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SimplySheri
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Why Not You?

~~Why not you?~~  Russell Wilson

You've been reading blogs, reading pages, and learning all the things you need to know for a successful quit.  You silently watch as newborn, shaky quits blossom into lovely strong commitments.  You cheer, you support, and....you smoke.  Maybe it's a 'slip', maybe its a relapse, maybe its an addiction you have yet to understand, much less conquor.

So you focus on others' quits and wish you were them.  Or wish you were like them.  Able to successfully quit.

Why not you?  Are you less intelligent than quitters?  Are you older than quitters? Do you have short legs or are you bald or have you had too many children?  Maybe only right handed people can quit?  Or those who live in cities?  Or maybe they are tan, taller than you, or smell better?

I hope you are laughing 🙂  And then I hope you get it.  Anyone can quit successfully.  Anyone.  That includes you, my friend.  There is no secret formula.  No criteria.  No magic spell. 

Just put them down.  Walk away.  Don't look back.  And honor that commitment you have made to your quit.  Honor that person you are.  And know that you are as deserving to live addiction free as I am or anyone else is.  And each moment you don't smoke, remind yourself that you are doing it!!  Remind yourself that it will get easier.  And remind yourself that just because you are anxious....stressed....bald....pale....you do not have to smoke. 

You do not have to smoke.  Move towards freedom even if it is only one minute at a time.  And every minute will add up and you will be just like the rest of us quitters.  Coming here and telling the next smoker that they, too, can quit. 

So, why not you?

Sheri

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YoungAtHeart
Member

The new family doctor I found said something to me along these lines when I went and asked him about his thoughts on NRTs.  He said, "More people in the United States have quit smoking than are still smoking.  Do you really think they are stronger, smarter, BETTER than you?" 

I kind of took that as a challenge, and it became another tool in my toolbox to prove I WAS just as strong and smart as all the folks who had quit....and to prove they all were not better than me!

Great blog, as always, Sheri!

Nancy

TerrieQuit
Member

Perfect, as usual, Sheri!

I Won't Quit on my Quit!

enjoy reading your blog so much!

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Giulia
Member

Simply Wonderful post!

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plug66
Member

great post.......went to a small family gathering on wednesday afternoon, don't have an exact headcount, but guessing  35 to 40 people~~ was my first time in a group of people since i quit smoking May 15th....i was surprised to see only 5 people who were smokers........the numbers are falling off, and we are part of that group that that is NOT smoking yayayayay ussssssss

I DOOD IT.

Time IS the healer.

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shashort
Member

Thanks Sherri love your blogs.

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MarilynH
Member

Thank you Sheri, quitting smoking is the wisest decision that I have ever made as Dale says above I dood it and I am so happy that I did, so why not you? 

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bonniebee
Member

I used to think like that Sheri I always thought i was to weak willed to quit and stay quit ! I think I just had to get to a point where I really really wanted to be free of the addiction and finding this site really helped me get it !

The support here is amazing and I never had it before in other quits . hearing other ppl talk about how they quit and what it took really helped me make a commitment !

Newbies stick around and you will see how possible it is for you  to quit !