With all respect. I usually enjoy articles shared through beyondbelief, however I spent 15 minutes reading this waiting for the nice story or message that did never come…
Chocolate (makes my ears itch), etc. Why do we do it? Because the taste is so delish and we are not hurting anybody else. I don't agonize over it. I'm human and I have areas where I am not so strong--any kind of diet is one of them. I smoked until I was 50. Nothing and nobody could convince me to stop although I had tried a few times. It was so pleasurable. One day a chance remark from my sister stayed with me: "I've read that smoking is more addictive than heroin." Did I truly want to be chained to those cigarettes that cause all kinds of problems and illnesses? I managed to get used to being in a no-smoking workplace and doing my habit during breaks where I would go downstairs. You gotta know I was addicted when in minus 2º weather I had a crocheted scarf around my head and as I walked from the subway to my job, I had a cigararette poking through one of the spaces in the scarf. Then around one Christmas I caught the flu. Yow. I didn't smoke when I was sick so I put the 2 cartons of cigarettes I had bought to tide me over the holidays in the freezer. Day after Christmas I felt a little better and my brother-in-law comes over with presents for us. I smoked one cigarette from a pack I had. Afterward my fever spiked up again. We called the doctor and he came and said I had complications of the flu. My husband had gotten it too. Well, you can imagine that we spent New Year's Eve watching old Twilight Zone episodes. I caught a glimpse of myself in the bathroom mirror and OMG! I told my husband that I looked like something from Interview with the Vampire. I was THAT white! So by the time the flu left and I was back at work, I decided that the nicotine was out of my system so I wouldn't do it again. I got awful sick a few times but it worked. Once I considered myself a "recovering smoker," I stopped. That was 25 years ago and I still have dreams of smoking but I wake up and I don't. Soooo what is this all about. You have my empathy every inch of the way. I had smoked since age 11 and stopped at age 50. Maybe ask your doctor for some meds to help combat the lactose intolerance. I wish you the very best.
With all respect. I usually enjoy articles shared through beyondbelief, however I spent 15 minutes reading this waiting for the nice story or message that did never come…
Chocolate (makes my ears itch), etc. Why do we do it? Because the taste is so delish and we are not hurting anybody else. I don't agonize over it. I'm human and I have areas where I am not so strong--any kind of diet is one of them. I smoked until I was 50. Nothing and nobody could convince me to stop although I had tried a few times. It was so pleasurable. One day a chance remark from my sister stayed with me: "I've read that smoking is more addictive than heroin." Did I truly want to be chained to those cigarettes that cause all kinds of problems and illnesses? I managed to get used to being in a no-smoking workplace and doing my habit during breaks where I would go downstairs. You gotta know I was addicted when in minus 2º weather I had a crocheted scarf around my head and as I walked from the subway to my job, I had a cigararette poking through one of the spaces in the scarf. Then around one Christmas I caught the flu. Yow. I didn't smoke when I was sick so I put the 2 cartons of cigarettes I had bought to tide me over the holidays in the freezer. Day after Christmas I felt a little better and my brother-in-law comes over with presents for us. I smoked one cigarette from a pack I had. Afterward my fever spiked up again. We called the doctor and he came and said I had complications of the flu. My husband had gotten it too. Well, you can imagine that we spent New Year's Eve watching old Twilight Zone episodes. I caught a glimpse of myself in the bathroom mirror and OMG! I told my husband that I looked like something from Interview with the Vampire. I was THAT white! So by the time the flu left and I was back at work, I decided that the nicotine was out of my system so I wouldn't do it again. I got awful sick a few times but it worked. Once I considered myself a "recovering smoker," I stopped. That was 25 years ago and I still have dreams of smoking but I wake up and I don't. Soooo what is this all about. You have my empathy every inch of the way. I had smoked since age 11 and stopped at age 50. Maybe ask your doctor for some meds to help combat the lactose intolerance. I wish you the very best.