August 13, 201511 yr I have been to the lung clinic today with tony. What I wanted to talk about ..is the chat I had with a lady..maybe a little younger than me... She had a portable oxygen tank on her shoulder...we got talking... I asked her if she was a smoker....she says yes....smoking has done this.... How long have you been quit I asked.... Oh I havnt...I still smoke 30 a day....it's my only pleasure...why should I pack it in.... I say...wow...as a ex smoker...I can tell you breathing fresh air without oxygen is a pleasure... I told her about Allen Carr...and the quit train... But she says she has no intention of trying to quit......even though the oxygen machine is very noisy and keeps her awake at night.... Oh boy....I sat and thanked heavens I had the strength to make a change...
August 13, 201511 yr Doreen, maybe you planted a seed that will lead to a quit...such a powerful addiction!
August 13, 201511 yr Doreen, that is so sad, but I am very glad that you shared it with us... just a nice reminder of how blind we were when we were smokers! You did what you could Doreen, you are such a sweet person :wub:
August 13, 201511 yr I can't believe I didn't see it before......ugghh..oh how I thought I could never "give up" smoking....give up???????? escape that shit, we did..... Sad that people go to their graves still a slave to the poison....
August 13, 201511 yr I heard you got something noisy that keeps the neighborhood up at night. Mama got a squeeze box.....
August 14, 201511 yr Oh boy....I sat and thanked heavens I had the strength to make a change... and that you did Doreen xx
August 14, 201511 yr Yeah? Well I talked to a nurse who had lost parts of her lung. She still smokes outside on break. She told me she had part of her lungs removed and I was like, "Heinous addiction." And she actually responded: "no, it wasn't from the smoking." Say whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat? Denial is a beast.
August 14, 201511 yr Author Oh I agree TEW...denial.... This woman sat and complained how heavy the portable oxygen tank was... It gets on my nerves she said.... I'm sitting there thinking...well do something......
August 15, 201511 yr Wow, that's sad, but it's definitely possible that you planted a seed. We have all been there before with our junkie minds lying to us, telling us that smoking actually brings us "pleasure."
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