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. We avoid discussion of political issues. If you are quitting or even thinking about quitting, please -- join us! GUS Library at dKosopedia is organically evolving, and stocked with free-range information: quit-smoking links, helpful GUS diary writing tips, and the GUS Buddy List.
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Dear Readers: � Every letter I receive is reviewed carefully. However, because I receive a very large number of letters, I ...
by Abinold
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on Fri May 21, 2021 at 07:00 PM PDT
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My best mental image of the wonderful person I loved calling my friend here at Daily Kos Gus community.
As I recall, despite my absence here in the community for a long spell, my friend had a terrible time kicking the cigarette habit according to...
by Ole Texan
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on Wed May 09, 2018 at 06:04 AM PDT
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Well, it's been a long road but I'm finally 100% smoke-free. Not nicotine-free yet, but I've finally made it to the point I haven't lit up a "real smoke" instead of firing up the vape in over three weeks.
Some thoughts for folks thinking about...
by LimeyExpatDave
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on Thu Jun 29, 2017 at 08:32 AM PDT
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Sunday, May 28th — what an awful day it turned out to be.
September of 2002, my then wife called me to tell of a farm that had Beagles for $100 each. She had always wanted a Beagle as that is the kind of dog her grandparents had always had. I loaded...
by Mark E Andersen
128 comments
on Mon May 29, 2017 at 04:00 AM PDT
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special shout-out to the Carolinas and the rest of the tobacco farmland...may as well soak this in, too, you shareholders.
Fuck-off, cancer-farmers… feel free to share that with anyone you think deserves the same room in hell.
...and enjoy.
I...
by Murphoney
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on Fri May 05, 2017 at 10:18 PM PDT
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Good morning GUSspringsters. Yes — even in chilly old New England, Spring is defying the cold. Our crocuses made it through the 8 inches of icy snow which is almost melted, daffodils are trying to revive themselves to a standing position, tulip...
by gchaucer2
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on Sun Mar 26, 2017 at 07:00 AM PDT
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Good morning GUSjuniorchefs! Brrr! Last week it was seventy degrees here and I put up a bluebird house and another 4 hanger shepherd’s hook. Now it is down in the single digits to low teens. Ugh.
I realized the other day I had forgotten my quit...
by gchaucer2
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on Sun Mar 05, 2017 at 07:00 AM PST
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Good morning GUSspringiscominglings! I’m guessing many of you know Hans Christian Andersen’s story, “The Little Mermaid” before Disney ruined it for a million generations. It is pretty dark — like the Grimms’ Fairy Tales before they got sanitized.
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by gchaucer2
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on Sun Feb 26, 2017 at 07:00 AM PST
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Hi GUSaroonies. I suck at keeping my diary dates. I also suck at sleeping through the night, hence I was able to catch a brilliant BBC radio program on Selina Juul, citizen of Denmark, who changed her country forever.
From what I heard, from her...
by gchaucer2
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on Sun Feb 19, 2017 at 07:00 AM PST
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Good morning, I hope everyone is going ok.
Who’s Your Little GUS Buddy?
1BQ, 2thanks, 3rdGenFeminist, 417els, A Man Called Gloom, Abra Crabcakeya, Actbriniel, addisnana, AfroPonix, aishmael, Alise, Alpha99, also mom of 5, ambeeeant,...
by flumptytail
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on Fri Feb 17, 2017 at 07:00 AM PST
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Good morning, I’m sorry we haven’t been posting GUS much lately. I miss hearing from you all.
Who’s Your Little GUS Buddy?
1BQ, 2thanks, 3rdGenFeminist, 417els, A Man Called Gloom, Abra Crabcakeya, Actbriniel, addisnana, AfroPonix,...
by flumptytail
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on Sat Feb 11, 2017 at 06:16 AM PST
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Good morning, GUStenorbassmezzosopranos!!! Snow still falling but mostly nuisance — maybe 5 ish inches by the end. More nuisance since the movie theater parking lot had better plowing than the main streets in two towns!! Don’t ask me about the...
by gchaucer2
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on Sun Jan 08, 2017 at 07:00 AM PST
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Happy New Year, GUSpositivepeoples!!! Welp, after a too long hiatus, I am finally back trying to get in the groove again. Perfect time to start thinking about quitting and/or working on quitting, maintaining quitting. No pressures. Just like I...
by gchaucer2
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on Sun Jan 01, 2017 at 07:00 AM PST
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Well it’s been glorious having Obama in office for eight years. If Trump doesn’t get us all killed, we’ll have another good win sometime in the future. (I never thought for one second that Trump would win.) I hope every one has a good day. xoxo
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by flumptytail
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on Sun Dec 25, 2016 at 08:04 AM PST
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Good morning, I got up before dawn this morning and came downstairs to let in the cats who had slept outside on the porch last night. Six or seven cats jumped out of all the cat beds and cat boxes and came running towards the door. Among them was a...
by flumptytail
28 comments
on Fri Nov 25, 2016 at 05:55 AM PST
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Is it just me or was virtually everyone telling us Hillary was going to win and now all those same people are telling us we’re idiots for not knowing Trump was going to win? Good morning, I’m scared. I love you my GUS buddies. 35 comments
on Fri Nov 11, 2016 at 06:03 AM PST
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Good morning GUSAnticipatoryOMGbuddies!!! I took a few days break from election insanity to spend a glorious time in the Berkshires (W. MA) with all non smokers — Marxist and I are recovering ...
by gchaucer2
34 comments
on Sun Nov 06, 2016 at 06:00 AM PST
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Good morning GUSzombies. I really don’t have too much this a.m. Did read that the powder thrown into the orchestra pit at the Met opera (closing down the matinee and evening performances) is presumed to be some eejit’s friend/mentor/opera lover’s...
by gchaucer2
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on Sun Oct 30, 2016 at 07:01 AM PDT
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Good morning, GUSarinos. Short diary but I’m trying to get back to schedule. Yesterday I went with my opera buddy to see the Metropolitan Opera’s simulcast of one of my favorite operas — ...
by gchaucer2
50 comments
on Sun Oct 23, 2016 at 07:01 AM PDT
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Ok, so I’ve only been gone for eleventy months but, hey — no ciggies!!! No politics in this diary other than my Spanish reach out to voters who speak Spanish better than I do.
No excuses — ...
by gchaucer2
37 comments
on Tue Oct 18, 2016 at 07:01 AM PDT
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