Have you ever been out with your son who suddenly falls ill and says he can't hardly breath, and lit up a cigg in the car on the way to the emergency room? Then, leave his bedside to go have a nico-fix, and get really really happy to find another smoker outside. (Meanwhile, pretending to be on the cell phone making an important call so that no one thinks I ditched my son and went outside only for a ciggarette.)

Have you ever left your kids home alone to run to the store for a pack of ciggs (when you otherwise don't leave them alone at all)?

Have you ever basically scheduled your whole life, and the lives of your family members around when, how, and where you could feed your nicotine addiction?

Shamefully, I have. And sadly, I thought it was my right to do so.

This quit is hard, but worth it.

Jennifer - Free and Healing for Fifteen Days, 22 Hours and 55 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 2 Days and 5 Hours, by avoiding the use of 638 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $103.78.