It's a bright sunshiny day here in the Maritimes, this flu bug or whatever it is that I have is hanging on. I do feel quite a bit better though, I am very thankful my husband Mark never got it thank goodness for that. I hope that everyone will enjoy this day that we are blessed with, as always let's remember to be vigilant in our precious quits, especially if anyone is having a rough morning, stay strong, hang tough,keep your mind as well as your hands occupied. If you are still having a rough time, deep breathe and if you can go for a short walk or sit down and write down all of the reasons that you are quitting smoking and I bet it's a long list and if you write down why you would want to continue to smoke, I would think that the page would be pretty blank. As we all know quitting smoking is definitely doable and keeping and protecting our quits is also very doable. I know how hard it can be because I had some hair pulling days that I didn't think I could continue on with my quit but I promised myself that this was my final quit. No matter what is happening in my life that I would never, ever pick up another cigarette as long as I live. Like everyone things happen that you think maybe just one wouldn't hurt, but we all know one will put us right back to smoking full time, I didn't do it when I found out that my sister has breast cancer in the first few months of my quit or when a very good friend died of cancer in the beginning of my quit. We must no matter what protect our quits because it's vital to our quality of life and by the way my sister is doing great right now so my smoking last yr would've only hurt me. Stay strong my fellow Exers.
Marilyn 478 DOF
