Nicotine Fixes Nothing
As many of you already know, last week we found that my Mom had a MRSA infection in her left eye that would not respond to antibiotics. The family was devastated as Mom has already lost her left leg to diabetes. As a result of the infection the eye was removed, completely, this morning. When news of this hit me last week I was Day 81 into my quit. Thoughts of stopping on the way home for that can crept up. I messaged some of my fellow quitters with the news to ease the burden.
Their warm, inspiring words made me drive straight home. Today the day of surgery, I received 3-4 text messages telling me to hang in there, everything will be ok. My dad, an old school tobacco chewer, sat next to me all day, asking me several times if I wanted a bit of his plug to ease the anxiety. I told him NO!!!! I was 87 DAYS QUIT and wasn’t going back. He told me “Well, let your wife tell you what to do then.” I told him that yes, I started my quit for my wife and now I quit for me.
Guys Nicotine doesn’t make anything better, what would that bit of chew accomplished this morning…. ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!! That chew wouldn’t have made sure that everything went ok in her surgery. It’s possible to stay quit even in the worst of times. Even when you own family offer it to you and your own family ridicule you for making the toughest decision you will ever make. Stay quit my friends and again thank you for all your support in this tough time, you quitters know who I am talking about!
FU NIC BITCH!!!!!
NOTE: This piece written by KillTheCan.org forum member sox2012
