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5 Months Quit and a Sock
"I'm 5 months quit and I can run 2.5 miles..."

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Updated February 05, 2006

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Kerri R.

I am 5 months quit and I have knit a sock.

I'm 5 months quit and I have watched my son frolic at the beach without worrying about leaving so I could smoke.

I'm 5 months quit and I watched a comedian today that made me laugh so hard I was crying and actually soaked the pillow I was holding with laughter tears. I didn't cough once.

I'm 5 months quit and my car doesn't smell. It doesn't WORK, but heck...at least it doesn't smell.

I'm 5 months quit and in the place of a pile of useless cigarette butts are 5 scarves, 2 boas and a sock(and another in progress, a baby hat and bootie set, too).

I'm 5 months quit and I can go near a smoker without envying him/her. I now pity them for they lack the wonderment of the feeling of TRUE freedom.

I'm 5 months quit and I can run 2.5 miles.

I'm 5 months quit and have met some of the best friends I have ever met in my life! This forum ROCKS and I love you all, together we've saved my life!
    I THANK you and me for kicking this horrible lifestyle...
    My children who adore me thank us.
    My parents who adore me thank us.
    My 3 grandparents who appreciate life now more than I will know for hopefully a long time thank us.
    My best friend who had a baby exactly one month before I quit and who I had the pleasure of being able to babysit overnight this past weekend thank us.
    My countless and precious friends thank us.
    My neighbors who painstakingly watched a young mother poison herself thank us.
I'm 5 months quit. ROCK ON, WORLD!!! Here I come!

Kerri has been smoke free for five months, 20 minutes, 1963 cigarettes not smoked, saving $395.13. Life saved: 6 days, 19 hours, 35 minutes.

~Kerri~(KERRIR)

More from Kerri:
Kerri's Quit Story
Kerri's Six Month Milestone
Kerri's One Year Milestone
Quit Smoking While You're Young
Kerri's 2 Year Smoke Free Milestone

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