Re: OF plus 11 hours

Great post Bessie. It's all good, isn't it? As you get farther and farther
from your last cigarette, it will just get better and better.
Welcome to the tubs, there's plenty of room!
SteveS
VOF

"BessieBee" <idontsmoke@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Yeehaw! I've made the tubs. Feels great! That Rauol is such a nice
> man, and I've never experienced such lush towels! The best part is
> that when I get out I don't have to worry about my fingers being wet.
>
> This past year has been amazing. I quit smoking. I don't smoke. 366
> days ago I would have laughed at anyone suggesting that I could
> successfully stop slowly killing myself. I always said you could take
> that last cigarette from me by prying it out of my cold dead fingers.
> Thank goodness it never came to that! :-)
>
> In the past 365 days: I smoked my last cigarette ever. I've had a
> colonoscopy, an endoscopy, two angiograms, one angioplasty, laser
> surgery on both eyes and I've started a daily regimen of prescription
> pills that will last the rest of my life. My elderly mother (already
> frail from emphysema) fell June 18 and for the next month my family
> and I got to watch her fade away as she fought for every breath. She
> passed away July 17, a mere whisper of the robust woman she'd been not
> so long before.
>
> In the past 365 days I've also learned that each day brings its own
> rewards. I've learned what it feels like to have my only child be
> really proud of me for quitting smoking. I've learned how good it
> feels to be proud of myself for doing something I had been convinced
> was impossible. I'm learning I will never again have to live my life
> around when I can step outside for a few minutes. I've learned that
> my car *really will* run without being filled with smoke. I could cry
> when I think about the amount of money I sent up in smoke over so many
> years, but am quite happy now to go on the occasional spending spree
> with money I didn't burn up.
>
> I've learned how good it feels to walk through security at the airport
> and not having a single worry about when I'll be able to get outside
> again. I've learned that I don't have to worry about making sure I've
> got enough supplies in for the weekend, especially when the roads are
> covered with snow and ice.
>
> I started to smoke during a time when it was acceptable. My parents
> never encouraged me to smoke, but when they learned that I'd started
> their only comment was, "don't burn down the house, please." The only
> good thing I can think of about me smoking is that it made my son dead
> set against ever lighting up.
>
> The main things that's gotten me this far is my commitment to never
> pick up another stink stick again. I know I'm an addict and I can
> never have 'just one.' I can't think of a single reason that could
> ever justify me busting this quit. I made a half-assed attempt to
> quit about a dozen years ago, but I consider this my first, only and
> last quit.
>
> Backing up that commitment is the support I've gotten from AS3. I
> honestly don't know if I'd still be quit if I hadn't found this group.
> I've spent many many hours here, sometimes just repeatedly hitting the
> 'refresh messsages' button hoping there would be at least a few new
> messages!
>
> From the very bottom of my healthier heart (and pinker lungs) I want
> to thank each and every person here who offered support when I needed
> it, scorn when I needed it, a learning experience when I needed it,
> and sometimes just an ear when I needed it. With everyone's support,
> and my own commitment, I made it here one day at a time. Now I can
> look forward to being a non-smoker one year at a time.
>
> THANK YOU AS3!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> BessieBee
> Lookie: ---> I quit smoking One year, 11 hours, 17 minutes and 28
> seconds. I quit smoking September 29, 2004 at 3:00PM EST. Since then
> I have not smoked 21928 cigarettes, saving $2,576.56. Life saved: 10
> weeks, 6 days, 3 hours, 20 minutes. AND, I no longer stink! :-)
>
>
> ---
> OF Damnit! :-)


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