For the newer quitters! Only on day one..

Repost from a friend:So many times people say that they're only day one and it's anunderstated, quiet, anti-climatic humble statement. They seem almostapologetic to the crowd. They are only on day one, how insignificant.Well, let me tell you something ... Day one is the most important dayof the entire quit! Without Day One, there is no quit!It's absolutely the MOST important day! And it should be shouted fromthe rooftops! It should be heralded with trumpets blaring! Day One is causefor greater celebration than Day 100!Oh,quit smoking, Day 100 is wonderful. Success is stamped all over Day 100, butwithout Day One, there is no Day 100. Without Day One there is nothing.So here is to Day One and all those who were brave enough to enter itand embrace it and allow it to be their reality. Congratulations to you forbeing willing to enter Hell Week!I see Hell Week as a challenging, long, suffering, miserable week andhere these people are ... Ready - Willing - And Able to walk up to it andsay "I'm here!"Without that, you have no quit. Without that willingness to walk up toHell Week and offer yourself like some sacrificial lamb on a rock slab,stop smoking, youhave nothing. You are the bravest of any day, on Day One! You are the mostchallenged on Day One. That is the hardest day of the entire quit. Becausethat is the day that you took your whole world and did the impossible. Youturned it around 180 degrees! You turned night into day. You made the suninto the moon. You took everything that seemed normal and right and tossedit into the wind and said "give me abnormal and wrong!"Ever since Day One, I have been inviting abnormal and wrong into mylife. And I have never felt so alive in all of my days on this earth.If I could do it all over again, I would jump into Day One screamingand cheering with banners and ribbons flowing from my arms. And I would weara big hat that proudly stated "DAY ONE" on it! Because something happenedthat I never bargained for. Facing the fear and allowing Day One to enter mylife was the first of many more wonderful challenges. And it was as ifsomebody handed me a key (a master key!) and said "Here, this opens moredoors, discover yourself!"Welcome to Hell. It is the most wonderful place! Because past thislies Freedom. I'd walk this walk 100 more times if I had to. It's thatbeautiful.