GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are quitting or thinking of quitting, please -- join us! You can also click the GUS tag to view all diary posts, or access the GUS library page at dKosopedia.
Good evening, GUSsacks! I hope everyone is doing well. The summer heat has finally arrived in Northern Ontario, bringing with it some majestically primal thunderstorms over the last week or so, all streak lightning and window-rattling sonic booms. It's pretty, but it keeps one awake at night -- which is fine, because I bought my cats a couple of new catnip mice and they've been having freak-out attacks at three in the morning lately, running from the bedroom to the living room and back at top speed six or seven times in a row before pouncing on the mouse and loving it to death while they lie on their backs. It was fun the first time. It's paled since.
I'm not entirely quit -- but I've only had two smokes in three days, which for me is nothing short of miraculous. I'll eventually have a twenty-four hour smoke-free period, at which point I will consider the quit to have begun. In the meantime, here's some music that I listen to when I need a bit of cheering up:
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1BQ, 3rdGenFeminist, Abra Crabcakeya, addisnana, AfroPonix, amk for obama, Anne933, aoeu, Archie2227, ArthurWolf (in memoriam), awkawk, bamablue, barnowl, bgblcklab1, Bike Crash, BirderWitch, blue husky, Blue Intrigue, bluestatedem84, BoiseBlue, breedlovinit, BrowniesAreGood, bsmechanic, burrow owl, Chocolate Chris, ChurchofBruce, coppercelt, dadanation, dangoch, Dexter, donnamarie, DRo, droogie6655321, duckhunter, Everest42, Fineena, flumptytail, FrugalGranny, Garrett, greylox, gchaucer2, Geiiga, grndrush, Im a frayed knot, Indexer, interceptor7, inventor, itsbenj, jvolvo's Mom, jwinIL14, kai99, khloemi, Khun David, labwitchy, ladypockt, langerdang, LarsThorwald, Last Starfighter, Lipstick Liberal, lmdonovan, luvsathoroughbred, maggiemay, magicsister, marknspokane, mdemploi, Mikeguyver, Minerva1157, MinervainNH, mskitty, nannyboz, ncsuLAN, Nick Zouroudis, one pissed off democrat, Ordvefa, Pennsylvanian, post rational, revelwoodie, rkex, rosebuddear, SallyCat, seenaymah, Scrapyard Ape, sheddhead, smartcookienyc, spmozart, triciawyse, trueblueliberal, Turn VABlue, Turtle Bay, uc booker, Unduna, Vacationland, webranding, weelzup, Wood Dragon, x
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