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The Quiet Riot We Carry Into The Holidays | Ep.63

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“Change I have to to I get to do something” becomes the frame for shoveling with his wife and rethinking stress.

1. The Quiet Riot Show episode centers on Tommy’s quitting-smoking update, Mexico travel plans, and a Christmas-season check-in. 2. Tommy and his co-host carry the conversation as the main voices, with Tommy talking through nicotine, work stress, Rachel’s surgery, and family logistics while the co-host reacts and pushes the conversation forward. 3. The episode asks what changes when daily stress is high: whether quitting smoking, traveling, and family obligations can still be handled with a better mindset. 4. Tommy says he has not smoked in two weeks and has not used nicotine pouches, calling it “full-blown raw dogging it.” 5. The hosts separate the short nicotine withdrawal from the longer habit of reaching for a cigarette or vape and keeping something in hand. 6. Tommy says he tried quitting vaping and found the physical routine of holding it was the hard part. 7. The Mexico trip becomes a practical issue because Tommy says vapes are illegal to bring into Mexico. 8. He says he is going to Playa del Carmen for eight days, with cigars and tequila on the plan. 9. The conversation weighs whether airport staff would confiscate a vape, and Tommy decides buying one there is safer than risking the trip. 10. Tommy says work is busy, Rachel is getting surgery in two days, and he arranged to stay home and work from home for weeks. 11. Tommy rates his stress as a five, while the co-host says he is a seven and then revises to a nine because of the Mexico trip. 12. Tommy says he has been changing his thinking over the last two weeks and that bad work events no longer sit with him for hours or days. 13. He credits therapy and conversations with Trav for helping him question negative thoughts instead of leaning into them. 14. Tommy highlights Trav’s phrase “change I have to to I get to do something” and applies it to shoveling with his wife. 15. He says that shift changed his mood instantly and made a chore feel like time spent together outside. 16. Tommy also says he texted an old school friend named Christian after seeing him at work for the first time in 18 years. 17. The tone is casual, personal, and joking, with frequent back-and-forth teasing between the two hosts. 18. The format is an unstructured holiday check-in that moves from quitting smoking to travel plans, family events, and old friends. 19. People dealing with stress, nicotine, or seasonal overload may relate most. 20. Listeners wanting a tightly structured interview may skip it.

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