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Tools for Tuesdays....

Pops
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Good morning EXers!

So here we are, another Tuesday in "Smobriety".  Do you have your tools ready to dispatch the boredom and monotony that so often come calling on days when we might not be on our keenest watch?  Remember, the demonic traits of nicotine addiction can come calling @ any given hour, of any given day....It has been my experience, the fateful callings seem to come into my head on days that I am least expecting them.  Especially on the days when I am very busy & occupied with stressful time management that is quite often during the beginning of the work week.

Fortunately, I was able to get away for a few hours yesterday evening and ride the Harley for a bit, and got the stink blown out of my psyche for awhile.  I just love "wind therapy".  I hope you can find something in your life that brings you peace and comfort, and enjoy it as often as you can....

Somedays, the weather is so depressing, that I need to find peace within my home, or just be simply being alone and at one with my inner-self.  You know the one...the one that means for me to be happy joyous and free...(the liberated self).  Not the one that is weak and bound by immature and selfish and fearful elements of my old life.  I am finally free of that bondage, and wish for it to be gone forever from my life.  As much as I wish for it to be gone, it is still a formidable enemy that is as tenacious and enduring as a "cockroach".  No matter how many times I dispatch it....it still seems to come back around uninvited, and certainly unwanted.  That is my lot... However, if my kit of tools is close by, and properly maintained....I will be able to live on and enjoy the day free of bondage of my old nicotine addicted self.

Therefore, I am Pops, and I am very happy to say that on this Tuesday...I have 160 Days of Freedom!

Enjoy your smokefree day today.....

 

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Hi, and thanks for stopping by to read my page....My name is Ken Bishop...aka, Pops. I am a stubborn older addict of nicotine....I have quit on numerous occasions in the past, and have experienced great rewards as a direct result of not ingesting deadly toxins into my bloodstream. One of the curses of having a strong constitution that seems to be able to withstand much more than others can...is this...my body would still be able to move around, and get things accomplished even after I was poisoned by the harmful effects of nicotine addiction. Eventually, the harm became so significant, that not even I, with all of my denial...could avoid the truth that to continue to smoke, would most assuredly be the death of me, and in short order as well. On Sept 1st, of 2018...I found myself in a rehab facility for alcohol abuse, and came very near death. I quit messing around, and had a deep and moving spiritual encounter, and have remained sober without one single urge to pick up a drink since. That was after consuming copious amounts of booze for many years in the past. After a short while.. I asked for spiritual help from my creator to make it possible for me to get the same amount of conviction towards finally being able to successfully put down nicotine once and for all...As of....(September 14th, 2019)...I have 17 days of living smokefree! Woo Hoo!!! Friends and family are all very proud and happy for me. They have asked me what I thought was the turning point, after having experienced so many failed attempts before. I simply reply, "I took the God Shot". xoxoxo Pops update: in Dec of 19 when the stock market started going nuts...I used that as an excuse to start smoking again. I see-sawed back and forth for severa months, and when the COVID crisis hit, I simply lost all desire to be smokefree...I was going to smoke & that was final. Well, as always...the pains of excessive injestion of nicotine into my blood stream...(one puff is all it takes) started affecting my everyday life again...I knew I had to quit placating my inner child and grow up and accept a life without nicotine. The normal person would read this and say well duh...finally he's getting it. But the normally addicted nicotine addict would understand...weird huh? So now I'm back with a new quit date of July 8th, 2020 & am hoping that I can accept that as a perfect quit date that does not need to be changed. Thanks for reading and good luck to you in your quit journey. Pops w 4 DOF!