Day #1

So this is day #1 of my not smoking and I must say, it's been much easier than what I thought it would be. I know that is because I've kept in contact with God and asked him to remove the desire to smoke from me & he has. God is truly wonderful!

My decision to stop smoking was really an impulse decision. My Aunt Connie's husband, David, was diagnosed with lung cancer in the summer of 2009. He was a smoker, but quit when he was diagnosed with cancer. He went through Chemo & Radiation, but it didn't really do much to help him. Doctors are giving him two-three months to live. My mom sent me an email telling me the doctors time-table for his life & something hit me at that moment. I looked at the pack of cigarettes sitting on the coffee table & looked at the cigarette I just put out and thought to myself "what am doing?!" Last fall, at my Aunt Vickie's funeral, my Aunt Connie would tell me, "Renee, you should see all those lung cancer patients at the hospital where David gets his treatments and see how much pain they're in." I must admit, that did scare me. The good thing is that I only smoked for five and a half years so by quitting now, my chances of getting lung cancer, heart disease, emphysema, etc. goes way down!

When I decided to quit I took the full pack of cigarettes along with the half-pack I had, went to the backyard and tore them up and threw them in the small wooded area behind my house.

I'm only at the very beginning of my smoke-free journey so I don't have a lot to say right now. I'm almost at 24-hours & can't wait until the 72-hours is up! Breaking up with the Marlboro Man was the best thing I could have done for myself.