re: #353 Semper Fi

Good morning all,
Mandy, your post certainly brought back memories. Decades ago, after trying and failing to quit smoking many times, I sent for and received information from the Surgeon Generals Office. It was about the time the ‘Warning’ notice was included on the side each cigarette package therefor it has indeed been decades. The received info made all the difference and finally, I quit. The info addressed both the physical and psychological addiction you mentioned and sufficiently prepared me for what was to come, withdrawal, mind games, etc. It even said to prepare for that time months after quitting when I would have occasion to smoke, reminding me, I was no longer a smoker. It happened (I was drunk), the info kicked-in, I never lit up again.
Good luck to anyone trying to kick the smoking addiction. There are ways.

I’m currently into my 2nd month of no smoking, and boy-oh-boy it’s an uphill climb. 25 years of a habit is not easy to just drop. There has been one faulter in that time, but I’m doing my best to stick to my guns. It’s also nice to know that I’ll be saving $200 or so a month by not spending money on something that will inevitably kill me.

Had I known then back in the day what a pain in the ass quitting is, I would never have started… but I was young, foolish, and willing to submit to peer pressure. So, time to pay the devil his due, as it were.