i write today to declare that after 13 years - i've finally kicked the habit:) SMOKE FREE, BABY!!... august 15, 2006 is my independence day~ no longer a slave to cancer stix.. i'm through w/ you, nicaboo!
why the xanga post? i know myself & although i will not go back, i'm asking my friends & fam. to keep me accountable. the first two days were the hardest (i apologize to everyone i encountered wed & thurs, i know i was a bit moody)- sure enough, my pal sarah told me that it takes the body only 2-3 days to rid of the physical addiction & from there on it's all psychological. .. august 16 & 17 i kept on repeating philipians 4:13 @ work, at home.. in the car.. at the gym..@ the top of my lungs- i got a few funny looks here & there, but i didn't care - it worked! i told the folks thursday night of my kickin' the habit & they were ecstatic~ their years & years of prayin' for their deliquent daughter to rid of the nasty habit was finally answered:) i really could not have done it w/out the big J.C. & all credit & praise goes to Him-
there was this song i used to listen to when i was in high school & it keeps on playing in the back of my head- it's steven curtis chapman's take on "i can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" & the chorus goes:
His strength is perfect when our strength is gone
He’ll carry us when we can’t carry on
Raised in His power, the weak become strong
His strength is perfect, His strength is perfect
w/ every challenge we face.. it's so encouraging to know that we're not alone... in all seriousness.. if Christ is for you, who can be against you? man, that's so crucial~ i'm really not trying to be all dramatic or anything... i really really enjoyed smoking- after a meal, w/ a drink ... w/ coffee.. day & night, night & day, i really didn't discriminate on when or where.... . & it really took something bigger than me to conquer the habit- & He really did help me through-- :)
.. i need to go for run now... catch y'all later!.. (one drawback: i'm eating everything in sight:X)
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How do you like THEM apples, JAPAN???? (thinkmattdameningoodwillhunting)