120 Days!

[djmurray]

The big 4 months today!  It certainly has gone much more quickly than I would have imagined, and I certainly never planned to love being a nonsmoker this much!!   So I think I might talk about surprises tonight.  

I was surprised that:

all my fear about quitting was for nothing  

smelling smoke didn't attract me or make me want to smoke

when I moved calmly through a crave I didn't have that crave any more

the same is true for triggers

I feel so much better about myself

I have so many insights that I wouldn't have had behind the smokescreen

a supportive community is the best thing ever

and it doesn't surprise me, but I'm grateful that:

I can breathe so much better

I'm not wasting money on cigarettes

I smell so much better

my car isn't a pit

I never get distracted from what I'm doing by plotting when and where I can smoke

I have so much more time (okay, that's a little surprising) to do things

I have surprised so many others who've known me for a long time and are surprised that I'm really quitting

I have a new EX family!

Thank you all -- love to everyone and sweet dreams, my friends.