Here's an Oldie for you...

Look what I found in my archives:

Ode to All Quitters

When I was young and in my prime
All rosy-cheecked & dewy,
I set upon a crooked path
which turned my life all screwy.

"Pray, tell us please," you plainly ask,
"What was the heinous crime?"
Why, nothing more and nothing less
Than buying nic's pure slime.

The lies he sold were of the kind
To turn one's head and flatter.
He said, "If you will join with me
Your body won't grow fatter."

He further said, "I'll soothe your nerves,
I'll ease your freak-out stress.
Just take one puff. It's quite enough
To lift you from that mess."

Ah, through the years it added up,
The price I really paid.
The good news, tho, is that today
My life I would not trade.

"Why?" you ask. I'll tell you why:
5 years I am smokefree!!
A sweet, sweet gift contingent on
My WITS, my WIN, you see.

The stressors come, the stressors go,
But I don't plan on cavin'.
As long as there's TLOS
To be my smokefree haven.
***********************

Yes, I wrote that nearly 3 years ago! Oh, and here's what those acronyms stand for: Whatever It TakeS (WITS), Whatever Is Necessary (WIN), The Land Of Smokeless (TLOS, which is what a group of us quitters back in '01 named the smoking cessation support group message board on WebMD).

Hope you enjoyed an awesomely smokefree weekend. If you're still smoking? Well, bottom line, friend...you need to quit. Scroll through my blog, read the posts, and do the deal for yourself, your own WITS, WIN. Become a participant in your own miracle of smokefreedom. You can watch it happen one day/hr/min/sec at a time...there is nothing like it in the world! And there is nothing more beautiful than the courage to change.

--Still a Grateful Quitter--Mary Ann