Smoking

[DJD]

Wow Bug I'm sorry to hear that about your man. You make a good point about the choice between quitting or dealing with a series of serious health problems. I would think that the choice would be easy but I guess as a nonsmoker I don't understand.
God Bless...

[Grumpy]

Repeat after me:

God help me to remember that nothing can happen today that You and I together can't handle!

Grumpy

[bassin_bug]

Wow Bug I'm sorry to hear that about your man. You make a good point about the choice between quitting or dealing with a series of serious health problems. I would think that the choice would be easy but I guess as a nonsmoker I don't understand.
God Bless...

I don't usually reveal the personal side of my life but, doggone it, I have a right to vent when I'm being robbed of the man who is my best friend, my best buddy, my very life, and all because of something as small and helpless as a cigarette. We have health insurance that will pay for smoking cessation treatments and, if we didn't, we're blessed with enough money to pay cash for them but he won't even give it a try. I hold a Ph.D in Psychology and admit that I can't wrap my head around his illogical thinking and struggles to hold onto the very thing that is killing him. I don't adhere to the theory that it has to do with an "addictive personality" which is something that cannot be scientifically explained. That terminology is used as a means of patient solicitation for unscrupulous mental health professionals. His explanation has simply been that he enjoys smoking, the taste of a good cigarette or pipe, and he likes to relax with a good cup of coffee and a cigarette. What a high price to pay for such temporary pleasure!

[Grumpy]

Bug, maybe he thinks like my mother, who in her farm yard Irish mentality, when told she had to quit smoking, said: "In order to live longer, you have to give up all of the things you want to liver longer to enjoy!! What's the sense?"

I know there were many other things she could have enjoyed but she never saw the benefit of giving up the cigarettes until she got to the point where she couldn't breath.

Grumpy

[stratosjoe]

I smoked for 30 years camels 2-3 packs a day and could not quit . Finally I quit every other week for about 2 months and eventually two weeks and so on it took about 4 months I have been cigareete free for 14 years. I know it sounds stupid but for me it worked also used toothpicks o substitute for a while....Good luck and keep trying