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Smoking Is Killing Ourselves Slowly

RoseH
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Good Morning, Everyone

 

A thought about this terrible COVID-19 Pandemic crossed my mind this morning.  And I immediately thought about the past days, when I was still smoking…

 

As a Nicotine addict, I have memories I hope I never forget, because I had every reason imaginable that would make me smoke!

 

When I was happy, I smoked.  When I was sad, I smoked.  When I was bored, I smoked, When I was overwhelmed with work, I took a “break” to smoke…

 

I could be doing all of that now, excepting that I learned about my addiction almost two years ago, and I no longer feed it because I am free!  And this freedom is priceless!

 

If you are new in your quit, and you are “romancing the smoke,” or feeling “deprived” because you are trying to quit, take time here with us, and learn about all the harmful effects of feeding those Nicotine cravings.  This too shall pass!

 

I smoked for five decades.  If I am honest about my addiction to Nicotine, I am required to tell you that deep down inside, I knew it was not beneficial, for me, to smoke!  I’ve talked about Allen Carr’s book, “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking” before, because that was part of the “start” of my stopping!

 

Learn all you can here, about quitting and the benefits we attain, when we no longer keep killing ourselves, slowly!  There is also a wealth of information on the Internet, and here is a link to begin your knowledge journey, to help you stay quit…

 

Everything you need to know about the drug Nicotine…  Click on the link below

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/240820

 

I wish you all a very happy and smoke free Tuesday, and let’s all keep our beautiful quits!

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I was 57 years old and smoking like a chimney in September 2003. I was also having medical problems and upon my doctor’s diagnosis, I knew I had to quit smoking. I was scheduled and admitted to the hospital in October 2003. I had a total hysterectomy and was recuperating, when a nurse found me upset in my room and she told me to try to calm down, and take a deep breath… I could not take a deep breath! In fact, I had to be put on oxygen immediately! I was terrified. A medical specialist was brought in, and that is when I learned I had COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). My x-rays confirmed it, and the direct cause was smoking [since I was 15 years old]. I had double pneumonia as an infant, so my lungs were fragile, even when I was very young… I had to stay an extra week and they pumped steroids and antibiotics in my arm so I could breathe on my own, again. My nose got so sore with those oxygen cannulas in both nostrils. Hindsight is always 20/20. I should have never started smoking. However, peer pressure was awful when I was 15 years old. A few of my classmates dared me to light up and smoke one… I remember that first taste and how I coughed from the smoke. It was awful! But I wanted to “belong”, so I smoked until the addiction took hold of me! Back to the hospital room… I was terrified. I quit. I stayed that way for six whole months. My husband, Ed quit with me. We were doing great and then one day I said to him, “My life feels empty. Do you think we’ve got this quitting thing under control? Do you think we can have just a few a day? Before I could say another word, he was off in the car to buy some cigarettes… We both lit up when he returned, and I felt like my throat and lungs were on fire! I smashed it out and coughed! “I will never do that again!” But an addict’s lies are just that! Before long I was smoking over a pack a day again… The truth is that I had no idea how terrible the “addiction” to the drug Nicotine was. I smoked for another decade or two and each day I would tell myself that I would quit “tomorrow”. Don’t be as naïve’ as I was about this slowly killing addiction! Quit now! I would not be using two inhalers if I would have kept my quit way back then…