I have been waiting for this day for a LONG TIME ! One Year smoke free, seemed like forever away but WE DID IT !!!!! Me & my husband quit a year ago and are going out tonight to celebrate. I would like to share some of this journey with all of you.
This past year has been filled with happiness, pride, frustration, sadness and confusion and transitions of many kinds. Which quitting seemed to bring to the srface even more. Lots of determination, hope and prayer built into my quit. I am happy and proud of myself for this incredible accomplishment. The transitions made in my health, my exercise program and outlook on life are so much more positive. I see things from a much different angle. Hope is given to me by reading the thoughts and feelings of others who struggle to stop smoking and then succeed - or even if they don�t succeed at first - and they never give up trying to reach their goal. I consider myself to be one of the lucky ones ~ My desire to quit was FAR stronger than and I was able to kick ole nic's butt harder than he ever kicked mine. I have reached out my hand to many quitters and if I helped in any small way, that makes me happy and somehow strengthens my resolve to never smoke again. It has also allowed me to make some real nice friendships � thank you, my friends!!
My determination to leave tobacco behind me was strong, thanks to my grandparents who paid dearly for their addiction and gave their lives away early because of smoking and ultimately, death by breast and lung cancer. I don�t want my grandkids to remember me this way if I am blessed enough to have a couple sometime in the future. My thoughts were -- if I can stop now I will make my chances a lot better of being around longer for those that would like to have me. I explained this to my husband last year after I told him �we� were quitting smoking. I asked him pointedly if he wanted to see all of his daughters walk down the aisle and then later on present him with a grandchild to spoil. He gave me the look that says (and I love that look) YOU ARE RIGHT !!!! We had better make a move toward a healthier lifestyle. I told him I didn�t want to miss their life events out of selfishness and choosing nasty cigarettes over them. I feel I robbed them of enough time w
