Johnie, me love:
I was a smoker too, if u can believe it- a perfect thing like me. I
started smoking as a youngster when my middle sister and I used to
steal my oldest sister's cig butts and smoke them. She always used to
leave a good inch at the bottom. I took it up seriously at  about 14
although used to do it on the sly as my mother would never have
allowed it.  I smoked when i went to university, as in those days we
could smoke during classes (imagine).

I never smoked at school as I did not want the kids to know i did
that, so only smoked at home at night. Usually that amounted only to
a couple or three  pkgs a week unless i went out. Then it could be a
pack a night.

What cured me though was watching my uncle go through treatment for
lung cancer. When I found out about his diagnosis, i stopped cold
turkey.
He had one lung removed, but had problems for the whole year that he
lived following his diagnosis. I held his hand as he died.

And that thought would prevent me from ever wanting to start again.

So.... hang in there Johnnie.

( Yes, I am trying a "tough love" approach)
Smoking does too many bad things, in spite of the way if makes us feel
temporarily. Good luck with quitting, and if it doesn't work, keep
quitting. You have to be there for Acacia when he graduates, moves
into adulthood, and perhaps marries.

    Rose   @}>->--
    Being educated means that rather than fearing the unknown, one seeks to understand it. RB

    Please remove "Ima" to reply.

Okey doke!

   E-mail me the # and I'll call you. I've got a whole lotta minutes saved
up on my pay-as-ya-go cell phone.

   Just a HELP in my inbox and I'll be dialing! Tho' you could get Normie
if I'm cookin' dinner. He's able to help ya thru, too. :-)

   You've done a good thing by really making a committment to yer friends.
There's lots of folk who'll love being there for ya and ain't that the
kewlest? >bg<

johnie Hugs from Rosie

samantha is beautiful. you are so right and being here for my son and my
grandson becomes more important everyday.

johnie

Johnie, I hope you managed to get some sleep.  I finally conked out after
pouring some ginger tea with honey (which, btw, can often help with my
cravings).

Be strong today.  I have it easy, as I will be at an annual gathering where
there isn't a smoker in the lot.  It will be board games and relaxation all
day.  As long as there isn't any freezing rain on the highway, it should be
a day free of all stresses.  I'll even get to visit with my granddaughter.
I hope your day is a stress-free one as well... it helps so much.

Take care,
Janet N.

One of the things that helped alot for me was that I
washed all of the clothes, sheets, towels, curtains --
EVERYTHING so that the smell of cigarettes was just not
in the house.
Of course, if there is someone else in the house
smoking, you will have a huge amount of trouble. Really
works well if all in the house quit. That teasing smell
of smoke left in the house is sooo tempting.
Time for Spring cleaning. :)
Duckie

Boy does that sound familiar!  I quit many moons ago for nearly ten years,
and never once did I get through a day without at least one craving.  I
started again when a major crisis hit (ya know, one of those situations that
leave you shaking uncontrollably), and I reached for a friend's pack... and
didn't even realize I was doing it.  Still an automatic response after all
that time.  Once I had one, that was it.  Hooked again.

Didn't just want one after eating, drinking, sex... hell, if I was hungry
I'd have one INSTEAD of eating.  If I was out and wanted one more drink, I'd
smoke INSTEAD of drinking.  And if it was a dry spell, I'd smoke INSTEAD of
sex.  Hell, all in all it was a pretty effective substitute!  LOL.

Janet N.

"Nann Bell" <hanbellGOGATORS@earthlink.net> wrote in message > That is
wonderful, Janet!  getting it down to two cigarettes/month is a huge

Food?  Amazing.  I can taste it now.  This has helped immensely, as my
weight problem is in large part due to not eating often enough (then eating
processed foods when I finally get hungry).  Now that I can taste the food,
I am eating more often, and have lost 20 lbs!  I just hope my taste buds
don't lead me to overeating now.

Unfortunately, my sense of smell is also greatly improved.  I had no idea
how many offensive smells there were out there.  Ugh.

Janet N.

Nann wrote:

Quick.....patent the idea before someone else does.  <g>

Kinda like the invisible fence around a property's perimeter
to prevent pets from straying.