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Wow!

Yess
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This morning while I was enjoying lazing in bed until I "wanted" to get up as opposed to the alarm for a workday. I mused over what I was feeling about this weekend and on my own dealing with the quit. I realized that I was feeling great and optimistic and this thought popped into my head:  I've "tried" to quit countless times during my 50+ years of smoking and always felt that I was losing something and of course, deep down I really didn't want to quit because I thought it was a pleasure I was giving up. This time I knew I wanted to quit, I knew I was not giving up anything but gaining everything and so instead of feeling Woe is Me, I am feeling WOW is Me!  Thank you all for being here, your support is priceless.

Pamela

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I am a transplant from England and came to California in 1973; became a citizen in 1985. I have promised myself I would be a happy non-smoker by my 70th birthday or sooner - April is getting close! I started smoking at age 15 and like many others have tried to stop several times. This time I have a very different attitude and I am looking at this as a positive move to regaining my freedom as opposed to losing something by giving it up.