Posted by Vandal668 at marl-205.befree.com on May 24, 2002 at 12:27:48:
In Reply to: I just came out to my parents... posted by Glen on May 24, 2002 at 11:21:43:
I smoked off and on, heavy and light for about 7 or 8 years. It finally started to affect my health. I would wake up every morning coughing, I couldn't excercise, and I just generally felt like crap all the time. There is one simple thing to realize when deciding to quit: You have to not want to smoke anymore. You can't want to not want to, just do it because you know you should, or because someone tells you to. You have to convince yourself that the cons FAR out weigh the the pros and not want to do it anymore. As long as a part of you still wants to smoke you'll never stay off them. No gum, patch, or hypnotherapy can make you do something you ruly don't want to do. I stopped because I realized what I was doing to myself and it made me not want to anymore. I'm 5 months off them now, and except for a few weak moments (in which I did not give in), haven't wanted one since. In fact, oddly enough, the last cig I had was at Vulgarthon! Maybe that's the cure.