They say that God never closes a door, without opening another, but sometimes we are so busy looking at the closed door, that we forget to turn around and see the new direction in our lives. Ya know what though? I wasn’t looking at the closed doors in my life. Heck, I slammed them …

They say that if March that comes in like a lion, it will go out like a lamb. For me emotionally, it was April that came in like a lion to overwhelm me with some unexpected stress. I am praying it will go out like a lamb. A medical professional explained that someday I would …

It has now been 28 days since I put down my last cigarette, and I can finally say it is truly starting to get substantially easier. The cravings are much more infrequent now, and are more easily controlled by redirecting my thoughts, or popping a lifesaver in my mouth. Someone once told me that I …

Everywhere you look, you will find information supporting the fact that nicotine is out of your system about 3 days after your last cigarette. For some reason they associate that timeline with how long people will experience withdrawal symptoms after years of heavy smoking. You will hear it over and over again, that if you …

Wow! I have been 100% nicotine free for two weeks now. I have to admit though, it has been the longest two weeks in my entire life. Strangely enough, the first few days were easier than the second week. I finally realized it was because the second week, although there were fewer cravings, they would …

I’m a bit anxious and more than a little irritable. I have had a pounding headache since about noon. The weirdest sensation is a feeling that I am forgetting something very important that I should be doing. I have no interest in talking, and most noises bother me right now. I would love to be …

Part of my plan to quit smoking included scheduling an appointment with my doctor to discuss possible options that might help me get through the process without turning into the Wicked Witch of the South. The problem is, I am one of those people that simply cannot stand going to the doctor. Actually I don’t …

It has been nearly 34 years since I picked up my first cigarette in the sixth grade. I remember being intrigued by the television commercials aimed at women (You’ve Come a Long Way Baby) and I truly believed that it made me look sophisticated. By the time I graduated from high school, I was smoking …

As I record my progress through every step of this process of to quit smoking, I hope that those of you with this same overwhelming desire to quit will share your progress with me also. Together, I firmly believe that we can do this. For me the first step was making the decision to quit …