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*** MY TENTH DAY CIGARETTE-FREE ***

SuzyQ411
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When I relapsed in December, I was afraid I might not have another comeback in me.

Even so, I took advantage of those days by getting ready to quit again:

Research and reading for education. Got into Alan Carr's book "Easy Way to Quit Smoking."

Took a look at my quit tool box; made a few changes, added a few things.

Prayed that I could/would quit again.

As my chosen date of January 6, 2020 rolled around, I woke up ready to get on with this business of quitting. 

I was surprised and greatly relieved.

One major difference in this quit came from an idea in one of Giulia's blogs.

I pledged as collateral a cherished gift. A palm-sized wooden cross, given to me for comfort after my husband's death.

By placing that treasure as collateral, it meant should I fail at this quit, I could no longer hang onto the cross. I would have to give it away.

In setting up this collateral arrangement, I elevated my quit to being more precious than my beloved cross.

For that's the only way I will get to hang onto my treasured gift.

 

By never smoking again.

Today, I am ten days free of cigarettes.

Hooray!!

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Prior to my first quitting on 8/25/2019, I was a heavy smoker for over 60 years. That time, I quit due to health concerns regarding clogged arteries to my brain. Tar deposits from cigarettes were making the situation worse. I had become a prime candidate for a stroke and required surgery to clean out my left carotid artery. I have relapsed 4X since that quit, the last one being on 05.15.2022. ( At one point in all of this madness, I had been quit for 1.5 years). Then on 9/7/2021 I began my recent eight month quit before my current relapse. I am in the process of planning a return to the non-smoking life. After more than 2 weeks of smoking, wheezing and coughing and being short of breath, I have set my new quit date of June 1, 2022 as the beginning of my forever quit. I am done with this madness!! God is good.