5 Life Lessons You Only Learn Through Quitting Smoking
Updated: 2012-02-29 22:54:37
One year ago, almost to the day, I quit smoking. Three months after that, I started back up. As I type these words, nine months after that, I'm trying again, wrapping up my first full day of quitting. And, like last time, it is all I can do to stop myself from punching everyone in t...

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