I DID IT - 12 days down

Started experimenting with smoking at about 10 years old. Guess you can say I got hooked at maybe 13-14. I got caught smoking so many times that finally, at 16, my parents gave me permission to smoke in the house. Fast forward age 58 had my first CT of the lungs for cancer screening and well what did I expect the results to look like? Mild emphysema. I remember my grandfather struggling with emphysema, my aunt and then my dad. That put a stop to my addiction. I don't want to slowly suffocate and decided enough is enough. Forty+ years of smoking and diagnosed with mild emphysema? I say thank you Lord. Emphysema is incurable but I may be able to slow the progression by quitting. I don't know where my health will go from here but I know I won't be smoking any longer. I went cold turkey and it hasn't been easy but I am taking it a day at a time. When the urge comes I breath deeply and say a prayer because I know I can't do this on my own. Say a prayer for me and I will pray for each of you because this addiction is no joke and it is literally taking our breath away. Blessings to all.