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Share your quitting journey

Thank you!!

Chuck-2-20-2011
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When one travels on a path that is unfamiliar, there is fear of the unknown. It’s like walking in the darkness, unsure of which way to go. Each step is uncertain and at times one wonders how they will ever reach the end. How they will ever find a light in the darkness.

This in itself can make one lose their confidence for they must concentrate on the next faltering step, hoping they don’t slip off of the path. With each twist and turn that is faced one tends to look back instead of going forward for they know the world they started from. This is the familiar ground on which they have traveled.

But if by some good fortune they see a light ahead on the path it gives them hope. They realize that someone else has already walked this path and then one hurries to catch up to that light. Soon they are within the ring of that light and can see the path before them. But amazingly, the one who possesses the light stops and let’s you catch up.

You get there and there is the friendly wave of another, beckoning you forward. You rush to meet them and find out that they are willing to walk the path with you. They are willing to share their experience and knowledge of the path and all that lies ahead. This propels you onward into the new light and you realize that though it is a strange path your walking, you’re no longer alone.

The confidence builds with each step that you take for you have someone to lean on. Someone that is there for you not because they have to be but rather because they WANT to be. And when you trip, they pick you up, dust you off and help you to once again get your footing.

You look around and notice that there are many others walking the path with you for they too had been lost in the darkness. Together you negotiate the twisted path to it’s end. Every now and then, one strays from the path but the guide that you found will have no part of that. He comes back to find the one who lost his way and brings him back to the path, knowing that with a little help they can find the end. With a little encouragement, they will reach the golden light that awaits them on the other side.

They tell you of all the benefits and joys that await you there. And with the confidence of others, with the belief of others that you will not falter, you do reach that end! You reach the rainbow of the rest of your lives. Sure you’re the one that has to walk the path but never does it have to be alone. Never does it have to be scary. For there are so many willing to help and each victory is a victory for all.

This is why I come to this web site. To take my path with others. To learn from the experiences and knowledge of those who have already been there. For this I thank all of you for without you, I might reach the end of my journey but it would be so very hard. And why do it the hard way if you don’t have to. So thank you, thank you and thank you!!!

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