Sarah said...

>
> "T" <nospam.kd1s@cox.nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:MPG.214379848156f92f98a219@news.east.cox.net...
>> In article <Xns999E5612627F4cotd@216.196.97.136>, Andy <q> says...
>>> Wednesday, Sept. 1st, 2004, 10:00 AM.
>>>
>>> I finished my last cigarette, cold turkey.
>>>
>>> Three years smoke-free!
>>>
>>> Cigarettes, give 'em up!!!
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>
>> That's fantastic news. It's funny, we just had an intern who is only 20
>> years old. He's a really nice kid, funny as all hell, but smokes like a
>> chimney. I tried to encourage him to quit and I think he will one day.
>>
> Everyone quits some day! Sooner is definitely better than later, but it
> has to be when your ready!
>
> Sarah


I agree. I only bug one smoker, my best friend, about giving up cigarettes.
I told him I'm celebrating my 3rd smoke-free anniversary and after
congrats, he sighed and said and in those same three years I've been
smoking.

Two things I did for ME the day I gave up cigarettes:

1. I didn't use the word "quit." I gave them up. Quitting has a negative
connotation. I gave up smoking sounds a lot better than I quit smoking.
Talk to a psychologist with any questions. ;)

2. I didn't tell ANYONE that I'd given up smoking. Didn't discuss it before
or after the "ground-zero" hour.

I was just sitting in my La-Z-Boy swivel-rocker-recliner and finished the
last cigarette in the pack and decided "that's it!", and I just happened to
glance at the wall clock and it was 10:00 AM on the dot.

Side-effects included going through the motions of mindlessly reaching for
a pack of cigs that weren't there. That lasted for more than a month. And
of course, the reasoning that one won't hurt. Cold turkey can be a bitch,
can't it?

All the best,

Andy