Welcome to Become An EX
January 2010
Actually I will be glad when I can blog on here in months or even years rather than days yet I'm still proud of myself for this accomplishment. Tomorrow is my birthday and I can't think of a better gift to myself than clean, fresh air in my lungs. I'm no longer putrifying my insides with stink and thick gunky tar. I no longer worry about when I can get my next cigarette in. I don't have to stand out in the cold and smoke anymore. I'm no longer a social outcast. I smell good esp my clothes and hair. My teeth are white. My cough is completely gone (no more coughing up a lung). My chest doesn't hurt. My urges are infrequent now. I only wish I had quit when I turned 30 like I said I would...then hoped for 35, then 40, then 45 and oh, surely I would most definitely quit by age 50. I didn't but I've quit now and that's what counts. Isn't it amazing how the birthdays keep coming and we always say we will quit when we are a certain age and before you know it many more years have passed. Now I'm sitting here saying...At least I quit before I turned 60! On my way to work this morning I saw a woman holding a cig and the steering wheel in one hand and a cup of coffee in the other. She was having a hard time driving with all that going on. Plus we got liquid snow instead of the real stuff so, like u have to do when you're driving, she had her window cracked and was getting wet. Seeing her returned me to the momentary pleasure I felt with coffee and a cigarette and then I remembered all the other stuff that followed that MOMENTARY pleasure. It was so not worth it. What I try to keep foremost in my mind is that smoking that one cigarette never changed anything!!! It never made one situation better. It just kept me in the status quo of my misery.
Happy Birthday to Me!
Good for you...CONGRATS!!! And Happy Birthday! :)
Dawn 204 days ago
Yes.... Good for you!... Happy Birthday Honey.... you give me hope.... :)
Gina 204 days ago
Me too, I was going to quit at 30 then 40 etc. You're right we are there now, that's all that matters. My B Day was last week , first smokless one in long time. Congrats 50 days is real good and have a Happy Birthday
Rick M 204 days ago
Happy Birthday! Be so proud, and Thanks so much for the support you offer everyone here.
Rebecca 204 days ago
I'm very proud of you and your thoughts and reasonings are so in line with reality. You are now thinking with a clear head and it is so refreshing to hear. I'm envious that you quit 46 days before me. Hats off!
Laney 204 days ago
Happy Happy Birthday Debbie!!!!!!! Congratulations on your quit, and may your next lap around the sun bring you everything you desire!
Nitchimom 203 days ago
Happy Birthday to you, and 50 days / half of 100 / is FANTASTIC!!! You're doing great! And what a GREAT blog this was! I only wish everyone would read it because it is soooo inspirational. I have no doubt that you will make it to day 100 without smoking a single puff! Way to go!
OhioSheltieLady 203 days ago
Happy Birthday, Debbie - What a great gift to give yourself! I wish I knew how to paste cute pictures in but I don't so I'll just have to leave you with this ditty:
(To the tune of Happy Birthday)
Happy Birthday to You
You don't smell like P-Yooo
You've become an Ex-er
And a good blogger, too!
All the best,
May
maynell 203 days ago
Hi, this is my first message to you. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! A big congratulations to you, 50+ days smoke free-way to go. Hey, it's never too late---I'm 57. I'm so happy for you. I can just picture the woman you saw in the car smoking and drinking coffee (with her window rolled down getting soaking wet)! That's so funny--we were so funny (and sad)--didn't matter how cold or wet, we had to have that cig. Well, no more! Have a wonderful birthday. Take care. Pam
Pam 200 days ago
Happy Belated Birthday!! Also late Congrats on 1/2 of 100 days!! (where the heck was I?)
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Happy, happy birthday you ex-smoker!
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