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Brace yourself..Pops is about to get dirty....

Pops
Member
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‎10-22-2018 08:34 AM

CUZ HE'S GROWN TO DAY 30!!!

Yup, that's the gospel truth to the matter....Pops is now a proud member of the past one month crew of EX smokers!!!

Woo Hoo!!!!! Pops has 30 Days of Freedom!!!

Trust me when I tell you, it is greatly received not only by me, and my doctor, but all of my co-workers as well.  They no longer are having to put up with me coming back into the office smelling like a diry old ash tray...yuck...disgusting...

I hope all of you enjoy the start to your week today, as it is also the start to another month of smobriety for me as well.

xoxoxoxo Pops with 30 Days of Freedom.....

btw, Pops never smokes on Mondays either!!!

                                                                             

16 Comments
Roller831
Member
‎10-22-2018 08:36 AM

Way to go Pops‌!  Happy to congratulate you on WON month!

Roller

RachelMB
Member
‎10-22-2018 09:05 AM

Go Pops!  Welcome to NML!  You know how to do this my friend!

Rachel

kristen-9-7-15
Member
‎10-22-2018 09:08 AM

Happy Day 30!

Barbara145
Member
‎10-22-2018 09:24 AM

Congratulations Pops on 30 days!  Beautiful job!  Enjoy your day.

SaraCorinne
Member
‎10-22-2018 10:12 AM

CONGRATULATIONS!

Mike.n.Atlanta
Member
‎10-22-2018 10:15 AM

Attaboy Pops!

Keep on keepin on,

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Pops
Member
‎10-22-2018 10:46 AM

Thanks Mike.n.Atlanta‌!!!  I don't see much of you on here these days....thanks for taking some time out today and giving me out a shout....You & I go back aways buddy....you've seen me struggle with this monkey for a few years now....I really think I have it this time around....there is an entirely different feel about my psyche and personna this time.  I got that long needed "God Shot" that I had been afraid to grab ahold of before....Have a great day....

Pops

elvan
Member
‎10-22-2018 11:34 AM

Congratulations, Pops, I could not be HAPPIER for you and your co-workers, and all of us here.  Thirty is PURTY!

JonesCarpeDiem
Member
‎10-22-2018 11:36 AM

@30

Posamari
Member
‎10-22-2018 12:35 PM

30...30....30....30....30....30...30

Fabuloso!!

Jennifer-Quit
Member
‎10-22-2018 01:11 PM

Congrats on your entrance to NML!  Actually for me NML was a good place to be - I had gotten over the worst of it and knew the cravings would be short lived if I distracted myself and rode it out.  Good job!

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Pops
Member
‎10-22-2018 02:59 PM

Thanks...I am thinking the same line of reasoning as well.  What the heck, if it was going to get me, it certainly would have bitten me by now, I would think.  I'm not giving this bs addiction anymore power than it already has.  As a matter of fact, I'm taking the power back from it.  Damned smokes and tobacco companies are nothing more than a huge deadly selfish selfcentered lie anyway!

Pops is rocking on solid ground these days.  Bring on the camels, I've got plenty of sunblock....I can hang tough enough....."aint no thang....but a chicken wang!!!"

Pops

greattobeanEX
Member
‎10-22-2018 06:19 PM

Congratulations!!!!!! I will be 30 Wednesday and I'm freaking excited!!!!

Daniela2016
Member
‎10-22-2018 06:41 PM

Congrats on 30 DOFs, get your camel ready for NML, but with everything you already know, you'll be flying rather than riding through the desert!!!

Chuck-2-20-2011
Member
‎10-22-2018 07:10 PM

CONGRATULATIONS on 30 days!!!

And I love the quote you added. I've always believed that if we don't forgive our past mistakes, then how can we possibly look to the future? I just love reading of success!!

ONWARD TO FREEDOM!!!

Chuck

autumnpepper
Member
‎10-22-2018 10:55 PM

Congratulations Pop!

30 days is awesome!  Glad you have that monkey off your back.

Autumn 5 DOF

About the Author
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!