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Quitting smoking is difficult to say the least but by quitting smoking your breathing will improve which is essential to living!

MarilynH
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I have been in a real funk lately and I think it's partly to do with the humidity and I haven't been sleeping well but that's ok because I look for the positives in life and even feeling exhausted most days, my seven year old grandson Mason brightens up my days, no matter how rotton I might be feeling. We all need a purpose in life and bettering our lifes is so important, so quitting smoking and remaining quit should be our top priority, I used to think that I was invincible and that other people got cancer or emphysema from smoking but not me but I certainly was wrong and after 40 yrs of smoking, I found out through a spirometry test that I have mild copd, whew, for me that was enough to scare the crap out of me because breathing is essential to living. We all know what happens when we quit breathing  Quit playing Russian Roulette with your life, quitting smoking is definitely doable and remaining quit is also absolutely doable but anything worth having in life takes time and effort but wow my friends and fellow Exers, once you get through the roller coaster ups and downs and mood swings and you get to that point in your quit that you don't want to rip someone's face off or scream , then you are probably getting to that good place in your quit, you can and will enjoy a life without cigarettes, believe in yourself, continue to be willing, determined and totally committed which will give you a beautiful smoke free life! 

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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....