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Drinking Alcohol and Quitting Smoking - A Voice of Experience

YoungAtHeart
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"I was out with some friends drinking, I thought I could enjoy that one cigarette with being smoke free for 5 years. Was I wrong, it was gradual but i started smoking more, then it went to almost a pack a day."

To an addict, there is no such thing as "just one."  It will inevitably lead to another, and another, until you are a smoker again.  If you drink, it's easy to think it's OK.

Please don't chance it.  A quit is a terrible thing to lose. 

Nancy

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I smoked until a vascular surgeon informed me of the damage I had done to myself by doing so. I quit 11 years ago, and I can swim laps virtually FOREVER now, walk most other days 40 minutes to an hour and a half. What a difference quitting has made in my life! I strive to help others find this wonderful freedom from addiction, too.