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listening to the rain, chasing a storm. sometimes it's like fireworks with the oooohs and the ahhhh's

JonesCarpeDiem
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RAIN it's something we don't get much of in California.

I counted 16 simultaneous live video streams of storm chasers last night. If you don't like one, you can choose another.

It's your choice. It's just like quitting smoking.

Finding things you enjoy and that keep your mind occupied and the dopamine flowing after you've quit is essential to keep growing your quit so you are not focusing on smoking.

If you like road trips, storm chasing is often very relaxing. Many have sound so you feel like you're siiting right there in the front seat, listening to the engine, watching the hail and rain. They find a good vantage point and park and just let you watch the power and the light shows the weather puts on.

https://tvnweather.com/live

This is storm season in the midwest. They go from Texas on up through Oklahoma and Kansas and on up to Illinois.

it's free if you're online. no advertising. very relaxing.

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.