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Carol Hetzler

Carol Hetzler: 58, Female
San Antonio, United States

About Me:: I am a 58 yo dancer, djembe/bass/keyboard player with a partial degree in Art, Physical Fitness and Cultural Anthropology. Still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. Right now I am considering opening my own dance studio, but there are so many studios here in town I'm not sure how successful it would be. I'm also considering going to nursing school since I've wanted to be a nurse since I was little. I have a thing for sayings to live by and my current favs are 'IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN' - George Eliot; 'NEVER NEVER NEVER GIVE UP' - Winston Churchill; and 'IF YOU AREN'T LIVING ON THE EDGE YOU'RE JUST TAKING UP SPACE' - Unnamed Chef, Napa Valley Wine Train. I had a heart attack two years ago and it really changed my outlook on life. I have an ICD now to prevent my heart from fibrillating, pretty scary at first because I was afraid I'd set it off if I did anything. Got over that in Cardiac Rehab. Now I look at life as an adventure I want to live and enjoy every moment I have left to me. And that is another reason I desperately want to quit smoking for good.

Location:: San Antonio, TX

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At 9:41pm on June 25th, 2008, val b said…: ITS MY BIRTHDAY JUNE 26

ITS MY BIRTHDAY AND I CAN DANCE IF I WANT TOO, DANCE IF I WANT TOO, NO SHORTNESS OF BREATHE IS HAPPENING TO ME!!!! LA LA LA LA LA!

ITS BEEN 15 YEARS SINCE I HAD A BIRTHDAY WITHOUT A PUFF.

63 DAYS SINCE MY LAST PUFF!!!!!!!

At 3:44pm on June 6th, 2008, Carol Hetzler said…: Val B - Thanks so much for your support. It really helps to know someone is there praying for me. I pray for everyone as well. So far so good. Still not smoking. Yesterday was really tough though, wanted one so bad I even dreamed about having one, but I stuck it out. Just kept taking deep breaths, telling myself I was having a bad day and it would get better. It did. I'm much better today. 12 days now.

At 8:40pm on June 1st, 2008, val b said…: Carol congrats on seven day without a puff, I know it not easy, that why when I say congrats, I mean it from my heart. Im alway praying for everyone that they sucessfull overcove this awful addiction. Now that their minds are made up to quit. they have decided to get educate, get support and remember to remind that mind that you don't want to smoke anymore no matter what the body is feeling. remember to use any tool necessary to fight those urges, trigger and etc. Im here for you.

At 3:07pm on June 1st, 2008, val b said…: you are my friend, this is something unique I learned about me.
Confrontation is my, ( I shouldn't have to go there with you, you should have known) fear. I hate to say it but I think that I consider other b4 myself. But I have learned that I don't, I learned that I have to consider myself first even if it is by nature, knowing or not knowing. I smoked sometimes because it help me deal with things or people or situations or decisions and etc. that I didnot want to deal with. I know that Im not alone with not wanting to deal with unpleasent things or things that may change me when I'm not ready to change. I have accepted that smoking or overeating is not the answer and I have learned to be patient with myself and others. no matter how hard it is, because I need patience from others so badly now. I don't know how long this way of dealing with confrontation will be a notice to me, but I long for the day when it becomes like setting next to a person with a smoke in there hand doesn't bother me, just the smell from the lit smokes bother me. I want to tell people that I learned how to stop smoking and its can be done, but you the smoker got to want to realy quit and be willing to tell that urge that you have made your mind up to stop smoking. The urges are there as reminders that you still have not fullfilled your life with all that makes you complete. I thank all of you for being apart of my quit.

At 5:41am on May 30th, 2008, val b said…: send us a blog let us know how you are doing.

At 2:41pm on May 21st, 2008, val b said…: Still checking on you---How sweet it is!---The Comfort is in knowing that this habit is beatable. thanks for you support (28 days without a puff)

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