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Believe in the positive

Maki
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‎09-11-2020 07:01 AM

For those of you missing , we hope you are doing ok . I can think of a few Exes .  I haven't seen Larry or Larry , Christine , Indingrl of late and I know their are others !

Newcomers you are missed as well . 

I am also missing real life people and concerned this covid is really taking its toll on so many of us .

I know it is on several friends of mine . I worry for their physical and mental health . I worry for mine . 

I was reading mandolinrains post yesterday ... I misunderstood and yet could relate . So thank you for writing such a thought provoking post ( I hope everyone will read it ) . The rest of THIS post is inspired by HER post . 

I was in the process of a life change when covid hit and when the worst thing ever happened in my life . That was all happening  just when it couldn't get worse I thought but ......  it still gets worse . There are days the anxiety turns into panic and I can't breathe  Right now the only thing that keeps my head above water and keeps me hopeful is my quit . I don't have to smoke to get through it . Smokers are very strong people believe it or not . Maybe I won't get through this unscarred the rest of my life but the power is not mine it's in someone else's hands  . To smoke or not was always my choice and it was always within my power to say no .

This is not in my control . 

I walk , it relieves the stress , I excersise , it relieves the anxiety , I walk and I excersise to keep strong , to keep active body and mind  , to feel better in the midst of the storm and being quit reminds me I am strong ; that I CAN and get through no matter what .

I have to be positive because things could be worse , may be worse but being negative I would drown .  

If you think you can't quit you won't . If you think you won't survive , you won't , if you think of giving up , you will . 

Believe in the positive and the positive will come back to you . Be patient yet persistent . Be encouraged and encourage . You will be free .

Odaat , Osaat . 

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 .