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Sometimes on the Journey we take a step back


I'm nearly at 4 months quit, and there is no way that I want to go back to smoking but I could sure as hell have one today. The Quit Smoking Journey is a lot of walking slowly up hill and then speed racing down the otherside with the wind blowing in your face, Going up and down these hills on a daily basis becomes part of our life, we get used to it, Then all of a sudden you come to the bottom of a mountain, looking up all we can see are pitfalls, crevices hidden from us, but there waiting to open beneath us and let us fall, ice and dark clouds, do you want to climb this mountain it looks impossible, how can we do it alone, its scary, maybe we should turn back, but then we stop for a minute and take a step back................we realise that nothing is impossible, we have the tools to climb this mountain, we have help from others to push onward, we can overcome the pitfalls, we can climb over the crevices with our tools, we will not fall, the ice we can avoid and the dark clouds will go and the sun will hopefully shine, As I said there is no way that I want to go back to smoking but I sure as hell could have one today, I'm at the bottom of the mountain, but I have the tools and the friends to push forward. So I took a step back and I started to climb..................

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Jackie, I think this is when we know we have a strong quit - when you can see a crave for what it is and get past it.

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Still winning

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Jackie I offer you my "virtual shove" up that mountain - up ya go!! I'm right behind you and watching how you climb to see where I need to watch out!! There should be some in front of you, watch them and carefully place one foot in front of the other. We'll be cool and the view will be frikkin awesome. xx

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JackiMac

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Marti jeez lady you got some shove on you lol, Ill check for any pitfalsl and keep you covered no problem, I'm keeping my eyes on the climbers higher up looks pretty awesome way up there, would say race you but im at that age....leakages you know ....xx

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Nancy

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It is awesome, and I will throw you a rope and pull with all my might!!

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Holski

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That's the way!!

Keep climbing, you are doing great!!

Here are a couple of giant helium filled balloons.

Hopefully that will lighten the load a bit. images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTMabV6kaplQS85zGZxqxf

:)

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Trish

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You're doing so great Jackie!  Keep climbing!!

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Still winning

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I love balloons!!  Two kids later, I'm not lovin leakages so much haha. Onwards and upwards!! :)

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