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Sparky,
 
Any thoughts are good thoughts!
 
Sharing makes it more real for others to see what you are going through and to show that you are not alone!
 
Great perseverance!
 
 
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When I read CVDEB's post about the hacking and coughing it brought back a memory that I hope I never have to relive.  It was on my first attempt to quit.  I was so naive as to what quitting was all about.  I went to the doctor and got Zyban.  Good to go right?  I thought all I needed to do was take the pill and wallah I was good to go .  I had no idea what was ahead of me.  I went to work, Monday, department meeting and all of a sudden I started coughing so bad I had to leave.  I was so embarrassed.  I had no idea what was happening to me.  Then on the way home I got hit by the CRAVE from hell.  I was almost in a car accident.  Got home and smoked .  I was not prepared, I had no SSC to run to.  I can not express enough how important it is to get prepared.  I don't care whether a person quit on the first try (yeah!!!) or it takes a life time of tries be mentally prepared to quit.  For me it is more than the smokes, it is what goes on between my ears.  I have one heck of a committee that likes to chatter, chatter and chatter. .  Well this time I am yelling "I DON'T WANT TO SMOKE, I DON'T WANT TO SMELL, I AM TIRED OF BEING YOUR SLAVE, I WANT TO AVAIABLE FOR MY HUSBAND, I WANT TO BE FREE!!!"  I am shouting over them and not letting them chatter away at me.  Just some thoughts I have been having.
 
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