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quitting is easy. i think i quit smoking a dozen times one spring. try not smoking anymore. thats the real pisser.
when I finally decided to stop smoking, I had to come to grips with the fact that I was a little nicotine junkie, and that all the willpower and overpriced pharmaceutical gum substitutes in the world wasn't going to cut it unless I wanted to stop. really wanted to stop. i went nutso for at least three months, but after 12 years I'm all the better for it. so much so that the doctors dont count my former smoker status as a health risk since it's been so long.
i sat across from a chainsmoker at work for 8 hours a day. i think i ate 5 rolls of sugarfree mints a day while I worked with her. had to do SOMETHING other than light up a smoke.
in the Fisher King, when Parry (Robin Williams) confronts Jack (Jeff Bridges) about smoking, Jack replies "i'm trying to quit." Parry rips him a new one telling him that there's "no trying." He says "there are two kinds of people in the world, Jack: smokers, and non-smokers. Decide which one you are, and *be* it"
so, in the most kind and warm and gentle way I can think of putting this, dont dick around and make up your mind. you can do it. it is the most important thing you can do for yourself. and for your son. but for yourself first. So be a non-smoker. and brush those teeth. Alot. do *anything* - just don't touch that next cigarette. good luck
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