Comments on: Day 1.

By: RW

RW — Wed, 20 Jun 2007 10:53:40 +0000

Best of luck.
There’s a lady in my dept who was a long-time smoker who – I’d be willing to swear in court to but she denies – was sick at least once per month. She’d never miss work, but she was always coughing & sneezing and basically miserable. Was that way for almost two years after I moved into the area. Since she quit smoking (3+ yrs ago) I think she’s been sick once. To this day she says smoking never made her sick…..my memory sez otherwise.

You can do this…..keep it up. When you’re walking around healthy in 35 years, you’ll look back on this time & say “man, I did the right thing….and what do you think about President West?”

By: Barry

Barry — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:08:01 +0000

I looked up “Oculonavelation” on Dictionary.com and it asked me, “Did you mean e. coli infection?

Good luck with stopping smoking!

By: alice

alice — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:42:02 +0000

Good luck! I’ve been there, and weekends were the toughest because I had to keep myself busy (“I’ll pop in this movie and not think about smoking until it’s over”), but you seem to be on top of it all. Take it one moment at a time…

By: SayUncle

SayUncle — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:20:30 +0000

Good luck, it’s tough!

By: Buck

Buck — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 13:16:52 +0000

Good luck with it. And you are right. It is all a mindset. Smoking has never been a real problem for me. I smoke but I have never considered it a habit that controls me and I know what it is like to be controlled by a habit.

I’ll smoke on my way to work. I’ll smoke on my way home from work and I’ll smoke when I take the dog out at night. Half a pack a day is a heavy day for me. When necessary I can go days without a cigarette. I have known guys that seemed to be addicted to nicotine. They could not even go see a movie without getting up and walking out for a smoke about half way through. I cannot relate to that.

I would never, ever smoke around a non-smoker. My teeth are not brown and my fingertips are not yellow.

My in-laws have no idea that I smoke or that I ever have. That is how well I have been able to hide it. They think smoking is a demon and my marriage vows did not include an agreement for an exorcism.

But best of luck to you. I’ll be interested to see how you do.