Thanks Asad - nice to hear from you again :)

Jan 

Hi Marge and thank you :)... I read somewhere too that dreams can be very vivid through this uncertain time we are having... 

I am very lucky to be living in these beautiful surroundings at this time.. to be able to walk a very short distance before reaching open countryside which goes on for miles  is very much a blessing.

Another few pics to share :

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Jan 

Jan,

Very relaxing just to look at the pictures of the fields.  Thanks.

Hi Jan,

It will be 16 months of quit for you in 3 days time. Congratulations in advance as I am not very regular on this forum. This COVID-19 situation is going no where and is worrying. I hope situation is good with you.

Stay safe and Congratulations!

Asad

Thanks Asad - yes a whole 16 months, quite unbelievable!!!!

Yes covid 19 very worrying at the moment - a county in the UK has just been put into total lockdown again - where I live is very much on the same level as they are so fingers crossed we wont be treated the same - had enough now...  (I always thought you were in the Uk but see you are in Canada - hope things are better for you over there :) )

thanks again :)

Jan 

Well today is another anniversary for me... 16th months ago I quite cold turkey and am still smoke free.. a reason to celebrate I think especially is today's world!!

Jan 

May I just say congratulations and well done.  6 months ago I also quite cold turkey and have been so very happy ever since I did that.  I trust you probably never think about smoking anymore.  I am also in Canada and we are in a much better position at the moment that many other places  as regards Covid19.  I fear that virus will be around and around for quit some time to come. 

Stay safe,

Cheers  

Hi Jan,

Once again congratulations on 16 months. What an achievement.

Yes I am based in Canada and in province of British Columbia. The public health officer here (Dr. Bonnie Henry) did a wonderful job in containing the situation and we are lucky (so far) to have limited cases. I hope it will fad away from here and will not go to extreme levels like in our neighboring state of Washington, US which has around the same population but cases are extremely high.

Regards,

Asad

Hi Anne and thank you :)... cold turkey is never easy but it was the only way for me. I just felt if I vaped or had patches it was exchanging one addiction for another so I did it without either of them.  i had smoked for over 40 years , the last 10 in secret, but after two health scares it gave me the incentive I needed to quit

I wish you all the luck in the world for your quit... sounds like you are doing really well.  One thing i will say is that you never forget that you once smoked - also the smoking dreams and the urges to have "just one" don't stop for a long time... there are days when I could so easily just "have one" but I know it wouldn't just be one.  the dreams can be very vivid - I have woken thinking I really did have one... so don't despair if these things happen to you :)... I dont think I will ever call myself a non-smoker but will probably use the term ex-smoker :)

Good luck Anne :)

Jan 

thanks again Asad :)

Stay safe my friend

Jan