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I want to share again why this blog is important.

     When I decided to quit smoking, I was also in in transition to go back to school full-time. Amazingly and in God's ways the College I chose became a smoke-free campus the same term I started back. Of course this only encouraged me even further and I became even more focused on giving up the cancer sticks. I wasn't going to let anything get in the way of getting my degree.

     Now that I look back on my success I also see many reasons why I was successful....

     I challenge anyone that wants to quit smoking to do it for yourself first and foremost but also add another project into your life that will simultaneously fill in all the moments where you may be overwhelmed by a craving for another  cigarette.

     This is how it worked out for me:

     After 4 months of no smoking I was rewarded with 10 baby chics. I was taken over by their helplessness and realized I was in for more than I bargained for. (Just like when you bring home that puppy that turns your life and house upside down for the first year) So in a sense the time I had to spend with them taking care of their every waking need only helped to shroud my cravings since there was no time to act on them ....LOL .

    So my advice is to plan in great detail how you will reward yourself. It should be with something that will possibly and obsessively consume your time for a short while, this is crucial in your first year of success.

     Also, when my chickens were 8 months old and I realized how they helped improve my life in so m any ways and I wanted to share them in this open blog/journal of their lives and mine. They say journaling is very cathartic and helpful in so many ways so it may be because of this added process (like my own AA meeting with my chicken blog that I'm reminded of my continued success) that I continue to be a non-smoker, advocating everyone to give it up.

     I hope this inspires someone out there to formulate a plan to quit smoking. Please anyone who reads this share their thought and feelings I would love to hear.

Signing off for now and scooting to class....first day of spring term is today...:)

Roxy - n - r - Hens