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Star's first post & diary......hello
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Oct 24 07 9:16 AM
If someone had told me early on July 14, 2007 that I would be
101 days finished with smoking
on Oct. 23, I would have said they were crazy and playing a cruel joke on me. Cruel because I did want to stop smoking and I had tried to quit, but I just never imagined I could stop.
Stop meaning
: Never using nicotine again,
ever
. I thought, no way, me, a a nicotine addict for over 40 years and so strongly addicted to nicotine? How could I stop. But I finally realized my addiction had taken control over my whole life. Not that I ever smoked a lot (like that made a difference), but it finally became such an irritant causing me to "slow down", me a very athletic gal. I couldn't go anywhere without nicotine and then I had to stop whatever I was doing every few hours and light up to satisfy the cravings. If only I had known "
being finished was simple", no not easy, but simple
. But I was so uneducated, until I found
FREEDOM
!!
The point
besides my good healthy glee of reaching 101 days of FREEDOM (that sounds soooooooooooo much better to me than colors or Three months, 9 days, 12 hours for some reason) I say it very slowly: O n e H u n d r e d and one day.............so nice to hear..oh yes!!!!
My point to you,
just starting out on your beginnings here at Freedom and even those who have a slight beginning ting of color, I hope you realize that the educational materials and postings of others you read here, have helped me continue to grow strong in my resolve to
Never Take Another Puff
. As long as you are true to
that promise
you also will
progress hour by hour, day by day
, accumulating milestones alone the way. No magic potions, no magic pills, no aids to buy, just saying everyday: that I will simply never take another puff.
Try Not! Do Or Do Not, There Is No Try ~ Yoda
Star
Free and Healing for Three Months, Nine Days, 13 Hours and 27 Minutes, (101 days) while extending my life expectancy 3 Days and 12 Hours, by avoiding the use of 1,016 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $258.53
.
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