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WAKE UP CALL

froguelady
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1 12 19

Hello to everyone, I hope you are having a good smoke Free day.  I haven't been here for awhile but thought I needed to give a few people a wake up call. For those of you that haven't quit smoking, do it now. For those of you that quit then start smoking again, quit for good now and don't say "I just can't quit" that is a lie nicodemon whispers in your head.  You can and must quit unless you want to be where I am now.  I smoked a lot of years and thought I was getting by without doing much damage to myself but that wasn't true for me and it won't be true for you. 

A little over 2 years ago I was having problems with my throat, coughing and phlegm. My PC Dr sent me to an EMT Dr and he had a scan done and I had a swollen gland in the left side of my face. The Dr gave me a spray to help with the phlegm. I then found out I have mild COPD that was causing all the coughing,mucus and phlegm.  Last spring wasn't so bad but this spring has been horrible. My allergies triggered the coughing and phlegm.  Believe me that is not fun and you really don't want to be where I  am now. I hope this will be a wake up call because if you keep smoking you may not know what is going to happen to you but I do.

Please I beg you QUIT NOW.

My love to all,

Betty

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Gone but Not Forgotten. RIP - they leave a legacy of their quit journeys behind as road maps for future members, to prevent the pitfalls, provide the tools and show the hope and possibilities for success at overcoming this addiction at any age at any stage. Mother, grandmother and great grandmother My name is Betty and I was born and raised in Kentucky where tobacco was a way of life. I started smoking full time by age 14. The first time I can remember smoking I was 9. I have been on the road to quitting for several years. I quit once for 6 weeks and then thought I would smoke just one. It only took a few weeks till I was smoking full time again. That is why remembering NOT ONE PUFF EVER is so important. It will never be just one puff or just one cigarette. Nicotine addiction doesn't work like that, it is an addiction, feed it and you become addicted. Here are a couple of links to reading materials that I recommend to ALL who would like to quit smoking: What to Expect in the First Four Months (by Jonescarp aka Dale): http://community.becomeanex.org/pg/blog/read/3713880/what-to-expect-in-the-first-four-months The "Easy Way to Stop Smoking" by Allen Carr.