First week down. One day at a time. I haven't had an easy time, hard as H** some days, sometimes I just have to get through the minute, or three. I went to my mother's today, she smokes like a freight train and the smell made me literally nauseous; maybe that is a good thing. I am drinking more water than I ever have in my life, sleeping better and eating healthier as well. Who would have thought one step would lead to several others. I read your post Red, and it is my biggest fear that my heart or lungs will fail due to 30 plus years of smoking, at 44 I am not ready for that to happen. I watched a lot of my friends go in for unrelated surgeries end up on vents for days due to lung damage, not what they originally had surgery for. I watch my mother who is not old by any means struggle to breathe as she walks from one end of her house to the other. I DO NOT want to be that person. I am not getting any younger, and I am sure there is irreperable (sp) damage done but I am determined not to continue harming myself anymore. No matter how hard some of the moments get I will Not take another puff.. N O P E..
It sounds like you have the Positive Mental Attitude required to totally kick that demon's ash!!! There's still bound to be some bumps in the road ahead, but keep on taking it minute by minute and day by day! Way to go!
