I spent most of my life smoking and drinking and at a certain point I had decided that I really wanted to get healthy. Most of the things in my life I was able to change, but the smoking would just not let go. The more I tried the worse it got, and the worse I felt. I could feel that the cigarettes were killing me breath by breath but I could not stop. I was asking for a miracle. I wanted to set a good example for my children about reaching goals and felt I was failing. 

I was asking for a miracle. One day I had a realization. It just popped into my mind that my smoking addiction was just what I had always said it was, a bad habit. It was only an old idea. It was like my mind changed and the feeling of needing to smoke was gone. It never came back again. I don't know how it happened or where the idea came from but it worked.

Its strange when I tell people that I quit smoking by knowing what I already knew.
Is that a miracle? Suddenly realizing what you already know. 

I believe that this realization can be applied to everything in our lives. Everything is changeable. I am healthy, and I didn't let my kids and my self down. Also, I believe that I was helped by God to change. Thank you.

F.A. - United States