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Day 6!

karen6
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Sixth day into my countdown to taking off the patch and flying solo! This morning I almost forgot to put it on. Sometimes I wonder if I even need it. I feel so removed from smoking now, I doubt very much if any situation could pull me back. I spent the afternoon with my smoking daughter yesterday and had to endure the stench, the smoke in the air, and a sort of awkward embarassment watching her do it. My child. She's 24, but she's still my child. And she's smoking around my grandchildren. She's a very headstrong girl, and any suggestion that what she's doing is wrong could cause a rift between us. I must lead by example, and hopefully she respects me enough to see what I'm doing as attractive and cool and want to do it too. Anyway, the most important thing is that I quit. I'm a young grandmother, and there's great potential for me to play a big part in the lives of my little grandchildren. I can't be struck down early in life with some stupid disease. I have already triumphed over Crohn's disease, it just CAN'T come back, or mutate into cancer. I also dread COPD, especially emphysema. I've turned a corner here, I can feel it. I've quit so many times, it's not funny anymore. This IS the final quit. There's no turning back now.

Kudos to everyone still on the wagon, I'm finding the wagon ride with all of you a lot of fun! Keep blogging! I read them all and they help and amuse and move me. Thanks Ex-ers, you ROCK!

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