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My goodness, it does happen!

tburton1004
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I have a little celebration today … 300 days smober 🎉 It took a LONG time to hit 100, it seemed, and now I’m suddenly at 300. It does get easier. It really, really does.

Gratitude to all those here at Ex who supported me and cheered me on. I am exultant and humbled. For every fellow warrior here in this community, I salute you and rejoice with you for every day won.

Grip it and rip it, y’all! WE GOT THIS

Cheers, Terry 300 DOF 

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I am a recently retired artist, educator, filmmaker, and all-around slightly domesticated wild child who loves to howl at the moon. I am the daughter of two nicotine addicts, and my mom was also an alcoholic. She found AA and reclaimed her authentic seIf. She paid it forward and helped countless others find their way through. She had been a smoker since her high school days, as had my dad, and quit when my dad was diagnosed with very early stage lung cancer in 1993. They both quit on the spot, over 30 years ago, but my dear mom passed away from stage 4 lung cancer in May 2018. My dad was virtually crippled by COPD the last couple of years and he passed March 2023. I miss them both so much. Smoking killed both of them. I vowed all my life that I would never smoke, so go figure, for some idiot reason I started smoking in 2009. Now I’m free. I enjoy building tables out of reclaimed wood and love working in my shop. I have a massive model train project that has “this will take YEARS” written all over it! I love gardening, camping, reading, and drawing. I am married to the best of wives and best of women, over 15 years now. We’re looking forward to travels and adventures and just being together in this wonderful state of retirement!