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Maki
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‎03-22-2020 11:23 AM

No , smoking is not an option , it is not even a thought and that amazes this addict ! My gosh this self isolating to me is worse than quitting smoking ! I'm glad the price of cigarettes skyrocketed to an unaffordable price . First time I quit smoking was because I refused to pay 5 dollars  ... that didn't last . 

Human contact is vital to health ... not just texting but talking both on the phone and in person .  I know there are others feeling socially alone through this not just me .  Think I will call a few of those folks today  . Helping someone else will also help me . Kinda like us helping each other here quit smoking . It's like getting out of isolation . Maybe some of you will do that too . 

Change of thought ...

I can't imagine how old aged smokers who are still smoking will manage through this . I remember being in the hospital and desperately asking people , strangers even , if they would buy me a pack .. heck I even called a cab to buy them and deliver them , borrowed money to do so  . I took their name and address and sent money to them when I got home .. oh my , what an addict !  Think those packs cost me a ton that day with cab fare on top , but I didn't care ... I needed my fix. 

I appreciate my quit so much . Life is totally different .

                                                                                                Better ... 

                                                                                                                        Better than ever ! 

Change of thought : 

Yup this self isolation is definitely worse than quitting smoking for me .

I am a very social person and this is torture .... but this too shall pass . Soon I hope ! 

But instead of wallowing I'm going to do different , just like quitting smoking ... don't smoke , do something different. 

Today I am not sick , I am isolated, but not sick , my family is healthy , I don't know what the next hour will hold . Every day every hour is uncertain it seems but I'm grateful . I'm grateful I have food and shelter , friends and neighbors . I have clothes and shoes and my hair is kinda messy cause it's early and coffee comes first  lol . We can't get a hair cut due to closures and isolation but that's ok I always hated the growing out stage for a new hairstyle ..now maybe that will happen . Wow ... that brings back memories .... 

Change of thought 

I remember cutting my hair when I was a kid , did you guys do that too ? 

Times change over the years , don't they . 

Toilet paper ? What was that ?  lol ... now we are scrambling for every roll we can get . 

Dumplings went a long way .. it was stretching the dollar and filled a grumbly tummy . 

Wouldnt it be great today for us old foggies if party lines came back , but I guess face time is great too if I can learn how to work it lol . 

Change of thought : 

I gotta stop lol

Coffee is ready ... 

Maki . 

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About the Author
Smoker of 28 years . COPD recipient . My biggest help to quit was to read other successful quitters testimony . I’ll have a thirteen years quit June 30 , 2024 . Biggest lesson learned : I learned the “Just one” lesson . You can never have just one .It is the the key to everyone’s quit . Having “ none” is the easy way to quit smoking . Quit tools : Made use of my strengths and improved upon my weaknesses . Quit benefits , more time with my family , better quality of life , better self image . How I kept the quit : one day at a time , one step at a time . I told myself like a broken record : “ Don’t smoke ; Do something different “ then literally went and did something different other than smoking “ . Quitting is not complicated , nope is it , however it will be the process of self discovery for you to find that out for yourself . How long will that be ? Up to you . We are all different and we come from different backgrounds and smoked for different reasons so no one can really tell you when it will get easier for you only that it will . Be patient with yourself . Who cares how long it takes anyway because we all came to quit forever . This quit is for life , your life , so embrace it , welcome it , it’s the best thing you will ever do for yourself . The money you save get a bucket list of little rewards and big ones and do them . Change the things you can . Life is worth living . This gets easier , oh my gosh , so much much easier . Give it a season , give it two and you’ll never want to let go of your quit I promise you that . It’s wonderful , absolutely wonderful to be free . Quitting btw was the hardest thing I’ve ever done just like everyone here . I shed buckets of tears for weeks , yelled into a pillow , stuck my head into a cold bucket of water and paced aimlessly in head fog . Was it worth it , every bit of it ! Biggest improvement : , my health , the relationship with my family ( all non smokers thank goodness ) and finances . When I started 2011. I was walking three blocks with the use of inhalers for copd . Latest accomplishment : still on the inhalers no further advancement of copd . June 1 2023. Did my first 10 k . Next goal is my second 10k by the end of 2024 . I’m 68 years years young and I’m an Ex smoker . I was able to take three trips ( out of country ) with my family because I quit smoking . Time I never would have had had I not quit . Money from quitting paid for them . I want to say you are in control , take your power back from cigarettes from vaping or any addiction you might have . Life awaits you , don’t let it pass you by . Make the decision to stop and one day that light will shine upon you and make you a whole new you . Thank you to Quitnet members and Ex members for the support and encouragement to quit and stay quit . That along with my desire never to smoke again has given me a life long successful quit . No turning back , ever .