Dear All,
Right, let's get this out of the way! Ok, I smoke, I hate it, but have been doing it since I was 14 - now 45! I know only too well that it has been doing me no good for a great many years. I gave up for 1.5 years, but, one day, 'something happened', and I asked for 'one'... no prises for the result of this.
There is absolutely and totally no excuse for giving up. No one can give excuses for you, and we who smoke can give no excuse for not doing so. It all boils down to determination.... and want to do so.
My Father used to smoke 50 a day... until they told him he had emphysema - and has never since this last 15 years done again. I knew 2 people now deceased who had throat cancer due to smoking. Yet, and guess what, I still do so... what a silly ...................
You see, we all get hooked on something. None of us are exempt in this... absolutely none of us.
Alcohol is one thing, but, you know, smoking is a damn site more difficult to give up. The two run together with some. I must say this, never ever ever replace smoking with alcohol, it would be the worst thing that someone could ever ever do. Never ever replace one serious addiction with another possible one.
I think this is a very good Topic, and one that could be enlarged upon maybe.
Regards, Bernard