You really have no choice
I was 24, married, one child and another on the way. I was a heavy smoker - perhaps 25-30 a day. Already the warning signs of bronchitis were with me; already I had many clear warning signs that smoking was going to curtail my life in a vile manner. Like all of you, I had stopped dozens of times. However, on the 6th September 1979, I stopped for good. It hurt - it really hurt! but I made it. I put on weight - deal with that later! I have been smoke free for 33 years. There is no doubt in my mind that I would be dead now, or at the very least, a respiratory cripple, had a carried on. My advice - STOP - just do it - do it now. I am agnostic, but I would worship any God you want that I stopped smoking - I love my grandkids - probably wouldn't have seen them if I hadn't. Rob
Great story rob, will use your story to help me on my way. today is first day smoke free, 20 a day smoker and have smoked for the last 10 years. Im 34 and had enough, its going to be tough but i need to do this for my kids and myself. i can do it. cheers rusty
If I am of some help Rusty, it makes me feel good. I am am a retired university lecturer, and for many years I lived in residential college as the "scholar in residence". Among other things I used to run tutorials on all sorts - how to manage money - how to stop smoking! Not as a ram-it-down-your-throat - but for those that genuinely wanted to stop. My little "trick" was to extract a promise out of them that they would ring me (on mobile) before falling off the wagon . It worked, I remember at least a couple of dozen occasions when I received a phone call late at night perhaps where I persuaded the person not to have "just that one". You see YOU CAN NEVER have just that one - NEVER!.