Smoking is amazingly addictive. So very hard to stop. But it can be done. Not with nicotine gum, not with patches, not with hypnotism or whatever else you might think is an aid. They all can be of help as can Chantix. But it is nothing more or less than sheer willpower to stop, a mindset so firm that you will NOT be denied victory in stopping this habit.
If I can do it, anyone can. 27 years, 2.5 packs a day. Always said my last cigarette would be just before I keel over and die. And oh by the way, please bury me with a cigarette in my hand.
Then, four years ago, boom! Thought I had a heart attack. Rushed to ER in ambulance.
Then a few months later, again. That second time I was admitted for observation / tests. They discovered I was THISCLOSE to emphysema. "Don't stop now and you'll be wearing an oxygen mask in no time." I didn't believe them. The MINUTE I was out of the hospital, three cigarettes back to back to back. Same uneasy feelings hit me again, the same onset of symptons that sent me into the ER. Twice. I thought, "holy cow they're RIGHT!". Threw my pack away, and quit on the spot. On Sept. 10th, that will have been 4 years ago now. And not one cigarette since. I still dream about them though, still miss them. Still tempted. But never again.
Left with COPD. Spiriva daily inhaler for probably the rest of my life. But my lungs have recovered from 24% capacity back up to around 84% now.
And not once did I ever consider trying to sue Big Tobacco for billions or millions or thousands or anything due to my own stupidity for knowingly doing something so destructive to myself. Only myself to blame.
Smoking slowly destroys not only the lungs, but every organ in the body. It's pretty much the worst legal thing you can do to yourself.
I have noticed that as well and that is encouraging. Related to that younger perspective, on the show "Workaholics" they are all big party dudes but have a big 'No Smoking Tobacco' sign in their living room. Just thought of that relating to younger gens perspective.
