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Quit Smoking
Articles
When
Its Time To Stop
Is there ever a perfect time to quit smoking? Some people may think
that its only time when physical symptoms start to surface or that they
are really convinced something bad might happen. If you believe in God,
then you might even think that it is a message sent from Him. But all
that divine calling and signs are often ignored, and people usually choose to believe in
only what they want to.
Take Dave for instance. He has been smoking for many
years. He had all the symptoms of a smoker, the stained teeth, yellow
fingers and frequent cough, but he never really did try to quit. Well
the thought of quitting did come across his mind more than once, but never
really tried to quit. It was always, "OK, I'll do it next month",
but that next month never came.
One day,
Dave was watching TV with his girlfriend at home, with a lit cigarette
in hand as always. Halfway through his cigarette, he placed his
cigarette on the ashtray to open a bag of chips.
But just when he reached for his
cigarette again, he noticed that the light on that cigarette strangely
extinguished. Thinking that it was really nothing to bother about, he
lit up the cigarette again.
Strange enough, it happened the second
time. This time as Dave was about to take a puff from his cigarette, he
noticed the light was dead again! Dave realized that this could not be a
simple coincidence. It was a sign - a sign that could mean his next puff
could be his last breath. Dave looked at his girlfriend and said "
Honey, that's it. Its
time for me to quit."
Although this story is hard to swallow,
but it really did happen. But most smokers are not half as lucky. The
only sign they get are of smoking related diseases: such as breathlessness, chest pain, harsh voice,
cough etc......
But the sad part is smokers who
experience physical symptoms refuse to associate them with cigarettes. They choose
not to see that
cigarettes are destroying their health even with all the signs showing.
Jeannet suffered from chronic bronchitis.
Her doctor had told her
that she was allergic to cigarettes, and that smoking aggravated her
condition and that she had to quit smoking right away. Jeannet agreed
that she had an allergy problem but simply refused to believe that it
was to cigarettes.
Jeannet thought she did all she could to
prevent the allergy - everything but quit smoking that is. She got rid
of every tinkle of dust from her home, avoided cold drinks completely,
stopped using perfumes, but just as predictable as it was, her
bronchitis remained as bad.
It was when her condition got too bad
that she finally decided to try to quit smoking. Immediately Jeannet condition
improved and the attacks became less and less frequent. Now, the attacks
have completely stopped. It is only when she quit smoking that Jeannet
believed that smoking was the cause of her problem.
So are you like Jeannet? How many times have you
received warning signals telling you that its
time to stop smoking but you just closed both eyes to them?
People like Dave and Jeannet are
ex-smokers with a happy ending. Most smokers end up with an incurable
disease like heart disease or stroke before they actually decide to quit
smoking.
Smoking is a ruthless silent killer and
you won't be spared. If you have not received any warning signals yet,
then let this be YOUR
signal to quit smoking. Remember, if you're not as lucky as Dave,
your next puff could be your breath.
Get help on how to quit smoking NOW!!
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