I don't really equate depression with smoking.
People do quit smoking simply because they decide to.
People don't get over depression simply because they decide to.
I don't care if it is an orgy of death, there's still such a thing as a napkin.
Willow ,'Lies My Parents Told Me'
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DavidS - Oct 30, 2012 10:22:42 am PDT #22061 of 30001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Dana - Oct 30, 2012 10:23:27 am PDT #22062 of 30001
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
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Someone let me know when the shitstorm dies down.
Laura - Oct 30, 2012 10:24:01 am PDT #22063 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
I know that my father and other loved ones dying from lung disease didn't make the difference in wanting to quit. It also doesn't matter that the bridge under my feet really is not going to crumble; still afraid of heights. Logic does not rule in many matters.
I also understand how difficult it is to watch loved ones doing something self-destructive. In their health, or in matters of the heart, etc. It is hard to bite the tongue although saying something usually does more harm than good.
Amy - Oct 30, 2012 10:26:12 am PDT #22064 of 30001
Because books.
Smoking is an addiction. A physical as well as psychological addiction. Do you think it's easy for a user to kick heroin or painkillers, too? Much as you may want to, it doesn't mean it's something you can do on a dime. I'm pretty sure you know that, too.
P.M. Marc - Oct 30, 2012 10:28:53 am PDT #22065 of 30001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Smoking is an addiction. A physical as well as psychological addiction. Do you think it's easy for a user to kick heroin or painkillers, too? Much as you may want to, it doesn't mean it's something you can do on a dime. I'm pretty sure you know that, too.
Harder, as I recall, to quit than heroin. I was lucky, and could just stop. Most people can't. It doesn't work that way.
askye - Oct 30, 2012 10:33:51 am PDT #22066 of 30001
Thrive to spite them
Some people can quit smoking just because they decide to but not everyone.
Some alcoholics can decide to quit drinking and never drink again. But not everyone.
It's unrealistic to treat addiction to nicotine differently than any other addiction.
erikaj - Oct 30, 2012 10:34:03 am PDT #22067 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
I don't know, a well-placed word might help. But, if smonster's family is like mine, they might have problems with the well-placed part.
brenda m - Oct 30, 2012 10:35:06 am PDT #22068 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Did that message feel well placed to you, Erika?
Calli - Oct 30, 2012 10:45:20 am PDT #22069 of 30001
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I love you both dearly. I know it’s hard to quit, but please stop smoking and/or don’t start back up again!
And the subject line? "Just sayin'".
While he's factually accurate about it being hard to quit, I have a feeling that receiving that email would result in me buying and smoking a pack of clove cigs. And I don't smoke.
erikaj - Oct 30, 2012 10:52:12 am PDT #22070 of 30001
Always Anti-fascist!
Kinda snotty. Judgemental.(My brother gets like that, too.) Also, sometimes it seems like all men just want to tell all women we're wrong. Not saying this about men here, but there are definitely days when it's like "If I get anymore crap from one more dude today..." Everyone has bad habits. Some are more deadly than others...I also might have to post Keith Olbermann's column about the week before he got a benign mouth tumor removed...Keith has an eye for details, I'll just say that.