SO much OBob for writing this. You are truly wise. You have made perhaps the biggest difference in my decision to quit.

This may very well be my #1 favorite. I love this thread. I think this is the thread that did it for me, that made me really believe that I was in fact strong enough to quit. This thread got printed, put into my purse,...

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feeds@yuku.com (ElevenPinkFlowers) — Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:02:00 GMT

The Fear of Success was probably the reason why I never tried to quit in 12 years. I mean, I told myself I don't try until I'm "really ready" (whatever that would feel like) because quitting does not work if you're not ready for it, does it? And therefore I put it off all that time.

But really it was the odd fear I might actually make it and...

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feeds@yuku.com (OBob Gold) — Thu, 20 Jan 2005 00:55:00 GMT

Further Reading

The urge hits

Thoughts - fixating on wanting a cigarette

Thoughts that seem worse than first few...

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feeds@yuku.com (BillW Gold) — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 19:28:00 GMT

another good one for RickD.

and anyone else for whom the din of battle has subsided into the "boredom" of "just" being quit.....

BillW Two years, eleven months, one week, one day. 32191 cigarettes not smoked, saving $6,357.89. Life saved: 15 weeks, 6 days, 18 hours, 35 minutes.

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feeds@yuku.com (samson19622004) — Fri, 02 Jul 2004 07:59:00 GMT

Thanks for your post O-Bob Gold. Tonight has been difficult. I think in just the last couple hours I felt most of the bullet topics in your post filter through my brain. Your post screamed at me, tackled me and I think physically punched me a few times!

I only feel triggers and I think they might be non-specific (is that possible?). I try to analyze why I'm feeling them or what caused them, and can't see the reason for them. I just...

The Monster Under the Bed

feeds@yuku.com (OBob Gold) — Wed, 17 Apr 2002 03:38:00 GMT

One of the things we face as quitters is the transition from being smokers to ex-smokers. Early in your quit, you're a smoker in withdrawal. Eventually, you're a smoker who's not using. At some point, you do actually become an EX-smoker.

It's a scary transition for anyone to undergo mentally. Years upon years of memories are associated with...