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Smoked for almost 30 years, and when I quit 10-11 years ago, I was up to 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 packs a day! Smoked BOTH Marlboro Light 100's and More Menthol 100's....I liked switching back and forth. First thing in morning was to "light up" ....always before coffee or anything else. At age 50, I knew they were killing me and in the mid 90's, they kept making it seem criminal and downright assinine to be a smoker.......when flying it was a bitch to find a place to smoke, etc. And the NicoDerm Patch really worked! My first day quitting (I picked a day weeks in advance) I waited 6 hours (after 6 hours I would get a "Nicotine Fit"), put on my very first patch, and within 10 minutes I felt the relaxing sensation of Nicotine in my system! I was convinced the patches worked from the very first day! I wore the patch in ever smaller sizes (just use scissors to cut them smaller) for about six weeks before not needing them any longer. I did not like wearing the patch to bed .....gave me very weird dreams, but I would take that day's patch off, replacing it on the foil backing on my night table, then upon wakening, put yesterday's patch back on, then after morning shower, would put on a new patch.
It takes 21 days to break
ANY habit.
Whenever I saw a smoker, I would take a very deep breath, and say to myself how great it was to be a
Non Smoker!
They say "Once A Smoker, Always A Smoker".............and to this day I know I could easily fall back......but I have lost a job and lost a lover....and have not had a single puff since 1996.
Today I am 60 and still a Non Smoker..........and love it that my home, clothes and car do NOT reek with the smell of cigarettes.
And my friends that smoke..............I find myself cutting my visits short with them because I do not like the sore throats, runny eyes and stinking clothes. And some have beautiful and very expensive homes, but everything has a very dull yellow tint...........not at all appealing and they stink!
In hindsight, smoking was probably the single most
STUPID THING I EVER DID!
Just Do It! Do It For Yourself! Do It For Your Friends & Family!
QUIT SMOKING!