Originally Posted By vbdad55 <As others have stated, they are social smokers and I have had to remove myself from those enviroments until the cravings go away< peeaanut -- I hate to break this to you -- but 25 years after quitting and the cravings or whatever you want to call it still aren't gone completely -- it is a lifelong battle -- but hey -- congrats on the soon to be 4 weeks -- that's really good
Originally Posted By wendebird I agree vbdad55. Today is 11 years for me & I still have cravings for them. Not as often as I did in the beginning, but everyonce in a while, it'll smell so good. Usually after I've had a drink.
Originally Posted By LVBelle After watching a very dear neighbor die of lung cancer when I was a child, I've never had the desire to start. And now that I'm pregnant, the smell is enough to make me sick. I rarely go into casinos anymore because I can't stand the smell.
Originally Posted By t1lersm0m Yes, I smoked cigarettes. But I quit when I got pregnant with Tyler and never turned back. Now if only my parents and hubby would quit.
Originally Posted By beamerdog I smoked a pack and a half a day from age 18 thru age 19. When I met my DH he said that he didn't date girls who smoked. So that was the end of it, lol. But from time to time even 30-some years later I still get the urge to smoke. >>At about the same time, his only brother was also diagnosed with cancer of the mouth and throat. He lived in another town, and each year as we went up and visited, more of his face was gone.<< I'm so sorry, GrumpysWife. My dad died of lip and oral cancer and one look at his face in the last 9 months of his life would make the Devil stop smoking and sitting in the sun. This is an awful way to die. Kudos to all who have stopped smoking.
