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SeekSobriety · 04-23-2009, 10:49 PM

Thank you for the thanks

Seriously we are all in this together and we need to prop each other up no matter how hard the going gets smoking or using nicotine is not going to make anything better. It WILL make it worse. As long as we never take another puff we are free from this addiction which WILL kill us, it will. There is just no way around it. To smoke is to die. While it may not happen tomorrow it is just a matter of time and as we all know time moves pretty quick too quick (except when experiencing a crave, even thought it is only 3 minutes those 3 minutes seem like eternity! Which is why it is good to have a watch for reference!

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Anyways, I ran for 1 hour today with people from my work. That would have never ever happened 7 months ago! Now that I can breathe well it has allowed me to begin to exercise first starting with a daily walk, then slowly leading to a jog and then to a full fledged run. It is INCREDIBLE how exercise can make one feel! I HIGHLY recommend it to any recovery routine. No matter how much or how little you exercise what matters is to get the body moving!

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SeekSobriety Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 296	Thank you for the thanks Seriously we are all in this together and we need to prop each other up no matter how hard the going gets smoking or using nicotine is not going to make anything better. It WILL make it worse. As long as we never take another puff we are free from this addiction which WILL kill us, it will. There is just no way around it. To smoke is to die. While it may not happen tomorrow it is just a matter of time and as we all know time moves pretty quick too quick (except when experiencing a crave, even thought it is only 3 minutes those 3 minutes seem like eternity! Which is why it is good to have a watch for reference! ) Anyways, I ran for 1 hour today with people from my work. That would have never ever happened 7 months ago! Now that I can breathe well it has allowed me to begin to exercise first starting with a daily walk, then slowly leading to a jog and then to a full fledged run. It is INCREDIBLE how exercise can make one feel! I HIGHLY recommend it to any recovery routine. No matter how much or how little you exercise what matters is to get the body moving!