Project Description
Shauna, AB, Canada
“Once we felt the positive effects of not smoking in our body, we both decided that was it, that we did not want to ever go back to not feeling this good. All of a sudden, we were breathing. We were breathing and we were excited about what that could mean for the future. My sister looked at me and said, I’m giving up smoking. I’m never smoking again. And I think we both feel that way. There was just a real solid knowing that we can manage life without it now. We can actually have a better life without it. And we’ll be healthier. To feel healthy is amazing! When you’ve been unhealthy for so long, to just feel the vitality is a rush.”
Improvements with: Breathing/ Lung Issues, Post-Smoking Lung Healing, Quit Smoking, Hair, Skin and Nails, Psoriasis.
| Before | After |
|---|---|
| Fear of Nicotine Shock. | I did not feel that I went through a nicotine shock. In truth, it was not that way at all. Because, it felt more like when I came here that it was like a slow progression with support. And I didn't have a major crash, in truth, I didn't. I think with the therapies, what happens is that quitting is so much more gradual and easy in the sense that your body doesn't get shocked necessarily from not having a cigarette. |
| Fear of Emotional Cravings. When I first thought about quitting smoking, I actually thought it was going to be just this thing where I'm just going to say, you're not having it, put it down, done, did, and you have to let go of your best friend forever. And of course I didn't want to do that because it, I didn't want, and I thought it would be hard | I obviously went through some emotional cravings. I'm used to smoking. What do I do after I eat? But what I really love is that they give you little things to help you with those times when you need. And I also appreciate the emotional support and the counseling to help you move through the emotional stuff around smoking. And I think all of those things combined were a huge benefit. Way different than it would have been had I been at home. I don't know that I would have been able to do it at home like I did here. Because it didn't have that support. And it's the knowledge of the people that know what to do. |
| Was afraid of getting hungry and gain weight as I quit. Usually, and I have quit before I was hungry and I would eat stuff and I would just shuffle stuff into my mouth because I wanted that cigarette. I thought it would be hard and I thought I would gain weight and I thought I would get, I would eat other things and then I would be heavy and I would have to actually, now I quit smoking, now I have to quit eating. | It was beautiful because I didn't feel that here. I felt like I was really fed well, and I wasn't hungry, and there was enough that you were doing in those days that you weren't constantly thinking about not having a cigarette. |
| Feeling of Heaviness. When I came in on the first day, it was heavy. Everything's heavy. My chest was heavy. My emotions were heavy. I felt sluggish. I was walking heavy. My feet were heavy. In a sense, that's what it felt like. | Even just after seven days, I feel lighter. I feel like my feet are lighter. My back is lighter. Everything's lighter. I went out to play a game on the grass and I found that I was like, wow, like I was just picking this ball up, throwing this ball, walking around, and I felt my whole body actually felt lighter. |
| Chronic Cough – I had concerns about it, my cough had gotten worse. When I first got here, I thought, oh, I'm gonna be embarrassed. I'm gonna be coughing all the time and hate that when I cough... I usually cough when I eat. | My cough improved so much. But it is funny how you have to really think about what isn't happening anymore. I think it was my sister who said to me, you know you haven't coughed? And I was like, I didn't cough today. Because it's like you got so used to doing it, it was a part of your life. Then when you stop, you almost didn't see it. And then all of a sudden when somebody reminds you, you're like, Oh my gosh, I haven't. I used to do that all the time, right? |
| Lung Health and Breathing. When I first came here I didn't actually realize I wasn't breathing. It's funny because you can go your life, you're smoking and actually smoking can make you feel like you're taking a breath. And the truth is you're really not. You're actually not breathing very deeply. And I didn't know that until we came here with some exercises and stuff that we're doing. I realized just how short my breath was. | My lungs are already working better because of the therapies. My sister and I both went for a walk up the hill that we did not think we would be able to do. So we both just, trucked up that hill and looked at each other and we're so excited about actually trucking up the hill and not feeling it. So it's exciting. It's lovely. |
| Psoriasis – I have a real issue with psoriasis for many years. That’s another thing that was worrisome. I used to get quite a few dry knuckles. I would literally see white skin on them. | I would say probably about the third day, I noticed that I actually hadn't had white skin showing up on my knuckles. And I think the steam is a huge help in that. |
Experience Highlights:
- Talking to people and meeting the people
- Fitness classes and dancing classes
- Walking in the nature – I loved walking by the ocean and through a lot of trees
- That you are not alone doing this.
- Coming with the sister and quitting smoking together, being support to each other.
The information above is based on the following resources:
- Unedited Video Testimonial Materials
- Before and After Self-Assessment
- Program Participation and Progress Sheet
- Emotional Wellness Test
Disclaimer : Results of participants differ and the Fresh Start cannot guarantee that you will experience your improvements in the same way as in this testimonial. The Fresh Start is not an allopathic medical facility and does not claim to either diagnose or treat any disease. The Fresh Start does not guarantee a recovery from any specific disease or a health symptom.
