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My husband had quit cigarettes for 3 months. I thought he had quit for good, but guess what?? I found a cigarette lighter on the bed under the sheets when I got in bed the other night. I was upset that he didn't tell me, but he thought NOT telling me would be better cause I guess he figured I would never find out being he has enough control not to smoke around me in the house. He didn't want to upset me by telling me he went back to smoking, but I told him that by lying to me and saying he quit is more upsetting than hearing he is still smoking.
His parents both had cancer - mouth/ throat and both due to smoking. His father died from it and thank God his mother was cured. So thats why for the last 20 years I have been hoping he would quit and up until now, I thought he did.
Did anyone have a real hard time giving up cigarettes and knew that they needed extra help. If you did get extra help, and were able to quit, how did you do it? He'll try anything but hypnosis. He even thinks he needs to talk to a psychiatrist cause he just can't believe how he keeps going back to it - even after 3 months of not smoking. He thinks he has a harder time than anyone and I can't convince him that all ex-smokers had a hard time and you just have to resist.
I had given it up years ago on my own without using anything, so I am unable to suggest anything to him.
Any suggestions or maybe someone has gone through the same thing and took some pill or something. I remember reading a while back that there is a pill to help a person stop smoking but I forgot the name of it and I don't know if it has sx. I am upset that he lied to me, but I won't harp on that because he thought he was protecting me from added stress - thats how different men are from women,,,I would have wanted to know and hear the truth so I could help him.
well if you have any ideas please let me know. Thanks, MO
His parents both had cancer - mouth/ throat and both due to smoking. His father died from it and thank God his mother was cured. So thats why for the last 20 years I have been hoping he would quit and up until now, I thought he did.
Did anyone have a real hard time giving up cigarettes and knew that they needed extra help. If you did get extra help, and were able to quit, how did you do it? He'll try anything but hypnosis. He even thinks he needs to talk to a psychiatrist cause he just can't believe how he keeps going back to it - even after 3 months of not smoking. He thinks he has a harder time than anyone and I can't convince him that all ex-smokers had a hard time and you just have to resist.
I had given it up years ago on my own without using anything, so I am unable to suggest anything to him.
Any suggestions or maybe someone has gone through the same thing and took some pill or something. I remember reading a while back that there is a pill to help a person stop smoking but I forgot the name of it and I don't know if it has sx. I am upset that he lied to me, but I won't harp on that because he thought he was protecting me from added stress - thats how different men are from women,,,I would have wanted to know and hear the truth so I could help him.
well if you have any ideas please let me know. Thanks, MO
I'm so happy for you and proud of your success! I am pleased to report that I am still not smoking and think of it less each day.
It was really hard all last week, and I may have lost a few friends:), but overall, I have this pride and commitment to continue.
Just don't give in, one day at a time, you CAN do this. My "sinus" problem has disappeared and my voice already sounds better (to me, but that's all that counts!)
Good Luck!!!
Bug
It was really hard all last week, and I may have lost a few friends:), but overall, I have this pride and commitment to continue.
Just don't give in, one day at a time, you CAN do this. My "sinus" problem has disappeared and my voice already sounds better (to me, but that's all that counts!)
Good Luck!!!
Bug
jmjm530 - Thanks for the site
Fl_Gator - Thank you for sharing your grandmother's story. Another day down, and still not smoking.
Fl_Gator - Thank you for sharing your grandmother's story. Another day down, and still not smoking.
Well, I THINK that these are the true "Words of Spiritualness" that make ME better than YOU! And I'm smarter and prettier too!
Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.
Cleric: [reading] And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu...
Brother Maynard: Skip a bit, Brother...
Cleric: And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
Brother Maynard: Amen.
All: Amen.
Armaments, chapter two, verses nine through twenty-one.
Cleric: [reading] And Saint Attila raised the hand grenade up on high, saying, "O Lord, bless this thy hand grenade, that with it thou mayst blow thine enemies to tiny bits, in thy mercy." And the Lord did grin. And the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths, and carp and anchovies, and orangutans and breakfast cereals, and fruit-bats and large chu...
Brother Maynard: Skip a bit, Brother...
Cleric: And the Lord spake, saying, "First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin. Then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the counting shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number, be reached, then lobbest thou thy Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch towards thy foe, who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it.
Brother Maynard: Amen.
All: Amen.
I quit 10 years ago...when I was having trouble breathing...It took me 5 years to recover but I am much better now.
FYI...My grandmother is a long time smoker...she is 88 and has lung cancer, emphysema and macular degeneration...all of which has been linked to smoking. Two weeks ago she was hospitalized with a collapsed lung. This is no way to spend your last days...I believe that she would have lived to be 100 or more if she hadn't started smoking as there is longevity in her family...before the cancer she was very active...ran her own home drove herself everywhere...cut her own grass...funny how we don't learn from our elders how to take care of ourselves.
Please quit ASAP...not only is lung cancer a horrible death...it's torturous for your loved ones to watch as someone you love will have to take care of you at some point. My mother is caring for my grandmother right now. She puts up a good front but I can see the strain in her eyes as she watches her mother slip away no matter what she does.
FYI...My grandmother is a long time smoker...she is 88 and has lung cancer, emphysema and macular degeneration...all of which has been linked to smoking. Two weeks ago she was hospitalized with a collapsed lung. This is no way to spend your last days...I believe that she would have lived to be 100 or more if she hadn't started smoking as there is longevity in her family...before the cancer she was very active...ran her own home drove herself everywhere...cut her own grass...funny how we don't learn from our elders how to take care of ourselves.
Please quit ASAP...not only is lung cancer a horrible death...it's torturous for your loved ones to watch as someone you love will have to take care of you at some point. My mother is caring for my grandmother right now. She puts up a good front but I can see the strain in her eyes as she watches her mother slip away no matter what she does.
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