| From: headbo (gold) (Original Message) | Sent: 3/7/2003 7:45 PM |
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Since Richard gave me the okay to
celebrate early, I will.
Exactly one year ago today, I was on
my way to Florida and just before leaving home, my sister gave me some devastating news. We drove to Detroit that night and I went into the bathroom
of our hotel room at 9:00 p.m. and smoked my last cigarette. I never told anyone, but I knew that was the last cigarette I would ever smoke. I
didn't smoke it because I was craving it and I really don't know why I did, but for some reason or other, I thought I should.
I held onto my carton of cigarettes
for a full week and kept telling myself that I could smoke them if I wanted to, but I was choosing not to. I gave them away exactly one week later
to friends who were flying out of Florida that day. From then on, I told myself that if I was going to smoke, I would have done it yesterday. I
remember Day 4 was especially hard for me, but once I got past that day, it really wasn't as hard as I imagined. In fact Days 1, 2 and 3
weren't hard at all. I can still hardly believe that I have been nicotine free for one year.
I found this site by accident when I
came home from Florida. I read the Message Boards and got a chuckle reading everyone's stats -- right down to the second. I read all of
Joel's articles and it was this site that taught me the "Law of Addiction" and that quitting smoking really is as easy as "never
taking another puff".
Quitting is doable. Just do it now
and don't wait to "Bottom Out".
Kelly
Proud Member of the Gold
Club
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