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One Step, And Then Another

OldBones-Larry
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One step, and then another, will get you to where you want to be.

I believe those words totally. 

What size steps? That depends on the person. Some need to take baby steps, others much larger ones.

One second, one minute, one hour, or one day at a time. That depends on you.

You can make it through your quit journey. I did after 42 years, though the damage was already done.

Bypass surgery and COPD are the realities I live with now. I now treasure each and every minute of each day.

Travel safe my friends.

As I began this post, so I finish .......

One step, and then another, will get you to where you want to be.

Larry the Caravan Master

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I am a male that underwent coronary artery bypass X3 (triple) on 10/22/13 at the age of 55. I was living on about 20-30% of one coronary artery and my left heart output was only 20% to 25%. I spent a week in the hospital after surgery and went home. Then had to go back a day later for another week because I had pneumonia. Finally a few days because of a slight arythmia. All told it has been about 2 1/2 weeks. I am past the cravings by now and only have the urges to contend with. I really don't suggest that anyone quits smoking using this technique though. I'll have to carry the scars from that day for the rest of my life. The large one down the center of my chest, and the ones from several "silent" infarctions. I came that close to the next world. Never again will I subject my body to that (at one point in my life I was smoking 5 packs of cigarillos a day). I now have to say N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever) every day of my life. TheOldGoat-Joan, I miss you terribly my friend. Elder Lists Guilia's: (/blogs/Giulia-blog/2017/06/18/elders-list-ao-december-7-2016 ) or Smorgy's (Chronological Elder List)