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READING IS FUNDAMENTAL

Thomas3.20.2010
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Thank you friends for letting me know that I can face down my triggers and just go for it!  Yesterday I celebrated Easter in part by taking the time to read some 50 pages of a very good book!  Now for folks who don't know me that is a very marvelous thing! You see, I had linked in my brain reading + cig=pleasure.  This was a hard-wire in my brain!  So when I quit smoking, I found myself going from 3-5 books a week to practically 0!   I would try to pick up my book and WOW! I supercraved a cig!  I switched books - same thing!  Oh my goodness!  Believe it or not - this issue almost took me down!  I had to come to the conclusion that living is more important than reading! OUCH!  But my friends at EX kept encouraging me to try reading again!  WHOA! I was petrified!  But I found out that they were right - I had to rewire my brain's equation.  It now says reading+fresh air=pleasure.  Making that substiitution really is possible!  Now I am FREE - smoke-free to enjoy my new me in some treasured ways!  

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63 years old. 20 year smoker. 11 Years FREE! Diagnosed with COPD. Choosing a Quality LIFE! It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery. -Galatians 5:1