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Hello and good evening Mysticcat, well I survived half of the week again. Thanks for starting the Bonfire, I'm dumping off 116,925 unsmokeds. Have another splendid smoke free evening everyone!

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I'm throwing my 129,800 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Hey!! Mysticcat - thanks for starting the bonfire tonight - I have 6650 coffin nails for the flames.

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I'm throwing my 78,480 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Only by God's grace I'm throwing my 253,000 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire! Thanks dear Mysticcat for hosting Wednesday night bonfire I appreciate you

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It’s The “What Day Is It?” Bonfire

It’s Hump Day🐪🐫. 1/2 way till the weekend! wooohoooo! Everyone is invite so don’t be shy. Just toss your unsmoked cigarettes on the fire and let’s celebrate quitting smoking! 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 place where you can unload your burdens and just...

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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
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3Y 11M
Life Saved
$101,247
Money Saved
184,086
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Good morning 3:49am in Murfreesboro Tennessee. I have been up for some time and decided to just chill and let the mind wander around doing its own thing. But now it's time to say NOPE and truly get the day rolling. No smoking here today!!

It's cold here this morning. Currently only 46°. High should be 66° . Rain is coming about noon today. 90% humidity, zero wind and good air quality.

Yesterday made the decision with my hairdresser to color my hair gray and cover all but a small swath of the... Show more

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Hello there Mysticcat and fellow firebugs. I have 116,900 unsmokeds for disposal tonight Enjoy another wonderful smoke free evening everyone!

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I'm throwing my 129,780 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Thanks, Mysticcat for starting the bonfire.I'm throwing my 48 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire!

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Only by God's grace I'm throwing my 252,950 unsmoked cigarettes onto the bonfire! Thanks Mysticcat for hosting Tuesday taco night bonfire I appreciate you

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Hey!! Mysticcat - thanks for starting the bonfire - I have 6640 coffin nails for the flames.

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Taco Tuesday Night Bonfire 11/12/24

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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