228 Days

[ljguptill]

I haven't been here in a while, so I thought I would stop in to share that I am still a non-smoker. It has been 228 days of freedom. I have started exercising again and eating right. It's funny, when you do one good thing for yourself, it can snowball and by tackling just one thing at a time, make some HUGE changes in the way you live your life. I used to be mad at myself everyday, because I couldn't keep my own promises to quit... I swear you have to just get fierce with yourself, read the material on this website, and participate. It really helps, and it comes down to just making that decision and never let yourself falter. 

It is occasionally very hard. I just lost my 92 year old mother 2 weeks ago to"today"- each day I felt that urge, if I just kept my promise through that day, and the next one that cropped up- I would come through it still a non- smoker. And as my mother was fond of saying "So far so good!"