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Originally Posted by priestofnothing
I'm not sure what to recommend for the physical part of quitting, but I can offer some advice for the mental part that may be of help.
If you have the urge to smoke, try to stop yourself by thinking of your kids or your loved ones and how your smoking habit might affect them.
I lost my mother to small cell lung cancer last year as a result of her smoking for 40 years. She died when she was only 61.
I don't want to be a big downer here, but I feel like I lost a good 15 years of my mom's life that was shaved off the end due to her smoking. I miss her terribly and nothing in my life is the same as it was before she died, it is really sad. If she had quit smoking along with my dad in the 70's I could have shared the holidays with her this year. But she is gone and there's not a damn thing I can do about it.
Good for you for trying to quit. I hope you succeed.
If not for me, then do it for yourself....
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I'm so sorry you lost your mother. I dread that day with all of my being. She is a breast cancer survivor, that was so scary. But I no longer take her for granted at all. Again, I'm sorry, the holidays must have been hard. Also, being mad at someone who is gone must be hard. My cousin went through that a bit when her husband died suddenly of an apparent stroke at 44. She knew he hadn't taken care of himself.
