I know that quitting smoking can and definitely is difficult to say the least, especially in the first few days and weeks because I remember only too well how hard it was for me, they're were days in and around the 30 day period that sticks out where I wanted to rip my hair out and a little later in the same day if someone said something that stressed me, I wanted to tear their face off and an hour later I would start blatting like a baby . Many times I wanted to throw my hands up in the air and head straight to the grocery store to buy a pk of those cancer sticks but whew luckily I also remembered the promise I made myself the night before I quit smoking that no matter what I would never pick up another cigarette as long as I live and I don't break promises to anyone including myself so I held on tight and blogged as many times as nessesary to get help from this wonderful community of people, sometimes I got tough love but I always felt better after coming here. I drank a lot of water, kept a bag of sugar free mints around in case of a really bad crave plus I tried to keep my mind as well as my hands occupied, I kept an extra clean house and did a lot of extra baking and tried to hang around my non smoking family which was hard at times because Mason's mom and dad both smoke and my daughter Mandy is Mason's mother but I was willing determined and totally committed to succeed so my mild copd wouldn't get worse by continuing to smoke knowing that I would most likely end up on oxygen 7 / 24 or even worse die a slow painful death that's most likely smoking related, I kept all of that in my mind while I kept moving forward and stacking up those precious smoke free days knowing that I would eventually get to that good place in my quit and I did and you can too, if you are struggling hang on tight because victory is around the corner, there's life after cigarettes and it's super fantastic but hey if you don't believe me, please prove it for yourself give it 3 months or even 4 which is even better and once you realize how much better life is without the crutch, you should never want to go back but only forwards .
Marilyn 796 DOF
