Post by Ann on Nov 1, 2005 9:18:20 GMT -5
I keep seeing a lot of messages about people ready to quit, BUT!!!!! this is not a game but something we need do to stay alive and healthy, I see so many people that want to QUIT and they simply can not do the most common thing that one does, ASK YOUR DOCTOR, MAKE SURE YOU CAN TAKE EITHER THE PATCH OR PILLS, some of us take Medication for some illness (Not smoke related) so always make sure you're safe, If you want to quit smoking then you need to be 100% sure that you really want to QUIT or it will not work, Medication will not make up your mind to quit, that must come from within yourself or it isn't going to work for you, after 58 long years I finally got sick of smoking, so I quit and I put my Mind to it really hard and you can do the same and one other thing to look at, the money you save is incredible, put the amount you normally spend on smokes in a Gallon Jar, or maybe you need a clean Pail with a Lid on it and just cut a slot in the lid, then seal it shut with Glue, now open the thing after 1 year, have a chair to sit on because you will find that your legs are getting weak when you see how much money you saved.
Sure ask us here can you do this or that, did you have this or that if and when you took these things, got to remember, we all have different reactions to certain medication and if you have any problems, I would strongly suggest to see a Medical Doctor and finally, NO SMOKING, BECAUSE IT WILL NOT GO AND LEAVE YOU, the urges can stay with you for weeks, months and even years, so remember that if and when you quit smoking or if you try to quit, it is not easy and depending on a person it can take you a Long time! Some of us eX-smokers have so many complaints as to WHY? Some of us we are trying and it will not take for some reason, we don`t seem to take it as seriously as we should, we haven`t got a clue that we simply can not believe in, well, I smoked for 58 years and I decided I HAD to quit before I was one on the fatal one`s, I don`t want any Cancer, I don`t want to walk around with a blasted Oxygen Tank, I don`t want to have the bloody plastic tubing going into my Nose just so I can breathe, I don`t want another Stroke and I don`t want to have an Heart attack, people, there are 599 separate chemicals in Cigarettes, and more things that can happen to you and none are nice and you will be wasting valuable TAX Dollars that could be used for something important and I don't mean Smoke related.
Please if you want to live then help yourself, try to QUIT the Nico Demon because you will be far better off if you can manage, I know it will be hard, it was hard for me too, I mean after 58 years, I am lucky as some of you might be and I don`t have any Smoke related Illnesses so far, I am off now for 3+ Years and I can breathe freely and smell freely and I don't smell like an Ashtray, PLEASE do yourself a favor and QUIT the those blasted Cancer Sticks you will be happy later in life for not smoking and thank your lucky Stars that you QUIT.
Reduce your chances of getting mouth/nose/throat/lung/esophagus/kidney cancer, emphysema, asthma, stroke, sinus infections, allergies, ulcers, ear aches, circulatory diseases, heart failure, glaucoma, viruses, bacterial and fungal infections, periodontal diseases, polyps, and over 50 other serious diseases, that actually strike most smokers in their 30`s, 40`s and 50`s not in their 80`s, like they thought it would. (Surprised?), A lot of these Illnesses I had no idea about those either but they are smoke related.
We must overcome this Demon of addiction, Smoking is the worst addiction to overcome, it is worse than Heroin or Cocaine, hell you name it and we as smokers are way above any of these Drug abusers because it is so much harder to quit.
We are ADDICTS for life, some people that quit seem to go back after 5 to 20 years of quitting and then for some reason they smoked again, the Nicotine Demon will keep on trying at the most inopportune times, we must learn on how to say `NO, NO, NO I will not and I must not. Small excuses like `Oh well I was so mad/disgusted over this or that because I had problems here and there and I was mad and I wanted relief, and did smoking help you in any way aside from your own selfish motive of smoking just for the sake of having a smoke?
Please, don`t show any excuse for any thought to get back to your Puffing, it is a weakness but it will not prove a bloody thing to yourself or anyone else, if anything, it will only show that you are weak, if you smoke a Cigarette then you are weak, you want to use and will use any excuse to satisfy your cravind to have a smoke, even if it is just ONE CIGARETTE, don't use it, It can be very nasty to get back into the Groove and I know just how much of a pull the Nico demon has, if you give him one Chance, then you`re virtually back to Square #1 fighting him all over, remember the Urges, the Cravings, he will not give up and he will not QUIT because he thinks the world is HIS for the taking.
DON`T, for heavens sake DON`T use that excuse and show that you`re strong, that is all the Nico Demon needs to get you back into the Tar Pits, remember, he will strike at the most opportune time that you offer him and usually... People will follow him until they remember, `Oh dear Lord` what just happened I smoked?
People, please, the Nico Demon will never give up, do yourself and me a favour, QUIT while the Quitting is good, you and people around you will thank you for your trying, you will not suffer because of Cancer, It is painful, the Chemotherapy is as well, then you have all the other things, Stroke, Heart attack and who can tell what else, please help yourself, QUIT and make all of us happy and PLEASE remember, you are an EX-Smoker and NOT a NON SMOKER, a Non Smoker is someone who`s never smoked in his life.
Remember, in order to quit you must want to quit 100%, your cravings will not go when you grab any Medication, it will be hard and you will have violent cravings to have just one cigarette, as we would say N.O.P.E. (Not One Puff Ever)
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