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General : A relapse can lead to decades of smoking and and a lifteime of misery View All Messages
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From: MSN NicknameStarshinegrl-Gold  in response to Message 1Sent: 12/15/2005 10:22 AM
Dear ??,
 
Thank you very much for allowing us to read your message.
 
One of the things that really helps me the  thought of how nice it would be to have Just one little puff sometimes and thankfully only for a nano-second (most of the time anyway) now is that I really and honestly don't know if I would have another quit in me. Your message shows all of us once again in a very powerful way what that one puff can lead to.
 
You said you need help and I admire you for that.
 
There are many people who also need(ed) help (3773 to be exact and the last time I checked) and who joined the best classroom anybody could think of in order to learn everything there is to know about our addiction. If you decided to enrol there as well, you would also find the most caring and wonderful group of Quitters to help you over any bumps you might encounter this time around on road to a really comfortable, nicotine free life.
 
I don't know whether you have done a lot of reading already but I would strongly recommend that you start educating yourself about nicotine addiction if you haven't already.
 
Your message made me think of the following ... for a start ...
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
You never know ... you might be among those who will very soon be able to say "I feel 100% better since I quit!"
 
It looks to me as if you are truly ready to take back your life. Go on, start with baby steps, take it One day, One hour or even one minute at a time.
 
There is nothing to be scared of at all.
 
You can do it, you must have learnt such an invaluable lesson from your last relapse that you will now be able to make the full Journey home.
 
Wishing you simply the best.
 
Gitte
384 days and a bit