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Share your quitting journey

Meet Butts and Ashes

Puff-TM-Draggin
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‎11-16-2017 08:03 PM

Please allow me to introduce you to the newest members of our family:  Butts and Ashes.

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This is Butts and Ashes peeking out of their ashtray.

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I took this picture tonight.  Ashes is watching Butts chew a rock.  Yes.  A rock.  I didn't say they were smart.

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Butts ...

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... and Ashes.

The best part!  I have sole, physical custody of them.  I adopted them for my kids.  They wanted a puppy O' So Badly. I finally gave in.  Butts is my daughter's puppy.  She calls him Blizzard.  Ashes is my son's.  He calls his Midnight.  They were born August 4th, 2017, which makes them about fourteen weeks old.  I am enjoying baby sitting them when my kids are away.  Butts is a chewer.  Any tips for breaking him of that are greatly appreciated.  Both are working on potty training. So far so 'not' good.  They know to go outside, but they don't know to not go inside too.

Thought I would share them with you, my friends.  Despite my pet names for them, neither one smokes.  Dog breath is bad enough.  Smoker dog breath would be just too much.

Be well!  Be happy!  Be free!

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I remember a friend coaxing me into smoking when I was about 12 yrs. old. At the time, it seemed daring. Before long I was sneaking cigarettes alone. I remained a closet smoker through high school, college, and for seventeen years of my career. Even before it became politically incorrect, I was ashamed of it. It didn't fit the image I wanted others to have of me. As an introverted, over-achiever, cigarettes became my constant companion, my support group, and my reward system. Finally, after thirty years as a smoker, I quit to please my fiance. We got married and started a family. I couldn't have been happier. Three years later, when signs of weakness presented themselves in my wife's commitment to our marriage, I returned to my old friend and support system with whom to commiserate. That didn't help matters. My divorce was finalized two days ago, and I decided to make that my divorce date with cigarettes as well. I have two young children for whom to grow old and for whom to set an example. And besides, between my wife and my attorney, I really can't afford to smoke anymore anyway.