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The Key To Freedom

RoseH
Member
6 15 113

A cigarette was my “friend”.  There was or is no one on this planet that was more addicted to Nicotine than me!  I quit smoking on August 12, 2018.  I literally begged God to help me!  And HE did!  I am so much stronger and wiser because of this paramount decision!

 

The addiction to Nicotine is a hopeless and senseless state of being…  It brings to mind what H.A.L.T. taught me.  Whether I was Hungry, Angry, Lonely (Bored) or Tired, a cigarette was always my choice of action.  I grew quickly over the past two-plus years.

 

Never doubt your decision to quit smoking!  As the days go by, it becomes very apparent that smoking is NEVER a solution!  Smoking a cigarette gives us a false sense of being ok…  The addiction to Nicotine destroys our freedom and our health!

 

I still do think about smoking occasionally, but…  there is no doubt in my mind that I will definitely choose to quickly dispel that thought!  My life was miserable, and my health was declining!  It does get easier!  Make and keep the choice to abstain!  I promise you will never regret it!  I wish all of you a very happy and smoke free Monday, and let’s all keep our beautiful and precious quits!  Rosemary

15 Comments
indingrl
Member

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Rosemary - I am so glad YOUR back - I missed YOU MY friend in Christ Jesus MY Lord

RoseH
Member

Thank you indingrl

sweetplt
Member

RoseH ((((Rose)))) I pm’d you and everything... I am so happy you are back at Ex’s...you were greatly missed...hope you had a beautiful and peaceful Christmas...and I agree, smoking is never a solution...wishing you a Happy Monday....~ Colleen 756 DOF

RoseH
Member

Thank you sweetplt‌ !  A long story short I had a mission...  I missed you too, my friend!  Love ya!  Rosemary

Cousin-Itt
Member

Good Morning Rosemary

  You were missed   Glad you are back

Carl

RoseH
Member

Thank you Cousin-Itt‌ !  I was on a mission.  I missed all of you too!

JACKIE1-25-15
Member

Welcome Back. You were missed. 

RoseH
Member

Thank you!  JACKIE1-25-15

Christine13
Member

So happy to see you back Rose!

Lolli
Member

Thank you for sharing your experience, strength and hope. I know God brought me here and I’m grateful for people like you who give us hope. 

indingrl
Member

Awe your welcome RoseH

Giulia
Member

Hope your mission was accomplished!

RoseH
Member

I will know soon, if my “mission” was successful!  Thank you Giulia‌ !

RoseH
Member

You are definitely in the right place Lolli‌ !  You can do this!  And we are all here to help you!

RoseH
Member

Love to you, my friend!  Christine13

About the Author
I was 57 years old and smoking like a chimney in September 2003. I was also having medical problems and upon my doctor’s diagnosis, I knew I had to quit smoking. I was scheduled and admitted to the hospital in October 2003. I had a total hysterectomy and was recuperating, when a nurse found me upset in my room and she told me to try to calm down, and take a deep breath… I could not take a deep breath! In fact, I had to be put on oxygen immediately! I was terrified. A medical specialist was brought in, and that is when I learned I had COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). My x-rays confirmed it, and the direct cause was smoking [since I was 15 years old]. I had double pneumonia as an infant, so my lungs were fragile, even when I was very young… I had to stay an extra week and they pumped steroids and antibiotics in my arm so I could breathe on my own, again. My nose got so sore with those oxygen cannulas in both nostrils. Hindsight is always 20/20. I should have never started smoking. However, peer pressure was awful when I was 15 years old. A few of my classmates dared me to light up and smoke one… I remember that first taste and how I coughed from the smoke. It was awful! But I wanted to “belong”, so I smoked until the addiction took hold of me! Back to the hospital room… I was terrified. I quit. I stayed that way for six whole months. My husband, Ed quit with me. We were doing great and then one day I said to him, “My life feels empty. Do you think we’ve got this quitting thing under control? Do you think we can have just a few a day? Before I could say another word, he was off in the car to buy some cigarettes… We both lit up when he returned, and I felt like my throat and lungs were on fire! I smashed it out and coughed! “I will never do that again!” But an addict’s lies are just that! Before long I was smoking over a pack a day again… The truth is that I had no idea how terrible the “addiction” to the drug Nicotine was. I smoked for another decade or two and each day I would tell myself that I would quit “tomorrow”. Don’t be as naïve’ as I was about this slowly killing addiction! Quit now! I would not be using two inhalers if I would have kept my quit way back then…