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21 Days!

icandothis207
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Sometimes when I check in on the numerous quit apps I use, I’m proud of getting to see that number of days of being smoke free. Then there are days that I see that number of days and think it looks pretty darn small compared to the 20something YEARS I spent smoking. I just keep reminding myself this quit is what I make of it, so I am here to proudly say my quit is 21 days strong! And I am getting stronger on each one of these days instead of staying submissive to my addiction, which was the easy thing to do all those years.

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I started smoking at 15 and the only times I have not smoked over the last 25 years was during both of my pregnancies and a 1.5 year cold turkey quit. I am using Chantix this time around as the depression I experienced during the cold turkey quit was too much for me to want to face on my own again. I told my husband it was either Chantix or we were going to need to have a baby (he's 51 - not particularly interested in starting over with an infant :) I am cautiously optimistic I have a better approach this time and that it will stick even after the Chantix is done as long as I make the effort to change my mindset. Here we go...