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Craves just hurt a little while but ...

Maki
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Smoke ...

Go on do it ... go right ahead ,

But if you do , just remember

You made your own bed. 

You are in charge ; you made the plan , 

Its time you make decisions and choices 

What to do with your hands . 

To smoke takes an action ...

Actions you willingly take   . 

Smoke it or choke it , suck it or butt it ,

Whose glory will you stand  ? 

The cigarette you hold as idol   

Or for woman and for man . 

Take steps to change your thinking ...

Take steps that will keep THIS quit safe .

Remember the reasons your in this 

And why you came to this place 

It's not that you owe us strangers 

But to yourself that you deserve . 

To free from the shackles of addictions 

That for years you obeyed and served . 

                         Maki 

We all started with a decision . The next following are choices . 

I still remember my first weeks quit x2 because you see I had two quits . One lasted eight years and now my second here is heading towards ten years quit . I lost that first quit by making a decision I had the power to make . The next days after that were followed by bad choices I made .

I learned from that first mistake that I have the option every day to smoke or not and the outcome of my smobreity depends on me alone .

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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 .