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3 weeks and counting!

polly2
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WAHOOOOOO!! Today is an awesome milestone for me -- 3 weeks. The thought, "Smoking is not an option," has worked incredible wonders for me. I haven't been tempted to go to the store and have not thought about smoking. If I do think about cigarettes (not smoking), it totally grosses me out! This is not to say that I haven't had cravings. Yet, I see those cravings as deadly toxins being removed from my 39 year old human landfill! I calculated that I smoked about 420,000 cigarettes. Wow, that's a lot of toxic waste -- makes me half sick to think about it...

I live in the valley in Northern California. Oddly enough, when I quit smoking the sky started. The smoke has been really bad, but it's nothing in comparison to the people who are losing homes and the firefighters who are working 72 hours at a pop.

If I had been smoking through all of this, I wouldn't have given a second thought to sitting outside and lighting up and getting a double whammy. Now, I have no desire to be outside and breathe in fire smoke. Our air quality has been severe for the past week.

When I look at that last paragraph, I see a person who didn't care about herself, namely me. That's how nasty this addiction is. It plants deceptive, insidious thoughts in our minds, which constantly trick us into believing that smoking is a good thing, while it quietly kills us.

Heck, it relaxed me and gave me energy. <---OXYMORON -- relaxed energy? C'mon on now -- LOL!

I'm happy to be here today smoke free and restoring my body!! I am gratefully indebted to this site, as well as so many of you who have supported me on my daily journey!! Thanks to all of you for helping me find a new lease on life!!

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