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Holy Cow (or animal of your choice)! FOUR weeks!

tburton1004
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7 22 471

Just so dang excited!! My body and mind feel so much better. I feel like a fog has lifted. I’m SO happy I quit.

Had another “smokemare” last night where I just casually picked up a cig and took a hit. Then I thought of one of the Ex text messages I often get about “have you even taken a puff in the last 7 days” and I felt so mad at myself and sad. So thankful it was just a dream.

It’s scary to think I could relapse so easily and automatically, just like I did in my dream. I want to stay humble, stay one day at a time, and even when 4 weeks become 4 months and then 4 years, to ALWAYS remember that as an addict I can’t ever become complacent. In reading other community posts and responses, that sobering truth has become clear to me. I thank you all for helping us newbies remember that a moment of inattention can happen at any time.

I wish for everyone one in my community to have a good Monday. If it’s going rough, please reach out.

In gratitude, Terry

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I am a recently retired artist, educator, filmmaker, and all-around slightly domesticated wild child who loves to howl at the moon. I am the daughter of two nicotine addicts, and my mom was also an alcoholic. She found AA and reclaimed her authentic seIf. She paid it forward and helped countless others find their way through. She had been a smoker since her high school days, as had my dad, and quit when my dad was diagnosed with very early stage lung cancer in 1993. They both quit on the spot, over 30 years ago, but my dear mom passed away from stage 4 lung cancer in May 2018. My dad was virtually crippled by COPD the last couple of years and he passed March 2023. I miss them both so much. Smoking killed both of them. I vowed all my life that I would never smoke, so go figure, for some idiot reason I started smoking in 2009. Now I’m free. I enjoy building tables out of reclaimed wood and love working in my shop. I have a massive model train project that has “this will take YEARS” written all over it! I love gardening, camping, reading, and drawing. I am married to the best of wives and best of women, over 15 years now. We’re looking forward to travels and adventures and just being together in this wonderful state of retirement!