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Let me start by saying 6 months ago I was a two to three pack a day smoker who thought I was happy, even if I had COPD and got colds and infections all the time. Everytime someone said you need to quit, including my doctors, they got the glare and a no way. I was in the hospital again in February and the doctor told me that I was going to die. I literally laughed, because they had threatened me with this for a while now. I just knew it was all BS, but he promised me that I would never live anoth… Continue

Ok, I tradionally put in a blog on a milestone in my quit journey, so today we will talk about 4 months. Wow!!!! Huge difference, so for all of you newer quitters, there really is light at the end of the tunnel. I actually started to think I would never feel like me again, but I am really starting to feel happy, like me and have a ton of energy, even though I have been sick. I have had a nasty sinus infection and a respiratory infection too, but I'm not as sick as I would normally be, so I am ta… Continue

Ok, I have thought about this since two am. Last night here in cheery NC, it stormed like I do not know what. This was a window rattler, lightening, thunder, strong winds, nasty. about two am it woke me up, many of you know I am sick right now and my breathing was bad last night when I went to bed, so all that noisy weather definitely got me up. I noticed my guy was not in bed, so I thought well the storm must have gotten him up too. I got up and walked into the living room , but he was not ther… Continue

Yesterday, I actually made it to 100 days and it felt really good to do that. The only thing I wish would or could have been different is that more of those who started with me were still here. I think the hardest thing of all is we all cheer for each other here and when we lose anyone we feel sad. I kno for me and others who have talked about this, we feel we didn't say the right thing or somehow we failed. I have been told that is not really how that goes, that sometimes people just aren't rea… Continue

thank you to all of you great folks on here, for making my ninety days special. I actually feel like I can do anything. For those of you who are newer to your quit, I want you to know that when you start making progress in your quit, it is totally empowering for you. You feel like a new person, full of hope and no longer a slave to a drug. This is hard thing to describe, but it is almost like getting a second chance at life. You wake up and realize all the possibilities that you never saw before… Continue