cancel
Showing results for 
Show  only  | Search instead for 
Did you mean: 

Share your quitting journey

Thursday passes

LarryG
Member
5 6 135

Aroostook nite sky visitmaine.com.jpg

An Aroostook County, Maine night sky (not always like this) visitmaine.com has the photo.

That's very colorful and it must have been very cold that night.  We do see the "lights" sometimes in rural Maine and it's a wonderful sight, of course now I live in town and we don't have the chance to see them at all - too many lights.

One light I don't see is that lighter being held up to a death stick, I'm grateful for that!

Stopping smoking wasn't easy, I smoked for over 50 years, I really didn't think I'd be able to stop.  I was successful in beating one addiction, so why did I think I couldn't beat one more, or did I really want to stop smoking?  Once I made up my mind (became willing), and accepted that I was trapped (addicted) then I was ready to "quit".  So, for six and a half years I've been grateful that I took the chance to quit.

I had support from my friends that I have coffee with, and from my family, I had the "Q" and all of you for support, it was a win-win situation.  Thank all of you for being here for me today, Thursday, and giving me one more "pass", I'm so very grateful to all of you.  Join me, just for today, and we'll all be winners.

6 Comments
MarilynH
Member

Wow that's another absolutely gorgeous picture Larry thanks for sharing I'm 40 minutes away from Presquile and just a couple of minutes away from the Bridgewater Border, I watch WAGM weather every evening With Ted Shapiro, I'm guessing you do too  YAY for Smokefree living and YAY for each and every Day WON I'm on day 2019 and I still smile at each and every Day WON....

YoungAtHeart
Member

Seeing those Northern Lights is on my bucket list - but it stays long and my chances of getting to all on there are diminishing!  I got to Europe (the trip of a lifetime) and out West....so two are off of it!  Many more things to go, though!

GREAT photo to start a cold winter day!  Thanks for it.

LarryG
Member

Go to Iceland (it's not a bad place), or Norway - you'll see the lights.  Of course it should be winter.

YoungAtHeart
Member

Are they visible every night?  Have you been to Iceland? 

brrrrrrr - I will need my personal support bear animal to keep me warm!!!

LarryG
Member

Not every night but often, in Norway way up north probably.  Yes, I've spent one summer and one winter in Iceland (Navy) I did see the lights sometimes in the winter but we had  a lot of ambient light

sweetplt
Member

Oh my Larry LarryG I have never seen the lights...other than on Tv...what an amazing site....Thank you for sharing this beautiful picture.  Happy Thursday...~ Colleen 416 DOF 

About the Author
I quit on October 25, 2013, it was the best decision I ever made (or, one of them). I smoked for over 50 years and quit Cold Turkey. My most useful tool is gratitude, you can borrow some from me.