I quit when a vascular surgeon told me he could fix the blocked arteries to my legs, but that if I continued to smoke I would probably need the surgery again and I might at that point not be healthy enough for him to perform it. THAT got my attention.....he didn't need to add that I might actually lose a leg then due to poor circulation!! Found a physician who specialized in smoking cessation; (after ending my relationship with my GP when he told me to "get some carrot and celery sticks, slap on a patch and ...I would be.....good to go") The new doc prescribed Chantix gave me the link to this website, and I quit 10 days later. It was my first and only attempt - and that was almost eight years ago.
You can keep making excuses not to quit smoking until you end up in a surgeon's office like me - or you can suck it up and get it done now while you are still young enough not to have caused any permanent damage. I vote for the second option!
You CAN do this! If you read the book by Allen Carr, you will come to understand that the reduction in stress you feel when you light up is reducing only the stress CAUSED by the last cigarette you smoked. It does nothing to help the deadline stress, or the exam stress, or bills' stress. Nada! Zero! Once you understand that, it goes a long way to helping you make that decision not to smoke another cigarette NO MATTER WHAT!
Nancy
