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Granted, this isn't a normal post for r/picturesofLEGOboxes, but I am doing so by request of u/AshitloadOfLego

Here are three of the great items that I got from u/AshitloadOfLego in an overseas trade. Since the trade wasn't organized as part of any LEGO reddit, it wasn't an appropriate post for anywhere else other than his own sub ;).

The rest is still un-assembled due to lack of time, but there's a complete set of Series 1 Mixels, as well as a lot of other great stuff like Furry Creatures and the Power Mech.

So yup - overseas shipments can get where they're going!

Yay! I finally graduated to a star on my badge! Big thanks to this subreddit for support (and not banning me for being a crabby ass).

Holy crap - a month. Highs and lows all-around: The First 6 Days of Hell. The 2 Weeks of Euphoria. The 27 Nights of Insomnia. I'm really proud of myself, and I can really feel the difference.

My senses of taste and smell are back to where they should be - and they are amazing! My fingers are no longer yellow, and my teeth are beginning to get more white again. I've saved $210. I feel more confident, even though that isn't really an issue for me. And finally I am sleeping again - the last 2 nights in a row I've slept the entire way through for the first tim

A lot has changed in the last 14 days, and things are definitely getting better.

Food and beverages taste fantastic (the way they should), and it turns out I'm a pretty good cook! I had a glass of wine last night and it tasted fantastic, even though it was more than a little trigger.

I can't stand the smell of cigarette smoke - it makes me a little nauseous. I also noticed that I have a lot of clothes in my closet that need to be dry cleaned.

I'm still not sleeping through the night, but it has gotten to the point where I only wake up for a very short period and fall back to sleep again.

Yeah - there are still cravings, but they are nothing compared to the first 4 or 5 days of my quit. I

I debated posting this - I know that some people are struggling with their quit early on, and I don't want to make them feel any worse.

With that out of the way, did anyone else actually experience almost a euphoric feeling after their initial withdrawal phase? I'd say that yesterday and today I've been damned near giddy as a school girl - I'm generally not an openly jovial person (though I like to have fun), but for the past 2 days I've been in an extremely good mood.

This has nothing to do with being brainwashed or hypnotized into being a non-smoker - I have done a (failed) quit before, and was a son of a bitch for months.

Am I alone in this, or did anyone else go through the same thi

Yay! One whole week!

I've written before that I don't really remember much from my failed quit of 8 years back other than it being not a lot of fun, but I do know that a lot of the things people say to expect the first week of quitting is not accurate to my experience.

I'm still not sleeping properly, and while it is better than it was on the 2nd and 3rd night, I am still waking up - which is something I never do. It has nothing to do with what I'm eating, drinking or doing beforehand - I've had the same schedule for the better part of my life. I really hope that this stops soon, because it is frustrating as hell. With this said, I do not want to take medicine in order to sleep through

I did a good bit of bitching here already, so I'll not go into that again.

Anyway, as mentioned before, I can't remember my last failed quit (the one that lasted 9 months), so I need to ask a couple of things:

1. When am I going to start sleeping properly again? This whole waking up 4 times a night sucks.
2. Since obviously I still have nicotine in my system - I'm still having almost constant cravings after 83 hours, the 72-hour "rule" of having a clean system sounds more and more like bullshit. So... instead of 3 days, what would be a reasonable expectation? 5? Should I drink more water to f

I have done this all before.

About 8 years ago I quit for just over 9 months, cold-turkey. I shamefully started up again, blaming every possible person, place or thing for me being weak. I did take some days off so that my students wouldn't be exposed to the raging monster that is me in withdrawal.

At some point last year, I "quit" for a very short time. While it didn't last long, I did mean to quit when I made the decision. But people, places and things can be a bitch.

So okay - 3rd time is supposed to be the charm, right? I willfully and purposely took my last puff on Sunday night, about 9:45 PM. I'm tired of feeling the tightness in my chest after a smoke. I'm tired of "the morning