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Where's Nancy?

JonesCarpeDiem
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Enjoying the castles, going for walks.

Here's a note from her yesterday including some of the differences between Germany and the US.

It's 6:09 here now.  Our trip up the Rhine on the boat was INCREDIBLE.  The boat ride was smooth and we were able to stay topside.  It was a bit chilly so it wasn't at all crowded,  Castles nestled on rock faces on both sides of the river were amazing.  In Boppard now in the flat.  Small but servicable and new and clean.  Our bedroom window looks out on the town square.  Things that are different here:  street signs are on the buildings, toilets don't have tanks and have almost zero water in them (there are two buttons - one to flush with a great onrush of water, the other to stop the onrush --- quite conserving!).  All windows have two ways to open - vent inward at the top or open all the way from the side.  There are no screens - and no AC ---- and almost no fans.  There are no microwaves that I've seen..  Almost all transactions are in cash - credit card use is VERY limited.

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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.