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Anne Mitchell

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Ten Tips To Stay Quit

If you’ve recently become a quitter - as in quitting smoking - then you are probably  feeling some of the challenges of staying quit. As one wise humorist once quipped, “Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times” (Mark Twain).When I was struggling to quit (over a... Read moreChevron
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The Great American Smokeout Challenge on Nov. 19th: Quit smoking for 24 hours

The Great American Smokeout was started by the American Cancer Society in 1977. It is held on the third Thursday in November each year. This year, the big day falls on November 19th.The challenge is for smokers to quit for 24 hours. The hope is that if you can make it without a cigarette for 24 hours, then maybe you can make it for another 24... Read moreChevron
randilynne

still crazy after all these....months

it's been 18 months since i quit smoking.  i think.  i stopped counting early on because i wanted to think like a non smoker, not an ex-smoker (not that's there's anything wrong with that)  and it hasn't really been all that difficult. or, i should say hadn't been.  my father died august 2nd. from prostate cancer.  he was... Read moreChevron
posted 09/07/2009, comments (0)|
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RN health writer & family caregiver for a person living with COPD

On Becoming a COPD Caregiver - My Story

It's a fact... living with COPD isn't a fun experience, no matter how hard you work to maintain your quality of life. But I'm here to tell you that being a caregiver for someone who is learning to live with COPD isn't much fun either. I'm not here to whine about having to care for my poor, fragile mother, nor to rail against the life I thought I'd... Read moreChevron
posted 03/04/2009, comments (0)|
sheretta

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43 years old, single parent, working fulltime, always tired

Day One Cold turkey, the patch

Hello. This is day one, hour one..Big sigh. I can say I am making progress because I've been on the computer 30min without smoking.  I feel I am backwards or the type to sabatoge myself. I feel this way because I've tried to quit by setting quit date, psyching and hyping myself up for the moment and then saying Nope, not gonna do it because I... Read moreChevron

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