So I know that it is everyone's resolution to quit smoking. So I made it ONE of mine this year. I stopped before new year's eve, and then decided it was my last night to smoke - so why not. It has been 7 (SEVEN) days today.
You would think that for anyone out there wanting to pick one up - they would want to know that I watched by brother-in-law, avid ex-smoker and 38 years old, have a tracheotomy this year, due to throat cancer. He now talks out of a machine, and just found out that it has spread to his lungs. This may be his last year with his son. So please - don't smoke.
Not trying to bring anyone down, but I was smoking despite the fact that I had open heart surgery. It took me seeing him go through this to quit. And to be honest with you - I still want to smoke, it was one thing that made me relax blah blah blah.... I can't say that it has been easy... but I can say that I feel better.
You would think that for anyone out there wanting to pick one up - they would want to know that I watched by brother-in-law, avid ex-smoker and 38 years old, have a tracheotomy this year, due to throat cancer. He now talks out of a machine, and just found out that it has spread to his lungs. This may be his last year with his son. So please - don't smoke.
Not trying to bring anyone down, but I was smoking despite the fact that I had open heart surgery. It took me seeing him go through this to quit. And to be honest with you - I still want to smoke, it was one thing that made me relax blah blah blah.... I can't say that it has been easy... but I can say that I feel better.
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Re: New Year's Resolution
Sun, January 30, 2005 - 6:54 PMWow that must have been really an eye opener for you. I quit smoking this past weekend. I'm very excited, I haven't smoked since friday afternoon and now it's sunday evening. I've done this before, I did it again. I'm sure the next few weeks will be a bitch, but I'm soooo ready to quit. Cynthia kicks my ass so hard every week in class that it's like, well, duh... you have to breathe AIR not smoke...
I even went out this weekend and had a few drinks with friends in a bar, and didn't smoke. Huzzah!
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Sun, January 30, 2005 - 7:23 PMI am in the middle of my second year of not smoking. August of 2003 (on my 25th anniversary) I was so sick, thought I was gonna die. Just sitting up on the bed made me short of breath. I was really scared. I quit for a year when I was pregnant with my third (and fourth) child. Started up again as soon as I went back to work. I enjoyed smoking, just not what it did to me. I knew I could not quit on my own. So, I got on my knees and asked God to give me the will to quit. This time it worked. I have not smoked in almost two years. I still want one sometimes. Ok, Ok... I still want one alot of times. However, He keeps me from giving in. He worked for me. Thought it might work for someone else, too.
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Sun, January 30, 2005 - 8:28 PMYOU GO GIRL!!!!
I will warn you the first week is the hardest. If you can go out and not smoke then you are headed in the right direction. I have quit many many times. Don't think that the urge to smoke will ever go away. But now when I smell second hand smoke it makes me ill. I have been out a few times and not smoked. It has been almost a full month for me and I have not even wanted to pick one up.
Now when I see someone drag off of a cig, I still take a deep breath and pretend.... but I am very proud of you....
If you feel like picking one up - email me... I will be your support - you need to be healthy.
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Wed, February 2, 2005 - 6:35 AMYou can do it, you can do it, you can do it. No doubt about it. You have it in your power to quit. Anyone can quit.
I quit the week after 9/11/01, and I haven't touched one since, and I haven't really wanted to. I've even had friends offer them to me, and I turn them right down, trying hard not to lecture them.
I've heard people say that even years after they quit, they still want to smoke. That hasn't been my experience. I don't even think of cigarettes unless someone mentions them or I see someone smoking, and even then I think, "Blech! Do I want the bad breath, the stinky clothes, the money sucked out of my wallet, the time wasted having to bundle up and go outside, the pain in the lungs when I get up in the morning, and the constant nagging desire to fill my lungs with toxic chemical smoke? I think not."
However, I do still dream of smoking when I'm asleep sometimes. I'll be walking down a street in a dream, smoking a cigarette and saying to myself, "Wait a minute... I don't smoke, why am I smoking?" I guess my subconcious mind hasn't let go yet.
Since I quit I joined a gym, lost some weight, and have more strength and endurance now at the age of 37 then I did when I was 27. Now I just need to work on becoming emotionally mature. Ah, screw it... Will & Grace is on.
