Shannon, I swear sometimes you just like to disagree with me…jsmh! lol Anyway, we’re not all that far off in percentages really. I don’t know how many people you know in the smoking realm, but I know tons. All I meant was that I was a very small percentage in the way quitting affected me. So basically, we said the same thing. But, what I do want to mention, which was part of my percentage equation lol, was that I wasn’t just speaking for those trying to quit but also for the ones that already have quit. And I included this/them because it’s the way I was every other time I quit….but not anymore! I know many people who have quit for years and will say to me, I could pick up a cigarette at any minute and start resmoking again. Or the ones that say, I quit smoking for (blank) years but I miss it every single day!
I was just at my neighbor granddaughters 1st birthday party yesterday. Both her and her husband were heavy smokers. Her husband passed away 7 years ago from lung cancer. Sept. 11th is his birthday and she wanted to do something to honor him. She said, “I couldn’t quit while he was going through it because it was just too stressful.” So I thought I do it on his birthday (which was very soon after his death), so she's quit 7 years ago. Then she said: I still have half of my last cigarette in the garage. If I every feel the need, I just go out and smell it and then I’m ok.
The last thing that I want to do is go out on the porch and sniff my kids ashtrays! And this is the point I’m trying to make. Even though people APPEAR to be fine with quitting, it’s internally eating some of them up!
But Freak, I promise you from one ex-smoker to one who will be, you will NOT have any of these issues!
OK Shannnon?
Checkmate!
I was just at my neighbor granddaughters 1st birthday party yesterday. Both her and her husband were heavy smokers. Her husband passed away 7 years ago from lung cancer. Sept. 11th is his birthday and she wanted to do something to honor him. She said, “I couldn’t quit while he was going through it because it was just too stressful.” So I thought I do it on his birthday (which was very soon after his death), so she's quit 7 years ago. Then she said: I still have half of my last cigarette in the garage. If I every feel the need, I just go out and smell it and then I’m ok.
The last thing that I want to do is go out on the porch and sniff my kids ashtrays! And this is the point I’m trying to make. Even though people APPEAR to be fine with quitting, it’s internally eating some of them up!
But Freak, I promise you from one ex-smoker to one who will be, you will NOT have any of these issues!
OK Shannnon?
Checkmate!
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