trvlerbill2's Journal

                                         Hey, everybody is doing so well! I've been reading journals and hugs getting inspiration for myself. We have a great group of folks in this Smoking Addiction & Recovery group, don't we? Now, if somebody is pulling their hair out, and scratching till they bleed,...well they haven't journaled about it!

                                          I know of something that is on the minds of recent quitters and I'd like to "talk" about it in this journal entry. We will title this...."Firsts".

                                           You are going to be facing plenty "firsts" in your new begining as a non-smoker these coming days. Your first: Monday morning coffee, drive to work, lunch break, drive home, breakfast, lunch, dinner, drive to Walmart, seeing someone whom you have not told you quit smoking, church, health club, getting around smoking friends, sitting in traffic, flying down the freeway in bumper-to-bumper traffic at 80mph, sex (partner & solo,tee-hee), on the cell phone outside, sitting by the pool, after work drink with friends, - SO MANY firsts for us in the week or so just after quitting.

                                             These "firsts" might worry your last nerve you as you stand HERE facing them. They look like mountains, but that's only the addiction messing with your eyesight. They are NOT mountians. It is NOT a big deal. You will make it through each one and get to the "other side". It's uncomfortable the first time, less so the second, and it DOES get easier and easier from there.

                                          Hang in there - the more distance you put between you and your last smoke, the stronger your resolve, the easier it all becomes.  I've said it before and I'll say it again..." I am the least, the last, the lowest among my brethren. If I can do this quitting smoking thing, YOU CAN TOO."