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I just got back from playing at the party

JonesCarpeDiem
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had a great time... the party was mainly outside because there were alot of people. not over 150 or 200,  i don't think.

It was all musicians and their wives and girlfriends and kids.

there were 4 bands on ahead of us.

the host asked for the name of the group to announce us and i told him to introduce us as "Wrecked Right Foot"

i gotta tell you, climbing the 2 block hill that was straight up with all my gear afterwards pretty much wrecked it for the night. I have no right ankle or motion in my right foot so climbing up a hill is about the worst torture you can imagine

 

our music was so different from all the other music being played there that everyone actually stopped to listen.

It was a hoot.

lots of smokers, self designated to the street. so, no temptation whatsoever.

lots of beer and food. No visible drugs or hard liquor.

Two cop cars were sitting down the hill in sight, waiting to serve a $700 ticket if it got too loud.

our sound man had his own sound level pressure meter going so they couldn't legally fine us or shut us down.

LOL

what a blast!

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.