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Almost blew it

Mommamich
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As mentioned today has been tough.  Not sure if this will constitute a change to my quit date but will be honest and explain what happened.  Was working on my chore list and one of those was to clean out the back patio.  I have left this one alone for awhile because this is where I did my smoking.  So I'm cleaning away and came across a forgotten pack of smokes.  Holy Cow.....I put that bad boy in my mouth, and lit the other end.  Spit it out as if it were a stick of dynamite. I doused it with my bottle of water and ran in the house like a scared child.  My cats really thought I had lost it.  Luckily my husband wasn't home to witness this.  I sat down and told myself to breath in, breath out.  Well I did this until I literally began to hyper-ventilate.  This made me start laughing at just how stupid all this was.  As I lay on my living room floor laughing I realized how really addictive this crap is.  Never would I have smoked a cigarette that had been laying around for who knows how long.  If this means I must change my date, well so be it.  Lesson learned but what a great one at that.  

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I am nearing 60 years old and have worked me entire life. Now being retired have found smoking to be more of a hassle and I worry about my health. Would love to go back to work, find retirement a bit boring.