When I was a smoker I was a real A$$ to my Family and Friends! They would beg, plead, cry, promise, anything to get me to quit smoking!!!!!
And I refused to listen!
I can hear myself now - with a Million and One Excuses! You know what? It was all a BIG FAT LIE! A lie I (sometimes) believed but still a Lie!
Stress wasn’t causing me to smoke!
Life wasn’t causing me to smoke!
And FREEDOM sure as he11 wasn’t causing me to smoke!
ADDICTION caused me to smoke – nothing else!
I willingly let myself kill ME! I had no respect for myself or for Life or for God, no matter what song I was singing (in and out of church!) Addicts don’t, can’t care about anybody or anything beyond their drug of choice!
Now the tables are turned! Now I get to know up close and personal what it’s like to be that Friend watching his buddy die due to Addiction and you know what, folks? IT SUCKS EGGS!
Do you want your self respect back?
Do you want your priorities in life to reflect your Values?
I guarantee you there’s something you have to do first – Become ADDICTION FREE! Not tobacco free, not harm reduction bologna! Real true Addiction FREE! It’s the only way you can face your Family and Friends with a straight face and say that you care! Because sincerely, they will always come second to our drug of choice as long as we’re using.
It’s too late for Kenny! It’s becoming abundantly clear and undeniable now! And Da@*! It hurts! BAD! But he chose Alcohol before anything else – including LIFE!
But it’s not too late for you (hopefully!) This is no joking matter! We’re not talking bad habits and a little bitty vice (like chewing your fingernails.) We’re talking LIFE and DEATH!
It’s time to wake up and smell the coffee! RIGHT NOW!
