No cigarettes for 16 hours now. 5th attempt in as many months.

[Arkansaw]

72. Dear Virtuous

You are righteous, good, pure, saintly, angelic, moral, ethical, upright, upstanding, high-minded, principled, exemplary and a an x-smoker.

It is not easy but it is not the hardest thing I have ever done. I quit for two years in my late 20s and while celebrating a couple of good friends return home from Vietnam, I fired one up.

The next time I quit for good was when I woke up from a routine endoscopic examination to see my sweet wife crying. I remember thinking "Oh Shit" it may have been the other word, either was appropriate for the situation.

After an exhaustive research of my genealogy including DNA I learn that I come from a long line of colon cancer and it is probably genetic. The important thing in my situation was it was that little shot of Ether Injection I need in my carburetor to get me motivated.

I hope you find your motivation but I don't recommend the one I used. I am sure you are not as pigheaded as I was.

I am 16 years free.

Good Luck