Today I can proudly say I have not had a cigarette for 6 months !!! ( I have smoked for over 44 years) Has it been easy? NO. Do I miss it? Sometimes 😕 I quit 6 months ago for lent, I couldn't wait for lent to be over so I could have a cigarette, but then that day came and went. Each day after I thought why not try to see how far I can take this, well here I am 🙂
I quit cold turkey, no patches no medicine just a lot of bitching and crying in the beginning ( luckily my kids still speak to me and more importantly my husband didn't divorce me ) I read a lot of books, articles before my quit but honestly reading them didn't prepare me for the reality of the side affects I was about to walk into. I learned you have to do what's right for you. I do have a pack of cigarettes sitting in my kitchen, when I've tried to quit before, I always felt like I NEEDED to have them near me and when I didn't I resented it, so now they are right here and I'm ok with it 🙂 ( they are a little stale now but that's okay). One thing that does help me is I have a picture of Terri Hall (taken right before she died) on my phone.( Google her if you don't know who she is) When I feel a self pity party coming on I look at it and think of the great place I am now in 🙂
Upward and onward to the next 6 months! Like I said before, was it easy NO, does it get easier YES
Sidebar--- my 4th grandchild is due on my one year quit date !!!!
HAVE A GREAT DAY EVERYONE, I KNOW I WILL 🙂
Julie 🙂
