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I'm a soon to be 67 year old great grandmother of 4, grandmother to 5, mother to 3 and married to a wonderful Christian man. I've been smoking for 49 of those years with a few quits thrown in along the way. I quit the longest about 10 years ago for a year and 1/2, but along came a really traumatic happening in my life, so I reached for just one cigarette which by the way was still in my freezer...mistake #1! That led to another 10 years of addiction. I was experiencing extreme shortness of breath just doing simple things like making the bed, so I went through a bunch of heart tests which turned out all right. Then I had a pulmonary function test done which led to a diagnosis of emphysema and COPD. I guess subconsciously I was waiting to hear some deadly diagnosis to scare me into quitting for good. Well, it did scare me enough to make me quit cold turkey the next day because I decided I didn't want to die. The first few days of my quit I wandered if I had made the right decision since it was the hardest thing I have ever done but I found some support sites on the internet that really helped me a lot. I read for hours and days about this horrible addiction of ours and how to deal with it. I found out that knowledge is power. Another thing that helped so much was my faith in Jesus. I pictured Him sitting on my shoulder giving me strength to conquer the cravings. It also helped and continues to help me to encourage others who are new quitters. On Sept. 11, 10 I will have been quit for 2 years. That's my story of how I decided to quit smoking.
Quitting smoking is a learning experience. Every time you overcome an urge you will have overcome another obstacle that threatened your status as an ex-smoker. As time goes by, you will run out of obstacles and you can comfortably go through life a happier and healthier person. All you need to remember and practice to stay an ex-smoker is - NEVER TAKE ANOTHER PUFF.
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