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Memoirs Of A Nonsmoker
« on: December 05, 2012, 06:44:08 pm »
Written on October 20th, 2012

I guess it began when I was 13. I got caught smoking with my friends in a old barn. I was so scared, my father threaten to send me off to reform school. I believed him at the time. I still sneaked around with my friends, we thought it was cool.

I found out soon what was cool at the time soon became a habit. So by age 14 I was puffing away. I switched brands. Seems I preferred menthol. By my late teens, I had a pack a day habit. I liked smoking. I could never go more than 2 hrs without my fix. They really had a hold on me. This addiction I have? It has to be the same as a drug addiction. I simply had to have them.

My adult years, yes, still a pack a day. Soon a cough appeared. I didn't like that too much. I would get out of breath walking up stairs or down. I couldn't run very far. One thing I do regret, when I was pregnant with my two daughters, I couldn't put them down. I slowed down but never put them down. Luckily for me, they were both born healthy and strong.

In my later adult years the cost of cigarettes became outrageous. I paid 7.28 for a pack in Alabama, where I am from. My coughing was getting really bad. I would get out of breath just walking across the room. I could hear myself breathing at night when I laid down to sleep. My favorite Auntie died of lung cancer. Frightening fact, she smoked the same brand as me; they said her final days were horrible, gasping for breath. That kind of stuck with me. I decided to quit.

I chose a day, got the patch, I knew the withdrawals would be hideous. I got rid of my lighter and ashtrays. On  9/2/10 at half past 9 pm, I smoked my last cigarette. As I put it out in the ashtray, I asked God to help me and I made the sign of the cross. The next morning, my first day without a puff was hard. I was so use to waking and puffing first thing, I knew that was a habit I had to break. By hour 4 the withdrawals were painful, every nerve in my body was throbbing. The patch company wants you to buy 4 boxes of 24 mg, then 4 boxes of 14 mg and 4 boxes of 7 mg. At 25 bucks a wop, I did it in 2/24's, 2/14's and 1 and a half 7's. I hate wasting money.

After about 60 days, I felt like a new person. I found I couldn't stand the smell of cigarettes. My God they stunk. I could smell people, I could smell everything. I was commenting to someone how bad people smelled and this person said you should smell them with perfume, OMG if I had known all those years that I smelled that bad I would have quit a long time ago.

This past September 3rd 2012 was my year 2 mark of being a nonsmoker. I can yawn and not choke. I can take a deep deep breath now. I love the taste of food. Coffee even tastes different and so does beer. I could never see myself being a smoker ever again.

Why pay someone a death contract to kill you? The Tobacco companies are getting richer and richer everyday, and the price is your life. When someone quits, someone begins, sad really, never ending cycle.

Thanks for listening to my story, I hope it help someone that wants to quit. I recommend the generic patch, use something. I know a friend that is addicted to the gum, for real!! Nicotine is Nicotine, a very addictive drug and it kills you, slowly, it should be outlawed, I can smell someone smoking from across a parking lot. It really does stinks. Say a prayer, I think it really helped me

Good luck!!!





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Re: Memoirs Of A Nonsmoker
« Reply #1 on: August 04, 2013, 01:25:35 pm »
Great story!