Wow 4 months! Congrats cristina, that is wonderful! I can relate to what you said about not slipping, because you don't want to go thru this again. I feel the same way. Keep the quit!!! My Milage:
My Quit Date: 11/6/2009 Smoke-Free Days: 91 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,640 Amount Saved: $910.00 Life Gained: Days: 10 Hrs: 9 Mins: 24 Seconds: 24
I had no idea when I started this journey that one day I will get here. Life is good above the smoky clouds... who would have thought? I did not die when I didn't get "my fix". I managed to survive the anger bursts (so did my family and co-workers...lol). I managed to survive living with a smoker for 3 out of these four months (hubby quit as well YAY. He has a month under his belt!!!). I did not eat my weight in junk food - though I did put on a few pounds that I did not need... I did not turn into a beauty queen (guess that depends on genes more than anything else, huh?) but I do feel better, smell better, and more importantly breath better than I did in about 20 years. I am still thinking about smoking every now and then. The stinkin' thinkin' that "a puff would definitely feel good now". But I KNOW that I am an addict. I KNOW that one will never be enough. So I don't give in. And it goes away.
I have smoked for so long that I still have to retrain my mind on so many activities that were linked to smoking in all these years. But I am doing it. Was it easy to get here? NO. Maybe that is why I do not allow myself to slip - I don't want to go through these steps again.
I love being a non-smoker. I do not impose my quit on anyone else. I do not try to convice people smoking is evil. If asked, I just brag about how great it feels to breath. That is all.
So from the top of my lungs I say...
Keep the quit
Cristina
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 10/5/2009 Smoke-Free Days: 123 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 4,305 Amount Saved: $559.65 Life Gained: Days: 11 Hrs: 16 Mins: 56 Seconds: 5
