I'm a New Year's quitter and am determined to stay that way! I'm fighting RSV, and I have an autoimmune disease that affects my lungs, so not only did I have no business vaping in the first place, the virus is hitting me particularly hard. Wheezing, coughing up gunk, the whole deal. Its going to be a long recovery, I suspect, just based on the minimal improvement I've seen in the last week or so. But hopefully, I'm wrong. The doctor put me on prednisone, so hopefully, it will start to clear up soon.

 

I noticed when watching 50's movies last night that it was making my lungs hurt to watch all the smoking in the movie lol. Part of me envied them because they got to smoke in blissful ignorance but honestly I know better t than that. So many people died needlessly.

Edited January 8, 20251 yr by MichelleDoesntSmoke2025

Great to know a little bit about your situation, Michelle. I’m sorry that you are coping with health issues. I hope you feel better soon.

 

It sounds like you have a lot of really great reasons to quit! Those can provide a great North Star as you go through the first difficult and disorienting days. 

 

The feelings of envy/longing evolve and fade over time. Stick with it… it gets better!

 

we've all been brainwashed by the idiot box we call television.  it makes us want to consume things that we shouldn't by suggesting we will become like the glamourous image we see.  the truth is we are already perfect from our creator with a few little flaws sprinkled in to make us unique.  undoing the brainwashing can be painful and traumatic, at least it was for me, might still be as far as I know, but that's the quest and you do it because you determined you are worth it.