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  • #782
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    quaalude wrote: »
    I'm sorry to hear about your recent health problems, username123. I hope you have a lovely dinner and a great time tonight - you've earned it - and I'm sure you won't miss the fags a bit.

    On a related note, I've found that wine actually tastes nicer now, I've found it more flavoursome and complex since I'm no longer smoking - must be my taste buds growing back since getting off the smokey yokes.

    Thanks quaalude - Id like to report that I had a lovely time, I didnt have a single crave, and I was worried about nothing.

    It was so nice not to have to go and stand in the cold on my own, and not to have to break the conversation by going for a smoke. My husband realised as we left the house he'd forgotten his phone and didnt bother going back for it - he said if I was still smoking he would have gone back so he would have something to do while I smoked.

    I had a large gin and tonic and then half a bottle of wine, its so long since I had a drink that I was a small bit cross eyed from just that lol!!!


  • #783
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,946 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    Hello everyone.I just thought I'd add my tuppence worth here. I have agonised,prevaricated and procrastinated over the years and have always failed to give up smoking. I have smoked since I was a 13, I went to boarding school and that didn't help matters either. However generally I was around a ten a day smoker.
    In recent years more and more of the people I know have given up and recently I bumped in to some people I was in school with and they had given up years ago, so it made me feel even more annoyed with myself. I decided it was now time and mentally I was in the right place.
    The thing is I am reasonably fit,I did the marathon a couple of years ago and run a few times a week.
    Look I am rambling here, I gave up on Valentines day, I was out for a few pints Friday and got through it. Woke up Saurday delighted that I hadn't smoked. I really feel strong and focused this time. It has been tough these past few days but now I actually don't feel so bad.I actually don't seem to have any craving at all,is this possible?Is the worst over for me?
    Anyway,I'd like to thank all of you that have posted their stories on this thread,it is really helpful and encouraging and hopefully we can all kick this thing for good! Thanks again and sorry if I'm a bit incoherent, I just needed to write something.:)
    PS:
    Just another thing,I have a slight stiffness in my chest since giving up. Has anyone else had this?


  • #784
    lester76
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 601 ✭✭✭lester76


    Off them since thur & sods law im now dying with man flu which is odd as im never sick,but im not missing them im happy to be free of the dirty lil feckers..Only thing is i cant sleep the last couple nyts & last nyt was terrible went to bed at 11pm was wide awake by 1.20am :eek:.. Oh and the sweats are shocking i was so cold yet sweating like pig at the same time.. Normal i guess just got to rideout the storm till the nicotine has left my system once & for all:D Im a non smoker & i like it whoop whoop... Ps found this thread to be a great help & the kick up the arse i needed to stop killing myself....

















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  • #785
    Love2love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Love2love


    Day 18!

    Woohoo! Never thought that I would say that!!! Thought I'd be a smoker for life. I believe I am now finished with cigarettes for good - still haven't had alcohol yet though. Saving that for paddy's day:)

    I was very sick the first week I quit. Got an nose/ear/throat infection and I am still taking the antibiotics. Just look at it as your body getting use to be smoke-free.


  • #786
    DenMan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,300 ✭✭✭DenMan


    Congratulations Love2love. Well done :)


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  • #787
    readyletsgo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,276 ✭✭✭readyletsgo


    Ugh, lasted 3 weeks until 2 weeks ago. been smoking rollies ever since! The shame.
    Really p!ssed off with myself, I was doing so well! Not smoking, eating well and doing some jogging in the evening, then, I had a weak moment with my brother when he was over visiting for a week, asked him for one, he gave me one and then I stupidly went out and bought a pack of rollies, I never smoked rollies in my life, but I had it in my head that I wouldnt smoke too many as I have to make them etc... that didnt work out too well.

    So today I still have some tobacco left, and was listening to Tom Dunne who is doing a thing for 'Lent' on giving up, 4 people using different ways of giving up, Hypnotherapy, Patches, Cold Turkey and Allen Carr. So I thought to break out the Allen Carr MP3 again and give it another listen. I dont have it in my mind to want to give up but I am so disappointed with myself these past two weeks I have to do something. Sure rollies are pretty much half the price of a box of fags so I dont have that big money push, but my chest is in bits so quickly from just smoking for two weeks.

    Its beyond a joke at this stage now, keep on giving up then breaking a few days or a few weeks or even 9 months after when I think I have kicked it for good!

    Each smoke I have I know is bad for me, I know its a waste of my hard earned money, I know I stink like rotting sh!t, I know I am causing myself colds/flu's from standing out in that damn poxy cold wet weather all the time.

    ARG!

    Hows everyone else doing? Seems most are doing really well! Keep it up guys! That one cig is totally not worth it! Believe me.


  • #788
    mistress_gi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 969 ✭✭✭mistress_gi


    Hi Everyone ! Just thought I'd update you!
    So no smoking for over a year now, I have allowed myself to smoke a few cigarettes when I go out drinking but I don't even feel like smoking at all during the day. My partner is still a full time smoker and that is very hard because all my stuff smells really bad, dog included. He really smokes a lot (usually over a pack a day) and in the house including when I am in... Sometimes this is problem usually not though. I wish he would take the step to stop considering he was the one who was supposed to stop before me but I guess he has to make that decision, not me!
    Well, better go.
    Keep strong people!!!


  • #789
    celticcrash
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 850 ✭✭✭celticcrash


    readyletsgo wrote: »
    Ugh, lasted 3 weeks until 2 weeks ago. been smoking rollies ever since! The shame.
    Really p!ssed off with myself, I was doing so well! Not smoking, eating well and doing some jogging in the evening, then, I had a weak moment with my brother when he was over visiting for a week, asked him for one, he gave me one and then I stupidly went out and bought a pack of rollies, I never smoked rollies in my life, but I had it in my head that I wouldnt smoke too many as I have to make them etc... that didnt work out too well.

    So today I still have some tobacco left, and was listening to Tom Dunne who is doing a thing for 'Lent' on giving up, 4 people using different ways of giving up, Hypnotherapy, Patches, Cold Turkey and Allen Carr. So I thought to break out the Allen Carr MP3 again and give it another listen. I dont have it in my mind to want to give up but I am so disappointed with myself these past two weeks I have to do something. Sure rollies are pretty much half the price of a box of fags so I dont have that big money push, but my chest is in bits so quickly from just smoking for two weeks.

    Its beyond a joke at this stage now, keep on giving up then breaking a few days or a few weeks or even 9 months after when I think I have kicked it for good!

    Each smoke I have I know is bad for me, I know its a waste of my hard earned money, I know I stink like rotting sh!t, I know I am causing myself colds/flu's from standing out in that damn poxy cold wet weather all the time.

    ARG!

    Hows everyone else doing? Seems most are doing really well! Keep it up guys! That one cig is totally not worth it! Believe me.

    I know what going through, I have been there. So many times I felt like I had it beat and bang back to square one. Try and try again, dont beat yourself up about it, its just a learning curve most if not all of us go through. I am on day 24 and taking it a day at a time. I got tired of giving up. I got tired of going through the hard part detox. I just keep in mind now that one cig will cause a lot more pain than its worth. I had to build my mind up slowly for stop day again. You will be happier once you stop again, back on the wagon. Your only human. Dont give up on giving up.


  • #790
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,126 ✭✭✭sporina


    readyletsgo wrote: »
    Ugh, lasted 3 weeks until 2 weeks ago. been smoking rollies ever since! The shame.
    Really p!ssed off with myself, I was doing so well! Not smoking, eating well and doing some jogging in the evening, then, I had a weak moment with my brother when he was over visiting for a week, asked him for one, he gave me one and then I stupidly went out and bought a pack of rollies, I never smoked rollies in my life, but I had it in my head that I wouldnt smoke too many as I have to make them etc... that didnt work out too well.

    So today I still have some tobacco left, and was listening to Tom Dunne who is doing a thing for 'Lent' on giving up, 4 people using different ways of giving up, Hypnotherapy, Patches, Cold Turkey and Allen Carr. So I thought to break out the Allen Carr MP3 again and give it another listen. I dont have it in my mind to want to give up but I am so disappointed with myself these past two weeks I have to do something. Sure rollies are pretty much half the price of a box of fags so I dont have that big money push, but my chest is in bits so quickly from just smoking for two weeks.

    Its beyond a joke at this stage now, keep on giving up then breaking a few days or a few weeks or even 9 months after when I think I have kicked it for good!

    Each smoke I have I know is bad for me, I know its a waste of my hard earned money, I know I stink like rotting sh!t, I know I am causing myself colds/flu's from standing out in that damn poxy cold wet weather all the time.

    ARG!

    Hows everyone else doing? Seems most are doing really well! Keep it up guys! That one cig is totally not worth it! Believe me.

    I am off them over 6 weeks now. You can read my threads - I had been thinking about giving up for a long time.
    I really preped my mind before trying to quit and that is working for me.
    Its all about my health really - I know what smoking does. There is no denying the facts.
    I feel that I have been a slave to nicotine for so long. I actually feel silly for having smoked for so long.

    see my threads - from now and 2009!!!!!!!here


  • #791
    Brother Psychosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭Brother Psychosis


    started smoking @19, now 25... g/f was told by doctors to stop smoking due to breaking a bone, she was told smoking would affect ability to heal... that was six weeks ago, we've both been off them since!

    have tried the gum, which helped for a while, but made me feel ill at times. I didnt WANT to give up, i just knew i SHOULD. do the cravings get easier? although the most difficult part i find is the "bus arrives in five mins... Ill have a smoke"... you know, filling in the odd few minutes here and there!

    i see theres a full thread, but its quite extensive, so can anyone say how good or otherwise e-cigs really are?


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  • #792
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,264 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Brother Psychosis wrote: »
    i see theres a full thread, but its quite extensive, so can anyone say how good or otherwise e-cigs really are?

    Working a treat for me; it really made it a lot easier for me to not smoke. But I'm still using it 6 months on, so I still have a habit that has to be broken.

    But as cliched as it sounds, I'm taking it one day at a time. I've no interest in smoking while I'm using my eCig, which is good enough for me for the time being.


  • #793
    Brother Psychosis
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 146 ✭✭Brother Psychosis


    havent been out since i've given up either, i'm assuming thats going to be hell


  • #794
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    Brother Psychosis wrote: »
    havent been out since i've given up either, i'm assuming thats going to be hell

    I dont understand, you dont have any physical cravings now, its only mental cravings. But after 6 weeks, are you not glad to be off them?

    Im off them almost 8 weeks and Im delighted to be off the smelly yokes, not chained to having to go out in the cold to have an anti social cancer stick. Ive been out last weekend and I had some drinks and it was grand, I didnt feel like I needed to smoke at all.


  • #795
    Shazanne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,089 ✭✭✭Shazanne


    I'm finding the e-cig great. My willpower is not the best, but this has certainly worked for me. I know, like the poster above said, I still have an addiction to break (nicotine) but I intend to wean down on the amount of nicotine I am using once I have accepted fully that I don't smoke regular cigarettes anymore. And at least I'm not getting the 4000+ other chemicals in cigarettes 20+ times a day!
    It will be four weeks tomorrow since I've smoked - now that is a miracle for me!! I don't smell anymore, either does the house or the car:):) I am not lining the Governments pockets with the tax I was paying every day for fags and I can happily go anywhere without having to check and see if there's an exit nearby where I can escape for a smoke!!
    Plus I don't feel like I'm killing my hubby with second hand smoke:eek:
    So its all good so far!!


  • #796
    spider77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 107 ✭✭spider77


    Off them 7 weeks now and all going good. Still find it hard in the pub when ppl I know head off out for a smoke. I was in smoking area for over 2 hrs one wknd and it was ok actually. Big wknd coming up so fingers crossed I can keep positive. Some people are saying to me have one when I'm out but i know that will lead to more. It's all or nothing. My chest is so much better since quitting, no more choking in the morning. Still running few times a wk and signed up for my first 10k in April. I find running in evening really helps keep my mind off them. Driving still the hardest for me.


  • #797
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    spider77 wrote: »
    Some people are saying to me have one when I'm out but i know that will lead to more.

    Well done Spider, just have to comment on this - sorry for being rude but what morons are saying this to you! One? One will have you straight back to being fully hooked! I honestly cant believe someone would say this to an ex smoker!


  • #798
    Vudgie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 869 ✭✭✭Vudgie


    username123 wrote: »
    Well done Spider, just have to comment on this - sorry for being rude but what morons are saying this to you! One? One will have you straight back to being fully hooked! I honestly cant believe someone would say this to an ex smoker!

    It really is mind boggling isn't it!?

    One thing that I have noticed since I quit is the amount of negativity that surrounds the process of quitting smoking....

    "once a smoker always a smoker"

    "Have one or two on a night out it will be fine"

    "How long will this last"

    "I'll believe it when I see it" etc etc.

    People don't mean it but what should be one of the most positive things that you have done for years is often tainted.

    By all means have a cigarette on a night out, but you are a smoker again if you do, please be under no illusions.


  • #799
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    Vudgie wrote: »
    It really is mind boggling isn't it!?

    One thing that I have noticed since I quit is the amount of negativity that surrounds the process of quitting smoking....

    "once a smoker always a smoker"

    "Have one or two on a night out it will be fine"

    "How long will this last"

    "I'll believe it when I see it" etc etc.

    People don't mean it but what should be one of the most positive things that you have done for years is often tainted.

    By all means have a cigarette on a night out, but you are a smoker again if you do, please be under no illusions.

    Vudgie, Im having a totally different experience, everyone in my world has been overwhelmingly positive. Hardly any of my friends or family members smoke. I had one good smoker friend and she has also quit. I had a large number of smoker friends 10 years ago, but they had all quit over time.

    Is this a problem that smokers are being negative? Surely non or ex smokers are being positive?

    I can see the the 'ah shure one or two on a night out wont kill you' brigade, they are the very people who are just trying to hang onto their smoking buddies, it used to worry me everytime I lost another pal to smoke with too.

    I havent been in a situation where someone has nodded to me and said 'are you going for a smoke' with the expectation that I would - Ive only been out a couple of times since xmas and not with any smokers. Itll be interesting the next wedding or big social event I go to.

    Time to shed a few lb now - to be totally honest, I find dropping a few pounds a much more difficult prospect than quitting smoking! I was having those 'gawd, my whole life seems to be about denying myself pleasures' thoughts this morning - but I nipped that in the bud pretty quick because smoking was no pleasure really.

    Has anyone found they gained weight since quitting? I havent gained any, but I needed to drop some, and put it on hold in favour of becoming smoke free. I think the knowledge that I needed to lose a bit anyway held me off gaining any as a result of not smoking.


  • #800
    largepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭largepants


    Hello peoples how are we all this evening? Well I'm still a non-smoker and its great I'm loving the fact that I don't smoke anymore. But funnily enough I don't consider myself an ex-smoker yet. I don't know why that is.

    I've started doing a bit of running the last few weeks and although it was very tough at the start I'm finding it easier the last few days. Usain Bolt better watch out!!

    Spider don't mind what anyone else says to you. You just do your own thing. You're stuck this for seven weeks and have gone through the torture so you're flying.

    I think I'm on 52 days at this stage. Not 100% sure.


  • #801
    largepants
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 813 ✭✭✭largepants


    username123 wrote: »

    Time to shed a few lb now - to be totally honest, I find dropping a few pounds a much more difficult prospect than quitting smoking! I was having those 'gawd, my whole life seems to be about denying myself pleasures' thoughts this morning - but I nipped that in the bud pretty quick because smoking was no pleasure really.

    Has anyone found they gained weight since quitting? I havent gained any, but I needed to drop some, and put it on hold in favour of becoming smoke free. I think the knowledge that I needed to lose a bit anyway held me off gaining any as a result of not smoking.

    Only saw this now username.

    I've started running in case the weight started going up. I did need to lose a bit anyway. I think I'm into the habit of running now so I hop eto drop a bit over the coming months. I don't find myself eating more at all. I still have a few pints over the weekend so I've haven't changed my eating/drinking habits at all.

    You should get int the running walking. Seriously you'll feel great after it. And it does become a habit. Go for it.


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  • #802
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    username123 wrote: »
    Vudgie, Im having a totally different experience, everyone in my world has been overwhelmingly positive.

    Same here. All my friends and family have been great since I quit 3 months ago. Smokers, non smokers, ex smokers, people who never smoked.

    If anyone did try and be a smart ass by trying to entice me into having a cigarette, I'd tell them where they can shove their pack of B&H and send their lighter up after it.

    Although, in truth it wouldn't bother me that much now as I'm not even tempted to smoke anymore.

    Likewise, I would never dream of lecturing any of my friends who continue to smoke. As someone who smoked for 20 years I know how annoying that can be too. Each to their own.

    Although if I knew someone who was starting to smoke for the first time, I would make an effort to dissuade them from doing so.


  • #803
    username123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,484 ✭✭✭username123


    largepants wrote: »
    You should get int the running walking. Seriously you'll feel great after it. And it does become a habit. Go for it.

    I do already :( Ive always exercised. I swim a couple of km 3 times a week and I walk/jog 4 or 5 days a week. My body is too used to the exercise, its the diet I need to address I think. Its something thats been on my mind to address this year, after the smoking. Just a stone, but Im small so you see every lb on me.

    8 weeks today - tbh its flown in, looking forward to the end of March for the milestone of 3 whole months.


  • #804
    LollieB
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 61 ✭✭LollieB


    So glad I found this forum.

    Yesterday was my third week off the cigarettes! Hasn't been too difficult really- a couple of times I've had really bad cravings but I've managed to withhold! :D

    On nights out I've given myself the permission to have one cigarette if I really, really had to but I'm proud to say I haven't indulged yet. And I really don't want to- for once my stubbornness is a good thing! :cool:

    I'm beginning to worry about gaining weight. Once I hit the one month mark I'm going to take back control of my diet & increase my exercise!


    Keep up the good work everyone!


  • #805
    yosser hughes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,946 ✭✭✭yosser hughes


    Hi folks. 11 days off them now. I went for a few pints again last night as I had done the previous Friday. Whereas the previous week I felt fine,last night I really wrestled with my addiction. Thankfully I did not succumb and I would have been gutted this morning if I had.
    In fact all this week I've found it harder that the first week.
    However I went for a run today and I am definitely more comfortable running and it was great.
    Well done everybody and there will be moments but you just have to face them down and you will be the stronger for it. I feel I am. I feel like every craving I get is a challenge and self-discipline will get me through.
    This forum is a great help too. Keep posting folks.:)


  • #806
    Harpy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,894 ✭✭✭Harpy


    I'm on day four today, stopped on friday have been lurking around all the different threads here.. They're really helpful for those times where I'm just like why am i even bothering doing this, read a few posts here and then i'm like that's why i'm doing it...


  • #807
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    yosser hughes wrote: »
    Whereas the previous week I felt fine,last night I really wrestled with my addiction. Thankfully I did not succumb and I would have been gutted this morning if I had.
    In fact all this week I've found it harder that the first week.

    I found the second week more difficult than the first too. But things got much better in the third week, and week four was a dwadle. Before I knew it, I wasn't even counting the weeks anymore.

    Its a good feeling. You're doing well Yosser. Just a few more days and you'll be over the worst of it for the rest of your life. Keep up the good work.
    Harpy wrote: »
    I'm on day four today, stopped on friday have been lurking around all the different threads here.. They're really helpful for those times where I'm just like why am i even bothering doing this, read a few posts here and then i'm like that's why i'm doing it...

    Good on ya Harpy. Stick with us and soon you'll be asking yourself why you ever bothered thinking about smoking.
    A journey of a hundred miles begins with a single step and you've taken that step in the right direction.


  • #808
    Lapin
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 18,184 ✭✭✭✭Lapin


    LollieB wrote: »
    I'm beginning to worry about gaining weight. Once I hit the one month mark I'm going to take back control of my diet & increase my exercise!

    Good plan.

    Concentrate first on quitting the smokes and don't worry too much about weight gain for the time being.
    Quitting is difficult enough without adding to the stress it brings by worrying about diets and other issues.

    Be nice to yourself, and when you're comfortable enough to address any other issue without craving a cigarette, go for it !


  • #809
    john kinsella
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 462 ✭✭john kinsella


    This is my first day off the smokes. Have been a 15-20 a day guy for longer than I care to remember and I am just sick of it at this stage.

    I am using the gum and so far so good I pleased to say. I was dreading the drive to work without my morning smoke but it was much better than expected.

    I know it is early doors but my lungs already feel better breathing in fresh air!

    Really enjoyed reading this thread before taking the leap so thank you for all who posted and keep strong for all those giving / have given up!


  • #810
    sporina
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,126 ✭✭✭sporina


    john kinsella wrote: »
    This is my first day off the smokes. Have been a 15-20 a day guy for longer than I care to remember and I am just sick of it at this stage.

    I am using the gum and so far so good I pleased to say. I was dreading the drive to work without my morning smoke but it was much better than expected.

    I know it is early doors but my lungs already feel better breathing in fresh air!

    Really enjoyed reading this thread before taking the leap so thank you for all who posted and keep strong for all those giving / have given up!

    best of luck john - I am day 40+ off them now. I stayed with my bro last night and when I got up this morning I put the kettle on etc. The he got up and went out the back from a cig - and I thought "OMG - I didn't even think of a cig - where as when I was a smoker I would have a cig before going to the loo never mind thinking of the kettle. So it gets soo much easier.

    Also yesterday I had my first long car journey on my own - over 200 miles - and I was dreading it. But on the journey I was actually glad to NOT have to smoke and expose myself to the smell and the cold of the having the window down. It was only the thought of not smoking that I missed!!! But in reality - I actually do not like smoking and I am glad that I do not have to do it any more.
    I do get craving though - but I ride them out. They are not me really wanting a fag - its the addiction, which is diminishing by the day.


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  • #811
    Love2love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,257 ✭✭✭Love2love


    Day 28.

    Shocked I got this far. Feel like i'm a smoker still. I think most of my smoking cravings and thoughts are gone and definately the novelty of giving up has worn off but I'm still not smoking! :D

    I will say my low mood has not improved though. Keep thinking of how I am going to enjoy a holiday, night out again if I don't smoke. Does that make sense to anyone? I have no desire to smoke but in my head I still have some association to enjoying life with fags, I know its ridiculous as I look at my friends / family who have never smoked enjoying life just fine. I just can't shake it! Went to Weight watchers tonight because I have swapped my addiction to cigarettes for chocolate and have put on 7lb in the last 4 weeks :eek:
    But I think the funny thing is, even with the low moods and the weight gain and the novelty worn away.... I still have no desire to smoke. :D


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