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SMOKING IS SLAVERY
Good Morning, Everyone
This photo brings the dawn of freedom from slavery…Yes, I am going to talk about slavery! I was so trapped when I was smoking, I could NOT understand at all, the nature of the addiction I had to nicotine… I DO believe all my “sleeping problems” were from wanting nicotine… I suffer from chronic depression, so I could blame lots of things on that fact…
When I got up in the morning, I very hurriedly made a pot of coffee and got dressed like there was a fire in the house. OMG that first inhaling off a butt felt like Manna from Heaven (HELL is more like it!) It took about five minutes to finish my wake-up ritual and then it was gone… Think about that please and know that I now know how very unsatisfying and downright “deadly” silly it was! Five minutes? That’s not pleasure! Seems more like torture to me now.
After that first butt, it was a constant “watching the clock” kind of day… In my own mind, I thought having “another” in two hours was totally acceptable. Now I am talking about the “END” of my smoking days. When I was younger… I am talking about when I was in my 30’s and 40’s… I pretty much had one lit every minute I was awake. Sometimes a lot of one cig burned mostly away. But I just lit another one! Heck, a carton of cigs back then cost $16. Now that was money, but definitely not today’s prices…
My life, revolved around, having a butt in my fingers! Whatever I was doing, was better when I smoked. Allen Carr talks about his smoking days and he was the same as me. Mr. Carr, and his book, “The Easy Way To Stop Smoking”, was the “light at the end of the tunnel". I recommend it to everyone who is trying to quit.
In my own humble opinion, I think a life “revolving around a cigarette” is mindboggling. I smoked for FIFTY YEARS! It’s a wonder I can breathe at all! When I was a baby, I had double pneumonia… no details were ever given to me, but wow! If you know what I mean.
I am so very blessed at this very moment that I am talking to you about something that was killing me slowly and I just kept letting it. I am not sure if anyone can understand how I really feel, but FREEDOM is a good word to start with!
I have COPD but the Lord has been very good to me. I am taking supplements still to help my lungs heal themselves. My husband is still smoking, but there is light at the end of the tunnel for him too. Because he just bought a very large pack of Nicorette Gun. Thank you, Lord! He is smoking all along, and I did NOT cheat once! I’ve felt this strong for quite some time. So, what I am trying to tell you all is that the cravings DO STOP.
I’ve said it many times, and I am happy to say it again… I feel totally COMPLETE without a butt in my lips! I actually have a life now! My brain was asleep! Well, excepting for the addiction which meant just one was never enough. And a thousand too, was never enough! I was on a merry-go-round to death. And that, my friends, is no life!
I wish you all a very happy and smoke free Wednesday, and let’s all keep our beautiful quits, ok? Rosemary
