Well, I feel like a total idiot!! For some reason I ended up in my Inbox only to find 3 messages there!!! babedd, sassy, and thegills06....I sincerely apologize for not answering your messages. I've only been looking at the ones on "My Page" and totally forgetting that I also have an Inbox!!! Like Homer Simpson would say," DOHHH!!" So this has got me wondering something else about quitting. Do we also lose our short term memory for awhile? the hubby asked me to check the wood stove early this morning and I didn't think of it until lunch!! Good thing it wasn't real cold out or I could've been in deep doo doo with him. And I'm thankin' God it was an easy fix by just stirring up the coals and adding a little more wood to last until hubby checks it before he goes off to work. I got some great responses on my blog about the longer term quitters. One person has been an Ex for over a year!! And, yes, they are still an Ex. It's amazing how hungry people are to hear from the long term folks. Lookin' for answers and hoping to hear it gets easier. The one thing I'm learning is WE CAN NEVER LET OUR GUARDS DOWN!! Old Nick O'Demon will be tempting us for the rest of our lives...just waiting for that weak moment when we think we can handle a butt and we really can't. This is a life long commitment folks....we are actually "recovering smokers". And just like AAers we have to be on our toes for that one puff that will bring us back to the "hell" we know as smoking. I guess I hoped that once I got the nicotene and the urges for it out of my system that the rest would be easy. I think I'm fooling myself. NOPE FOREVER FOLKS!!! Never forget what we're going thru right now and use that to strengthen your resolve to never start up again!!!
