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Good day my fellow Exers ●

MarilynH
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It's another gorgeous morning here in the Maritimes, we are going to break records on the temps getting up above 80 for so many consecutive days for the month of September. I am going to enjoy this weather while it lasts , life is good especially since quitting smoking after 40 yrs of smoking over a pk of cigarettes on a daily basis, actually my husband and I rolled our cigarettes because a pk of 25 here cost $11.50 and that's a generic brand. My husband quit smoking April 25th / 14 with the start of emphysema, I kept on smoking thinking I was just fine until my doctor set up a breathing test because he didn't like the sound of my lungs and I found out that I have mild copd so that made me decide my smoking days were numbered so I quit 430 days ago on July14th / 14. Quitting smoking is definitely doable, I tthink it's a mindset or at least it was for me. I found this site by fluke really and I thank God that I did find all of you because you literally kept me grounded in my early days, I promised myself that I would never pick up another cigarette as long as I live and I don't break promises  to anyone including myself, I had some days in the beginning of my quit that if you looked at me the wrong way I could have ripped off your face or maybe I'd start crying my moods were all over the place but I kept reading blogs and comments on this site and I blogged whenever I felt like I was crawling out of my skin and you all helped me through it, stay strong and stay close because life is so much better being an EX SMOKER and I know that I am breathing alot better, I didn't want to continue smoking knowing that I might end up on oxygen and probably die a slow death that's more than likely smoking related. A few weeks of roller coaster ups and downs is so worth it to be living a life without cigarettes. 

Marilyn 

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I'm a proud Gram of 2 grandsons and a granddaughter and I consider myself a jack of all trades and a master of none, plus I enjoy reading and being outside and since quitting smoking breathing is so much easier because I'm not coughing half of my time sucking on a cancer stick....