I think the highlight of my day is when I log on and see how people are still remaining to fight this, to gain just one more day, to win. I'm thrilled to see people reach the happy place, what I call the plateau. I see this more as a mountain climb for the first year. You start out at the bottom wondering if you can even make it up to the first level (30 days). You keep telling yourself you can't. Some fall off at that point and some keep going. It's a struggle, but you're going to make it to that first level by the hair of your chinny-chin-chin.
You finally reach a plateau and all is right with the world but you know you have to climb a little farther to reach the next level (100 to 150 days). You reach some rocks, slide down a little bit, have a few missteps, but you're still hanging in there. By gawd I made it this far, I can make it the rest of the way. I'm not sliding back down to the starting point. It was way too hard getting this far or it seemed like it took forever to get there.
You finally reach another plateau and that zen moment arrives again. You think you've got this licked. After all it's been 150 or so days. But there was some rains that came in somewhere along the way and caused some erosion (addict thinking). Hmmm, let's plan ahead and use what they taught us. Set some anchor points and forge ahead.
You see, I'm not at the top of the summit yet. I'm looking forward to getting there, to reaching the 6 percent. I come here on a daily basis not because I need the support. It's because I'm looking for different insights and thoughts and reactions to certain things. Every single day I can come here and read something that either reinforces what I'm thinking, feeling or give me a different outlook on what I might be struggling with for the day. For all you newbies or even oldies out there, please come and visit at least on a daily basis. Drop a little line on what is going on in your day. Touch base with us. You may be struggling with something that it seems no one knows how to solve or you just need a kick in the pants or a cyber hug. Let us help you to get to where you want to go, remaining smoke free forever..........
