It's only 1 ° F this morning brrrrrrr and that's without the gusty winds. I am so happy that I am an Ex smoker because I don't need to be standing outside freezing my butt off sucking on a disgusting cancer stick anymore, I am thankful that I was diagnosed with mild copd a few weeks before I quit smoking because finding that out was a real eye opener, it really scared me into realizing that I wasn't invincible that if I didn't brighten up I was was going to get worse and end up on oxygen or maybe even get cancer that could be tracked back to smoking so I started preparing myself , I found this site in the beginning June 2 yrs ago done some reading and set my date for July 7th and that date came and went but I reset for July 14th and promised myself this was it and I was doing it no matter what was happening because there was never going to be a good time to quit so I was just going to do it . I hid in the shadows here for almost three wks into my quit until I commented on something here and our friend Moody commented back to me and EXplained to me how to write a blog and tell a little bit about myself and my quit so I did and I am so thankful because at that point I had 18 days in and I was having an EXtremely difficult time but you were all here for me and got me through the rough patches and into a good place and I am always saying to people struggling that reading jonescarps aka dales page concerning the first 4 months of your quit will help you get through any difficult days, I know because his page is a huge part of me still being here 598 splendiferous days later quitting smoking is absolutely doable and definitely worth all of the withdrawals and rough days, be willing, determined and totally committed to succeed and you will, there's life after cigarettes, each day you get through is another day WON.
Marilyn
