Do You Want Something?

[Breakinchains]

I was recently told a story. My mother told me that my aunt and uncle both used to be heavy smokers. This surprised me, because as long as I had known them I had never seen either one of them smoke. Mom said "they quit several years ago." I noticed at that same aunt and uncle's anniversary party, and old photo from the time they were first married, and sure enough, there was my uncle as a much younger man, a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. So I asked him about the picture. He said "oh yes, we both smoked for a few years, but we quit because we wanted a television." Keep in mind this was a long time ago, like back in the 60's when TV's were still fairly new and expensive? It just struck me that it really can be that simple. With the money you save from quitting you may be able to significantly improve your quality of life!

[_m_9]

That is so true. Back then, it was either/or....no mumbo jumbo, right.  Now it's the same and most of know the damage we are causing but we still have such difficulty stopping! 

[kriya_h]

I am pretty sure that cigarettes now are actually much different than they were way back when.  I am pretty sure that Big Tobacco has spent billions of dollars in R&D to make sure that they kept consumers coming back.  I can't cite any sources at the moment and don't have time right now to go research this for a blog comment but I'm pretty secure in saying that the info is out there to be found if you want to check.  It's not just cigarette producers that have tweaked their product to make it more addictive either, most drugs (street drugs that is) have been actually getting harder to get off of over the years.  Drug couselors, meeting speakers, and others have noted that over their careers they've watched patients getting sicker and sicker, having more trouble getting clean.  I have trouble imagining what kind of person I'd have to be to have that as a motive in life- making people sicker.  The world never ceases to amaze me.  🙂

[Sootie]

How great for them Break---the "good ol days"...don't know what the answer is...

are we too greedy---have to have it all?

is it the credit cards that "allow" you to get things our parents saved for?

are cigarettes more addictive?

For me, I know that even wanting extra money was not enough to make me quit. I TOTALLY ENJOY that extra money now---bought all new living room furniture with the money I saved in one year of quitting---BUT, I would not have been able to quit just to do that.

Great post as usual---always glad to see you on here.