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Terrific Tuesday....

Pops
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I love this little guy...he is my hero and example of how to get the "good feelings" message out.....

Good morning EXers...how's it going this morning?  Good I hope.  I got up this morning, indulged in my morning Joe & fed the boys....then got right after it.  Burning the candle down from 0500 hrs until 0230 hrs....busy schedule today, but not time for dilly dallying outside @ the smoking pole...because hey....Pops does NOT do that anymore...PERIOD!  NO MATTER WHAT!  I know it all seems pretty repetitive, but when you think about it....smoking is repetitive, and persistent.  The demonic powers of nicotine addiction lurk in almost every corner of my life...I am used to them being there now.  There's nothing I can do to chase them away, but I can at least coexist with them around.  I don't have to be afraid that I might abandon my quit just because a nagging urge or memory comes back into my head.  Thoughts and urges are temporary and fleeting.  They come and they go....

The one thing in my life that is constant, is that I need to do everything that I possibly can to enhance and strengthen my resolve to live a healthier lifestyle than I had been living prior to my "Golden Years".  There's not alot of time left, but what is left, if lived properly, can be exhilarating and fun...

Another thing that is obvious, I have to get some work accomplished, or they are going to pull my chair right out from underneath me.....Enjoy your smoke free day today.

Pops w/174 DOF!!! Woo Hoo!!!!!

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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!