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WTF did I cough up?

breathingfree2
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So, I'm getting myself ready to head to the gym, and out of the blue I get into a mini coughing fit. Something wants out of my system and boooooyyyyyy is it persistent! Cough, cough, hack, hack and finally I receive the fruits of my diligent work.

Fruits are not the right word unless you are talking rotten, stale, musta been hiding out in my lungs since the new millenium, Oh geez and EWWWWWWWWWWWWW.

Wasnt yellow or brown tinged, it was a glop of dark, dark brown mucoid funkiness. Maybe funkiness should be in caps, because for sure it is just. not. right.  I have to take a moment to thank whatever higher power, force of nature, my moms prayers, whatever... is keeping me from this smoking stuff, cuz I cannot imagine what my life would be if I kept living it in the way that I was.


Fingers crossed I dont buckle and give in, I want to stay smoke free, pray for me everyone, pretty please?

8 Comments
JonesCarpeDiem

prayers up

 

It was a Ningleberry

breathingfree2

OMG, hilarious! thank you, on the edge of buckling and your ningleberry comment just got me back on the right side. you ARE the best, lol

growingpains
Member

u got my prayer breathingfree...

dodge315
Member

When I'm really craving a cigarette, I write a letter in first person to myself from my lungs.  Today, your lungs were saying:

Dear BreathingFree,

You abused us for too long, but already we are feeling healthier.  Today we decided to send you a little reminder of what's been coating us for years.  By the way, if you ever decided to smoke again, we're packing up our neighbor heart and leaving.

Love,

Your Lungs

neonurseutmb
Member

Love the letter Dodge!  Great idea!  Sounds like just what they would say too. 

eib
Member

I am so stealing the letter idea Dodge! 

As for ningleberry, just be glad that it wasnt a yoing - yoing ningleberry cuz those can bounce right back and hit ya in the face, knock you clean out!   😉

Mothergoose9
Member

Forget crossing the fingers!!!  This isn't a crap shoot, it's matter of choice!  Those cigarettes can't find their way to your face without you, which puts YOU in control!!!!  Get a mindset that makes NO room for smoking!!  I was a 4 year serial quitter that always got suckered by the 'just one' BS.  It didn't change for me until I finally decided that smoking was simply not an option...EVER!!!  Not for ANY reason, not under ANY circumstance!!! 

Funny thing is, those smoking dreams that plagued me ALL the time on my previous 20 year quit......I don't have them this time!  I see that on that quit, I was a quitter on the outside, but I was still a smoker on the inside.  With this mindset, I am quit inside and out!!!!  It's been 5-1/2 years...and I guarantee, crossing my fingers had nothing to do with it!!! 🙂


You've got what it takes.....you were meant for so much more than slavery!! 

EllenMT
Member

OMG, loved the letter Dodge, breathingfree I'm sure my hack attack is coming, been over a month and only cough I have is and occasional sinus drip cough.

You can do this, One day at a time, Not One Puff Ever!