tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post5147318959855228583..comments2024-03-28T14:44:52.307-06:00Comments on BLD in MT : Living a Simple Life in This Interconnected World: 27,572 Coffin NailsBLD in MThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06449967376288331137noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-59880492736231858572011-10-09T17:44:30.727-06:002011-10-09T17:44:30.727-06:00Thanks TLC!!
A smoker with common courtesy makes ...Thanks TLC!!<br /><br />A smoker with common courtesy makes the habit a tremendous amount easier to deal with (for non-smokers) if you ask me. <br /><br />And I think you are right. No one is going to "make him" stop smoking. It has to be your husband's choice. I always say when the time is right it will happen, but it might take several false starts to find the right time.<br /><br />I quit for some length of time and then started again a handful of times. I kind of think of it as practice now. Even when I would just quit for a few days I felt it was practice....for the time I really would. I bet I practice-quit 30 times before it stuck for real. It was a real roller coaster.<br /><br />It tried weaning down little by little, but that didn't really work for me. I tried the gum, but that didn't really work for me. I tried cold turkey and failed several times. In the end it was cold-turkey crossed with crochet. I made a long scarf (8ft by 1ft)with a teeny tiny crochet hook and embroidery thread. It kept my hands busy. Especially in the car. Whenever I wanted a smoke I would crochet. <br /><br />I don't know if your husband crochets, but perhaps you could find some other similar keep-your-hands-busy type alternative.BLD in MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497511995276601468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-2585387683812889462011-10-09T08:29:19.617-06:002011-10-09T08:29:19.617-06:00Congrats on your great achievement!
This is a con...Congrats on your great achievement!<br /><br />This is a constant battle for my husband. He's 24 & smokes about a half of a pack/day. I do not smoke, it bothers my allergies. So he smokes outside & never in restaurants or in my car (at least he's courteous). He was able to quit for 4 months, but he let a stressful job get the better of him & started back up.<br /><br />My FIL (father-in-law) tells me I should make him quit smoiking. I tell him it's not worth our marriage -- I don't want to be the nagging wife. My husband knows I don't approve and I desperately want him to quit, but ultimately it will be his own decision & doing. <br /><br />Did you quit cold turkey or little-by-little?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-31364665077454598832011-10-06T09:40:21.615-06:002011-10-06T09:40:21.615-06:00Thanks Linda!
I am sorry to hear that about you...Thanks Linda! <br /><br />I am sorry to hear that about your father. I can only imagine how hard it is on you that your daughters now smoke.... That was a motivating factor for me to quit. I watched my step-grandmother die from it. She looked so different by the end. I saw how my blood grandmother wasn't able to quit despite heart surgery and cancer (she now has!). I thought, "I gotta kick this thing now before I get sick or it gets any harder." <br /><br />Just like all former smokers say: "I wish I'd never started." You are blessed to have never been down that road at all. I always love to hear of people like that. My friend Lisa K. has never smoked or consumed alcohol. I think that is pretty cool.<br /><br />At one point in time every member of my immediate family were smokers. That isn't the case now obviously, but we also aren't 100% non-smokers yet either. Maybe someday! They have all quit for extended periods of time (years in some cases) so it is possible.<br /><br />And I bet your daughter isn't amused! Still, you have a good point and sometimes the truth hurts, doesn't it?! :)BLD in MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497511995276601468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-85122125038240310122011-10-05T17:35:43.025-06:002011-10-05T17:35:43.025-06:00Congratulations,
I would never have guessed.
My f...Congratulations,<br />I would never have guessed.<br /><br />My father died from smoking. Now, both my daughters smoke, and it hurts me so because I know their future. The son does not smoke. I never smoked, but that is not really a prideful statement. It never appealed to me because I grew up choking and allergic to my father's cigarette habit. <br /><br />I tell my daughter in NYC that soon, she will look older from smoking and that since I look younger than my age and don't smoke, we will look even more like sisters. She is not amused.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-19711132443645794872011-10-05T14:10:07.395-06:002011-10-05T14:10:07.395-06:00Thanks Mary. I still say it was one of the hardes...Thanks Mary. I still say it was one of the hardest things I've ever done, but oh was it worth it!BLD in MThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08497511995276601468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2536895335969103038.post-52453212214745723852011-10-05T13:10:31.398-06:002011-10-05T13:10:31.398-06:00Congratulations. You ave kicked one of the most a...Congratulations. You ave kicked one of the most addicting habits on the planet.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15032479084775154076noreply@blogger.com