JazFusion wrote:What it really boils down to is - do you really want to quit? Of course your health is going to improve, but you'll be shooting yourself in the foot if you're a forever quitter.
Back from the big city, falling asleep over the computer, aching all over, feet killing me after standing 8 hours for two days.
Lapsed Thursday night after 30 hours. The nicotine had almost disappeared from my fingers; the cough is much improved already. Yes, I really want to quit. I WILL try again. Perhaps the stress of the last three days didn't help.
I don't have helpful info. But just wanted to encourage y'all - I really love the intent of this thread guys...
I have things now and then that I want to be like, "people, help convince me that this thing is a bad idea."
Those of you pressing against this habit to quit - remember, you're taking on a challenge that the people who have never smoked have never taken on.
Though... thinking about it... I think I know something about giving in to addictive behaviors. These days, when I feel the need to drink a needless cup of coffee or eat choclate that I don't anticipate especially enjoying.. now a little alarm bell goes off in my head that says, 'I feel lonely.' Unfortunately, I still seldom do something constructive to respond to that alarm bell.
"People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.
They don't take long looks at anything, because they lack the courage.
The way to despair is to refuse to have any kind of experience, and the novel, of course, is a way to have experience."
-Flannery O'Connor
"In spite of much that militates against quietness there are people who still read books. They are the people who keep me going."
-Elisabeth Elliot, Preface, "A Chance to Die: The Life and Legacy of Amy Carmichael"
