Have you done anything courageous recently?

Congratulations, on your final success on beating the demon of smoking; you have added several years back into your life. I know it did take much willpower to finally stop smoking once and for all. Smoking like any other addiction is detrimental to our health and we are the sole person who can make the decision to continue the harmful habit or just say, "that's enough" an beat the demons off our backs. I am still working to be successful at not eating the harmful foods that causes heart disease and obesity. I also need to make time to get more exercise into my schedule. I didn't make a resolution, but working as if I did.

I haven't done anything exciting and or beneficial, per say. The only thing I am trying to accomplish is to be positive no matter what. I am dealing with a great many situations that all last year no matter how I mentally prepared I did not function well. So this year I decided from day one that no matter how hard the chips fall that I remain as positive as I can and say to myself that I did my best and that tomorrow is another day. So far all going well, I have encountered some issues and fell to near tears then I said no, this will not happen as I promised to move forward. Good luck to you on the quit smoking as this is a grand accomplishment.

Gppd for u, congrulations. I need to quit smoking but doubt i ever will. Been at it too many years , know i need to so my doctors say but don't really want to. i'm not as courageous as u.

I agree, great feats in our lives take much courage. Congratulations, by the way for becoming a "non-smoker." Our minds certainly have to be "strong" when we are going to commit ourselves for something like this, losing weight, not smoking, quit drinking, etc...I haven't done anything to courageous lately, but I am sure I will do something before the end of the year.

not so recently more like two years ago a woman kicked her daughter on the streets, the poor little thing should be just 4 to 6 years old and i went there and yelled the crap out of her, the coward just ran i also got in front of a car cause an idiot was trying to kill a dog

I've landed a good job recently. We need money and I think that's the only way for us to pull through life's misery. I'm going to work even though I'm still not yet done studying. I'll put my family first before my own sake. I think that's courageous.

Quiting smoking is a very hard thing to do. I applaud you. My corageous act was in September when I went back to live with my daughter. SHe is bi-polar and had had a nasty manic attack in the summer which brought me, the mother, and my then pregnant grand daughter into a near homeless situation. My daughter announced she was moving out of the apartment we all shared. She was the one holder the lease so if we stayed it would be at full price and we couldn't afford it. So my granddaughter and I found a little one bedroom and lived there for four months. Then my daughter got back on her meds and wanted me to come back to live with her. After much deliberation and after writing a contract with her and having her sign it I did go back to live with her.

nope... maybe i am not that bad. it is hard to make a change, even to myself. but your discussion encourage me do that

Well, I want to say congrats for that decision you made. I don't have vices and I don't need to make a decision as you have. If you really want to stop smoking you need to discipline yourself and if you said "NO" you must stick to that word...

It is good you tried and finally quit. I think quitting should really be accompanied with self discipline. Without such would be a trial and error only on the part of the person who wants to quit. Finding another way to handle stress could be good too. I really hear most people , smoking is a way to relieve stress. But I think if other ways are explored to tackle stress, smoking would be stopped. I haven't taken any courageous action yet. I am still thinking! hahaha

I honestly can't think of anything courageous that I've done recently in my life. This last little portion of my life has been a part of my life that I've been living mostly in auto pilot. The reason that I say this is the case is because of the fact that I've not really been getting out of the house much since it has been so cold outside and because of the fact that I stay at home with my two little ones and I've been trying to concentrate more on my son.

Lately, I've become a homebody. Too scared to go out anywhere despite the need to walk my furkids. More recently, I've started going out on late night walks, because I feel braver walking the streets when there's nobody around. I know I'm taking a big risk though, as there's always the risk of me being attacked.

i reply in your post about quiting smoking and also i will reply here and any futre post about that because i want to feel that we are around you , support you and we also trust you that you will not return to smoking again

Good daya getbiswa2000, And now that a year has passed are you still smoke free? I have been a smoker for about 45 years and I know it's way too long and I have tried to quit so many times over the years I can't count how many. I can't seem to kick the habit for good though. The longest I ever quit for was 6 months and then I thought one day that I could be like my sister and only smoke once in awhile, like at the bar having a few drinks with my friends after work. So I bummed one from someone and that was it. I was a full time smoker again. On my way home I stopped and bought a pack and started all over again, and after quitting for so long, I was really dissappointed in myself. But not enough to quit for good, I guess. I am still smoking and it really is stupid. I don't smoke in my house so I have to go outside to smoke and when it is 40 below out and I am standing out there freezing my butt off, it's just stupid. Good luck my friend. Cheers and happy mylotting my friend , chris