I’m quitting smoking for myself because I Want to be around for my family and don’t want health problems I want to feel better and my clothes and body doesn’t smell of smoke I’m happy without them
Jennifer D.
Dear Me already wrote letter a month or a little more ago. Just want to say good job self, been 6 months and 10 days no cigarettes, it’s been easier than I thought it was gonna be, I think it’s because I really was ready to give up that nasty habit. My lungs are in rough shape because I chose to smoke for fifty years. I thought they were my only true friend. Sounds crazy but it is true they were there when I was happy and sad, all the good and bad days. I never thought I could stop . I’m doing it though and my lungs are healing , I have days where my lungs hurt but everyday is a better day. I am so proud of myself, staying strong and truly happy 😁.
Michelle N.
Dear Michelle,
Hi yeah it’s me. Your very dear friend you! Listen my girl we need to talk. Aren’t you sick and tired of looking in the mirror and seeing the damage tobacco has done to you. The deepened frown lines, the aging skin tone. Never mind what it’s done to your lungs. Waking up coughing up nasty stuff that is scarier than some of the things seen in haunted houses. The way food seems to taste the same. Everything tastes blah! Wouldn’t you love to taste a freshly picked strawberry from your garden. Mmm remember that??? I hate the looks we get when you light up in public. I just want to scream at you and say Please pay attention will you. How about your beautiful grandkids aren’t they worth it? I love playing with them. Running, playing tag, hide-n-go-seek, dodge and kickball, we run out of breath and have to stop playing. It kills me to see the disappointed looks on their precious faces. Babygirl those precious gifts are apart of us. We cried when we met each and every one of them for the very first time. A overwhelming happy cry of course. But I can’t bear to look down after we pass on and on our way to heaven and see tears of pain in their eyes as they say Daddy , Mommy why couldn’t Nina just stop smoking when the doctor told her over and over that smoking was going to kill her. And knowing that had you listened we would still be with them and watching them grow into the amazing adults they would become. Please please my friend nows the time. Let’s DO THIS! Reach out to our doctors, friends family or a quitting coach. The time is now! Before it’s too late.
Remember we are Strong, We are worth it, and we Can Do It! I love Us. Love Always Michelle Kathleen Nedeau
Dan
I’m ready to quit vaping because over time I have noticed the bad effects on my health. When I have kids I want to be able to keep up with them and live my life to its fullest potential. Im done putting harmful chemicals into my body where they do not belong. Today begins my quitting journey. 🤗
Syd
I’m ready to quit. I’m ready to quit adding errands onto my busy schedule to go to the store to support my habit. I’m ready to quit waking up in the morning and looking for a vape rather than looking forward to my day. I’m ready to quit biting my nails when I don’t have availability to be dependent on my nicotine. It’s gone too far, the dependency is not enhancing my life in anyway, it’s harmful.
I’m ready to quit making excuses.
I’m ready to quit.
Jennifer D.
Dear Me, I’m quitting Smoking so my health gets better. So I don’t struggle with breathing, so hopefully won’t get really sick in summer and winter. Usually ammonia, or bad case of bronchitis. Either one isn’t 😊❤️. Please 🙏 God help me with this task, it isn’t an easy one been smoking since I was 9 years old. I am now 58 years old and ready to give them up. I really enjoy them but I know it’s poison to my body. Please 🙏 help me heal from the damage smoking all these years has done to my body. I am a strong woman, who I truly believe in the power of pray 🙏 and that I’m strong enough to heal from smoking all those years. I Chose March 2, 2023 to quit. ❤️ So Far I have not smoked a cigarette, it has been 5 months and three weeks. So proud of me. ❤️ Good job to myself. I know now that, I truly am strong enough to overcome this disgusting habit, that I convinced myself I couldn’t live without. Change my mindset and I changed my life. Still have coughing fits, but are getting better everyday. I was carrying around a monitor to monitor my breathing when I smoked still it was always 92 now its 96 on good days 98. So you did it self on your way too recovery and healing 🥰 great 👍😊 Never going back. Always remember ❤️ You can do anything you set your mind too. I wanted to also remind myself that this summer, I didn’t get bronchitis, so I truly am recovering. ❤️ 🙏 😊
Dear Me: Ron
It’s impossible now to even imagine there being a time when I smoked three to four packs of cigarettes a day. For thirty years I inhaled that disgusting smoke into my lungs and blew it back out again, surely exposing others to those secondhand poisons.
My wife and kids never complained about the layers of smoke and tobacco stench that always permeated every room in the house. They always wanted me to be happy so they dealt with it. But I now wonder how many years I may have taken off their lives by that destructive, disgusting habit of mine.
My big regret is having started smoking as a young teenager. My bigger regret is not having stopped smoking much earlier in life.
And what I really cannot figure out is why I enjoyed it in the first place. Sucking hot, dirty, stinking smoke into my lungs… what’s to enjoy about that?
Makes no sense…
Stayin’ Strong,
Ron
Dear Me: Cindy
Dear Me,
We both need to quit this habit, I am being stupid, I had Open Heart Surgery and my Husband has Emphysema. I want to lead a long healthy life with him and have a lot of years together.
Sincerely,
Cindy
Dear Me: December 30, 2015
You know your pulmonary Dr has told you all the damage you are doing to your lungs smoking with COPD . He has told you at the age of 58 your lungs are like an 80yr old. He reminded you how many relatives you have lost and that if you continue you won’t live long enough to enjoy your loved one’s who are still growing and your grandchildren who need me. But you still continue to dismiss all this advice because the addiction to nicotine has you believing it calms you when stressed it comforts you when your upset but you forget it also is killing you. You are ignoring all the warning signs even while using your nebulizer and inhaler you still continue to dismiss these warnings that your life expectancy is shortened the longer you continue to smoke. You have tried different methods of quitting the nicotine habit and failed, you use the excuse if you quit now it doesn’t matter because the damage will never heal it self; you always have an excuse even when you break the promises to quit.
Dear Me try again, be stronger, ask for help, don’t be afraid to fail and have to try again; it can work for you, it can give you a better quality of life left to live.
Dear Me I don’t want to die.