I remember a time when I told people that I was gonna smoke until I died.
I really thought so.I am a former 3.5 pack a day smoker.
i have lost friends to death and disease because of smoking.
presently my friend Casey is in and out of the hospital with pnemonia and she eats through
a tube in her stomach.
We talk on the phone.
She will lose her voicebox as soon as she has the surgery.
Everday I face the results of my own smoking.
My friend Regina died.I visited her sometimes 2x a week as she fought cancer.
Because of Regina and her sickness,I finally believed that could happen to me-that I could fall sick-
and lose the sunshine that rests on my face and in my heart another day on the planet.
I now come from a family where smoking is no more-one day at a time.
My brother and father no longer smoke and I do not either -Thank God!
My life has gotten exponentially better since I quit.
But first it got worse.
My Ex family Virginia,HTC,Bonnie,Joanne,Dale,Shawn,Tommy and Thomas helped to show me the way one day at a time.
Let the sunshine warm you while you are still here to hug for your loved ones,to hope for yourself for a healthy future....
let that sun shine...It will be hard but soon you will feel the warmth ,,,,the hope and the relief
Moe
quit 1037 days since 8/6/2013
had quirt 2/5/10 relapsed and come back -happily quit now
