Hello everyone, I went to my work's awards banquet Friday, it was such a great feeling that I was not a prisoner and could sit and chit chat and not worry about getting a fix. When I was leaving I ran into an worker I had worked with 20 years ago. I knew he had had a heart attack about 10 years ago and quit smoking, then I knew he went back smoking after they fixed his heart, I remember him saying, I just can't give up smoking. Well he had a stroke 3 weeks ago, has to get an early retirement and spent many months in rehab to walk, and talk again. He said I have to retire now. I could see the pain in his eyes. His work was his life. He struggled to talk to me and I kept thinking, if only he had not gone back to smoking, maybe he wouldn't have had a stroke. It reaffirmed my need to continue to be a nonsmoker. I left feeling sorry for him, but feeling good about my decision to quit. Each and every day is a challenge, some better than others. I know I am an inspiration for my husband, and I feel he too will quit soon. One can only quit when they are ready, but I feel knowledge of the addiction will help overcome the desire to smoke. One day the tobacco company will be in ruins, but not in my lifetime.
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$343,755.00
Amount Saved
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Days: 5978
Hours: 9
Minutes: 8
Seconds: 6
Life Gained
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45834
Smoke Free Days
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1,145,850
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