If you know someone like I was -- then there is hope -- give it time.
Yes, I was the worse type of smoker. I chose to seek out a legal drug (nicotine). I could afford the drug, I am still 100% healthy as of my last yearly physical, and I was systematically punishing myself --intentionally.
So, why did I quit? Because, as Allan Carr clearly outlines it -- I am one of those who weigh the pros and cons -- I also listen to my children. I finally took my head out of the sand and heard them pleading with me to stop punishing myself. I finally heard my brother ----NO, I FINALLY LET MYSELF LISTEN.
Money, health, society -- that never mattered to me and never would have ---BUT Family -- My 22 year old lived his entire life watching his grandmother live and finally die from Cancer -- she was diagnosed 3 years before his birth and passed away his freshman year of under-grad. He continued on and is now in Law School -- But the thought of me doing something to myself that would force him to live anymore of his life dealing with illness -- appalled me --- then of course my 10 year old -- he does not remember much of his grandmother's sickness --- and He does not need to see me that way.
(Keep in mind my mother's brain and spinal tumors were not smoking related -- she never smoked)
