WOOHOO!!!! ME!!
Thank you, Pat, for starting this thread, and thank you everybody who joined in with a woohoo for me.
Some people on the FB site said there was a party going on here for me & I should check it out.
Sho nuff, you're all here in the treehouse, with your nozzly things, your licorice, sour babies, hard candies, and coffee straws.
You're all lined up to take your turn at the punching bag in the corner & lots of you have your exes & bosses in bags to throw on the bonfire.
I see a lot of you doing the no smokey hokey pokey & a few cuddled up in front of the DVD watching Fried Green Magnolias & bawling your eyes out.
Sven & Jorge & Helga & Juanita are idle, & that ain't right. Come on, who doesn't need a massage in the middle of climbing Quit Mountain?
I hate that I had to rejoin the site as if I never was here, as if I didn't take or give anything. I already talked about my history, a couple of times if you count my HOF win, & I didn't think I should have to do it again. Still don't.
Let me just say, then, at one year, it was worth every minute, every tear, every bath, every tantrum, every self-doubt, and every second guess.
I can't imagine smoking now, and I feel true pity for anyone who still does. I feel at least 347% better and I am 150% more freakin gorgeous.
The SSC was a huge part, probably the deciding factor, of my quit so far. While I have to give them credit where it's due, I have to also say it was a different SSC. So, you newbies, don't expect too much, it ain't like it used to be.
The thing you need to know is you have it in you. Quitting takes guts & heart & determination & it takes wanting to be a non-smoker. That doesn't mean just not smoking. It means not wanting to smoke, it means knowing how to handle your life without smoking, it means YOU show up when your loved ones need you, not the junkie.
The other thing you need to know is you can't feel bad when you're shouting "WOOHOO!!!".
Thank you everybody who walked before me, beside me & behind me, & thank you especially to those who were there to pick me up when I fell. Because otherwise, I'd just be laying there with dirt up my nose.
