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The F Word

YoungAtHeart
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No - not THAT one:

FREEDOM!

If you are just starting your quit, or have years in, you might spend a minute thinking about what freedom from addiction means to you!  To me, it means:

-traveling by air without the added discomfort of needing a cigarette when I am already stressed out.  I remember hearing of people stuck on the tarmac for hours, and wondering what I would do----I would probably have had to get OFF that plane! I flew to Europe last fall, so had the three hours in the airport, then ELEVEN on the plane, then through the airport in Germany.  I was LESS stressed during the entire process because I wasn't worried about smoking and having those receptors firing all the time.

-not worrying about my supply of smokes when the weather forecast was bad.

-not being mortified in a crowded space knowing how awful I smelled.

What does it mean to YOU?

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I smoked until a vascular surgeon informed me of the damage I had done to myself by doing so. I quit 11 years ago, and I can swim laps virtually FOREVER now, walk most other days 40 minutes to an hour and a half. What a difference quitting has made in my life! I strive to help others find this wonderful freedom from addiction, too.