congrats to all of u.!! ok well ,my name is joanne. iam 53 and been smokin since im 13 y/o. so 40 yrs worth of smoking here, iam a mom of 4 kids,3 boys and my daughter ranging from 14- 18-24-25 my girl is 18 in college to be an r/n, none of them smoke they all hate smoke and they are all on my back since they can talk lmao. well i quit on nov 1st,2010, i lost my mother to lung cancer this past aug,she was diagnosted july & was gone 4 wks later. well im also copd,so was my mother altho she quit 15 yrs ago wen they told her she had it. me i smoked more. but then in oct 1st i lost my job, i was feeling i was loosoing to much all at once, reli felt lost i guess, sick i couldnt breath . i picked nov 1st dont no why then nov 1st my neice said it was lung cancer awareness, and mayb its a sign from my mother, so i said what the hell, even if i do it for the day in her memory/ her honor, well here iam 18 days later still going strong.now if i can do it we all can do it lol. i can finally say the words for reli, iam a cigg. junkie, or i was :)) the urges are still there but they are getting better, ill tell u wat, i feel so much better, more energy, i actually feel fulla life, its great, ohh dont get me wrong its wonderful but i still get where i reli wana ciggarette but i weight it out,the good/verse the bad of it, i talk to myself, ill eat or clean excersie then it goes away.so for day 18 im on a roll here and iam reli happy i made this choice, i smell better, my food tast better my hair car haha at 53 who woulda thought about startin a whole new life over ciggarettes.sorta like a devorse from them. best feelingin the world. so anyone needs help iam here, dont be afriad to ask me or anyone anything.were all here for the same reason. its up to all of us to make this work,and it will if we work it. well thanks for hearning my story and best of luck to u all. ,Joanne.
