SSC Gang,
First off I want to thank Lady for that incredible anny post for my 1 year quit in the Stats forum. That was quite a trip down memory lane reading all those old posts!! You're quite the researcher!
I have put together a little ramble, probably my last one, for this occasion. One year is indeed a milestone in the quit process and I am very proud to have made it. However, I will not rest on my laurels as I will remain ever vigilant during my continuing jouney in my new, smoke free life.
[b][color=black]A New Life[/color][/b]
One year. Where has the time gone? Some parts are a blur while others will live with me forever. I have called this ramble �A New Life� because that is exactly how I feel since I quit smoking. Many of you know the story about my 10 month, 8 day quit back in 2004. For me I think I needed that. It was quite an eye opener. I do not regret losing that quit for without it I would not appreciate My New Life.
In that 2004 quit I experienced practically every emotion a person can while still retaining a part of my sanity. I cried. I laughed. I withdrew. I bragged. I condemned. I was the total �package�. One miserable, loathsome individual who was simply lost. Just as a human must develop in the womb before it�s born, I too had to develop before I could grow into My New Life. All told, with my 2004 quit time and my relapse time, I developed for 16 months, 8 days. (Just for the record, that is the approximate gestation period of the sperm whale, if that tells you anything about me :p )
This ramble isn�t a �how to� about quitting. I think that most people who come to this site have some idea of what it�s
going to take to quit. What a few don�t anticipate is all the b.s. that some of us endure in the early and mid stages of a quit. That is what separates the lifetime quitters from the slippers/relapsers. Can the slipper or the person who relapses still get that lifetime quit? Heck, you�re reading his story right now! How does that come about? Thought and preparation. No short cuts. No �I wishes�. No �I�m trying�. (We all know about �trying� to quit, don�t we?? ;p )
My New Life was born from the thousands of butts I�ve scattered over this country. Together, their collective flame could pro
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Days: 9392
Hours: 15
Minutes: 54
Seconds: 54
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