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From Giulia

Mike.n.Atlanta
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Giulia recently posted a comment in one of my blogs & I just felt that more should have the opportunity to read it.

"I too go in for that physical and in the back of my mind is the "did I wait too long to quit?" thought. Well, in fact, we all did wait too long to quit. The moment we became addicted, we waited too long to quit. And we will have to pay the toll for that. The toll right now might simply be having to go through what we have to go through in order to become free of the addiction. That's payment enough. For others who didn't stop before the physical ramifications of smoking affected their health, the toll is far greater. You can’t quit soon enough. Life without good health is life diminished. It’s only when we don’t have health that we understand the depth of it’s preciousness and our own stupidity in abusing our “temples” as you put, Mike. Quitting sooner rather than later will lessen the toll we ultimately have to pay. I repeat - you can’t quit soon enough."

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I began this quit journey on October 1, 2004. I'm not doing it for my wife or children nor in memory of the many family members or friends I have lost due to this addiction. I'm doing it for Mike. "The only real threat to your quit is between your ears" ~ Me "A smooth sea never made a skillful sailor" ~ English proverb "A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trial" ~ Chinese proverb I'd rather be a non-smoker who thinks about smoking once in awhile, than a smoker who's always thinking about quitting" ~ Anonymous ~