Please, Take your LIVES Seriously

[Sazerac]

Please, Take Your LIVES Seriously
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 'real' life and here on the QTrain, I see people being careless
about their lives and their quit,
like they have all the time in the world !

'I'll quit next week, maybe tomorrow, I'll quit again sometime'.

Are they not understanding how dangerous smoking is ?
It's a friggin' Slow Suicide !
The ramifications are Horrible.
This is no joke.
Ask our beautiful friend, Doreen !

 

I, too, used to be casual about quitting, casual about smoking.
so, it is no surprise to see others in Denial.
I wasn't listening to any kind of Sense, or Logic, or TRUTH, either.

Then, suddenly, I 'got it'
and thanks to the information here,
I educated myself about Nicotine Addiction.

 

After that, there was simply no other choice
except to Quit and be Quick about it !
I would no longer live as a Slave, or die as one either !

 

I wish I could give that Eureka moment to everybody struggling with addiction
but, I don't know what happened or why.
At a certain point, I listened and Understood
and I give this to you,
Understand your addiction, and Be Free of it.
Your Lives are Precious.

[Sunnyside]

Nice post :)

[Boo]

Not only will quitting lead to becoming a healthier non-smoker, the process of quitting will serve you well in every area of life.  Any stress you feel during the process will lead to adaptation.  Adaptation leads to strength.  Strength facilitates living.  The process is simple and the rewards of quitting when weighed against the challenges make the decision an obvious one.  

 

Break the chains and start reaping the rewards.

[Still winning]

I wish we could bottle and hand out that "eureka" moment.

 

As smokers, we lived in perpetual fear that we will always crave or be triggered when the reality is you co create that yourself.Stop doing it and you're freer then you were.

 

Educate about nicotine addiction and you move another step towards eureka.

 

Then just give it some time and distance and trust that the feelings will subside.

 

All of which is less effort then smoking in reality, more cost effective and better for your health. After that the mental ability benefits start piling in and you feel so much clearer, about everything!

 

x

[Sazerac]

On 6/4/2016 at 4:09 PM, Sazerac said:

Please, Take Your LIVES Seriously
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 'real' life and here on the QTrain, I see people being careless
about their lives and their quit,
like they have all the time in the world !

'I'll quit next week, maybe tomorrow, I'll quit again sometime'.

Are they not understanding how dangerous smoking is ?
It's a friggin' Slow Suicide !
The ramifications are Horrible.
This is no joke.
Ask our beautiful friend, Doreen !

 

I, too, used to be casual about quitting, casual about smoking.
so, it is no surprise to see others in Denial.
I wasn't listening to any kind of Sense, or Logic, or TRUTH, either.

Then, suddenly, I 'got it'
and thanks to the information here,
I educated myself about Nicotine Addiction.

 

After that, there was simply no other choice
except to Quit and be Quick about it !
I would no longer live as a Slave, or die as one either !

 

I wish I could give that Eureka moment to everybody struggling with addiction
but, I don't know what happened or why.
At a certain point, I listened and Understood
and I give this to you,
Understand your addiction, and Be Free of it.
Your Lives are Precious.

 

 

I know we cannot make the decision for you, we can only encourage you to stop lying to yourself, stop listening to the lies of addiction.

Quitting Smoking is the only choice and you can do it.  Look at all of us.  We quit, we survived, we are thriving.  Think about doing this great kindness for yourself.

[lml]

I am moving into the taking my life seriously stage saz.  Thanks for planting the seed, which others are now watering. 

Edited May 18, 2018 by lml

[Giveintowin]

While it is slow suicide, the smokers death comes too soon. 

 

Farewell cigarettes before they farewell you. 

Edited May 20, 2018 by Giveintowin

[Stewie]

No joke indead, it will kill you. If it was only the other stuff, all the other stuff, i could understand. But nope, you´re killing yourself slowly. Make a change, quit smoking.

[Sazerac]

On 6/4/2016 at 5:09 PM, Sazerac said:

Please, Take Your LIVES Seriously
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 'real' life and here on the QTrain, I see people being careless
about their lives and their quit,
like they have all the time in the world !

'I'll quit next week, maybe tomorrow, I'll quit again sometime'.

Are they not understanding how dangerous smoking is ?
It's a friggin' Slow Suicide !
The ramifications are Horrible.
This is no joke.
Ask our beautiful friend, Doreen !

 

I, too, used to be casual about quitting, casual about smoking.
so, it is no surprise to see others in Denial.
I wasn't listening to any kind of Sense, or Logic, or TRUTH, either.

Then, suddenly, I 'got it'
and thanks to the information here,
I educated myself about Nicotine Addiction.

 

After that, there was simply no other choice
except to Quit and be Quick about it !
I would no longer live as a Slave, or die as one either !

 

I wish I could give that Eureka moment to everybody struggling with addiction
but, I don't know what happened or why.
At a certain point, I listened and Understood
and I give this to you,
Understand your addiction, and Be Free of it.
Your Lives are Precious.

 

 

Bump for the Autumn

[Reciprocity]

You need this education and understanding about nicotine addiction in order to quit successfully for ever! 

 

Without this and other quit smoking forums, I'm not sure I would have ever done the research on my own to come to this important understanding. That's the real benefit of smoking cessation boards is the wealth of useful and critical information that is available and the people who have used it in their own quits who can guide you to it. Reading the material, understanding it and putting it into practice is up to you as an individual. Quitting is our individual responsibility. Others can only assist and support you.

[c9jane29]

 

I watched a wonderful man wither away. He went from working on big rigs to needing a mobility scooter...not easy for a man like him.

After he was diagnosed COPD/CHF, man...he went downhill fast.

He turned into a beef jerky version of himself...like the all the life had just been sucked out of him and left him begging a tank for air. He still smoked tho. Colon cancer, leukaemia, nicotine addict. 

Took almost 3 days for his body to drown him to death. His family by his side (well, when it wasn't THEIR turn to go smoke because YOU just had one!!)...you could smell that room from the entrance. 

All the while he's dying, (before they finally put him in a medically induced coma) he'd pretend to be asleep...then he'd peep open an eye and yell at everyone "Go the fxxx home!" "I hate y'all crybabies" and of course "gimme a smoke" "I DONT CARE WHAT THEY SAY!!"

Did I mention this was all very hard on a man like him?

His wife (God, I love this woman)...beautiful, red haired, angel of a woman; by his side 60yrs...he tells her "Get your axx outta here, You still ain't worth nothin."

She sat there 3 days with this...didn't ask one bit of help because (let's be honest) she didn't know how.

She said the most relieve she felt is when the monitors went flat...She said he snored heavily and she knew that was his last breath, and in that moment the weight of the world was finally off her shoulders. She had taken care of him for years leading up to his death. Not a wife, a companion, a friend, a lover, none of the things you think of when you look at your spouse on your wedding day.

She gave him pills, baths, fed him, lifted him, she was his chemo chamber-pot maid...

The last time I went by, she had already cleaned out the dark den (where he would spend most of the day watching tv and smoking) and was in the process of cleaning up the 2nd bedroom they had converted into a medical suite for him. She had even dyed her hair, which made my heart smile because she is totally worth it

Smoking doesn't only ruin the smoker's life...think about the people that love you.

 

[Reciprocity]

Powerful post Jane! The damage long term smoking does is horrible - and often not only to the smoker themselves!

 

[Doreensfree]

1 hour ago, c9jane29 said:

 

I watched a wonderful man wither away. He went from working on big rigs to needing a mobility scooter...not easy for a man like him.

After he was diagnosed COPD/CHF, man...he went downhill fast.

He turned into a beef jerky version of himself...like the all the life had just been sucked out of him and left him begging a tank for air. He still smoked tho. Colon cancer, leukaemia, nicotine addict. 

Took almost 3 days for his body to drown him to death. His family by his side (well, when it wasn't THEIR turn to go smoke because YOU just had one!!)...you could smell that room from the entrance. 

All the while he's dying, (before they finally put him in a medically induced coma) he'd pretend to be asleep...then he'd peep open an eye and yell at everyone "Go the fxxx home!" "I hate y'all crybabies" and of course "gimme a smoke" "I DONT CARE WHAT THEY SAY!!"

Did I mention this was all very hard on a man like him?

His wife (God, I love this woman)...beautiful, red haired, angel of a woman; by his side 60yrs...he tells her "Get your axx outta here, You still ain't worth nothin."

She sat there 3 days with this...didn't ask one bit of help because (let's be honest) she didn't know how.

She said the most relieve she felt is when the monitors went flat...She said he snored heavily and she knew that was his last breath, and in that moment the weight of the world was finally off her shoulders. She had taken care of him for years leading up to his death. Not a wife, a companion, a friend, a lover, none of the things you think of when you look at your spouse on your wedding day.

She gave him pills, baths, fed him, lifted him, she was his chemo chamber-pot maid...

The last time I went by, she had already cleaned out the dark den (where he would spend most of the day watching tv and smoking) and was in the process of cleaning up the 2nd bedroom they had converted into a medical suite for him. She had even dyed her hair, which made my heart smile because she is totally worth it

Smoking doesn't only ruin the smoker's life...think about the people that love you.

 

 

Sometimes I read a post here.. With tears falling freely....heart wrenching true life stories... Of the true horror of being a smoker....

I have yet not been able to talk about watching my bezzie mate of 62 years ...take her last breath ..suffering pancreatic cancer....in April...

Still a smoker...her last one 24 hrs before she passed...

I will never stop missing her every second of every day....

It's hard to watch someone you love ...believe they carnt quit....

 

 

[Sazerac]

On 6/4/2016 at 4:09 PM, Sazerac said:

Please, Take Your LIVES Seriously
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In 'real' life and here on the QTrain, I see people being careless
about their lives and their quit,
like they have all the time in the world !

'I'll quit next week, maybe tomorrow, I'll quit again sometime'.

Are they not understanding how dangerous smoking is ?
It's a friggin' Slow Suicide !
The ramifications are Horrible.
This is no joke.
Ask our beautiful friend, Doreen !

 

I, too, used to be casual about quitting, casual about smoking.
so, it is no surprise to see others in Denial.
I wasn't listening to any kind of Sense, or Logic, or TRUTH, either.

Then, suddenly, I 'got it'
and thanks to the information here,
I educated myself about Nicotine Addiction.

 

After that, there was simply no other choice
except to Quit and be Quick about it !
I would no longer live as a Slave, or die as one either !

 

I wish I could give that Eureka moment to everybody struggling with addiction
but, I don't know what happened or why.
At a certain point, I listened and Understood
and I give this to you,
Understand your addiction, and Be Free of it.
Your Lives are Precious.

 

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