TGirl
Registered Member
I have seen a few threads lately about smokers/smoking and I thought I would start a thread on my side of the ballgame here.....I believe all opinions are important, but this is not a thread to be mean or judgmental...this is a place to state your Opinion....you never know, you may make a difference!
Please keep all unkind words and judgmental accusations to yourself....I don't want to be the person that started a war....but please state your opinion....
I hate smoking as well......although I am a smoker.....and believe me I wish I weren’t...but you don't know that!!!!
I grew up in a family of Non-Smokers....tell me how this happened??? I can honestly say although I feel I portray leadership qualities (don't laugh) I can be a follower as well....and it does start in school...I was 16 when I started to smoke and I am 32 soon......ugggggggggg not only is it a drag to panic when you have one left in your pack...but it also is to hear "mama why do you smoke?" "Mama, will you stop smoking for me?" I CAN'T EVEN QUIT FOR ME HOW CAN I QUIT FOR HER??? MY BABY!!! THAT IS Soooo SAD!!....
Most non smokers do not understand how hard it is and what kind of person smokes...all they can see is that everyone should quit and now the last few years use the "you are threatening my life when you smoke" routine....and some say it like that was OUR WHOLE PLAN WAS TO KILL OFF THE POPULATION WITH OUR SECOND HAND SMOKE....My intention is not to threaten your life or even mine for that matter....I just do it....I am addicted.....its kinda like telling a overeater to stop eating because it bothers you to look at them...ugggg I have heard that before....do you think they like it??? Don't you think they wish they could stop??? just like smoking....it is hard to quit...these are habits, they are conditions...we have conditioned our bodies to need these things....just like the person that can not go a day without a diet coke or some kind of soda...its not good for you and you know it, but you do it anyway.....
I try not to overeat anymore...I eat lots of greens and fresh fruits and veggies....I work out almost daily...I never drink pop/Soda....( i miss mountain dew) I drink about 14 8 ounces glasses of water a day...I am getting pretty fit....but I have a downfall I smoke...
I have tried to quit more than probably two dozen times and I failed. I HAVE DONE DRINKS...PILLS...PERSCRIPTION PILLS....4 DIFFERENT PATCHES..I HAVE DONE AWFUL INJECTIONS and AUQUPUNTURE...and to tell you the honest truth after my surgery two years ago...my doctor ordered me to go smoke I was so stressed out (had a hard time knowing I could not have anymore babies, but I had to have the surgery. There was no choice)....he even unhooked my Ivy pole from the wall and got me in the wheel chair....and he is the one that nagged at me the most to quit....and although this is hard to believe for the "non smokers" it is truly a sanity and nervous condition...I have had my hubby put one in my mouth after a day or two just to shut me up.....you can say what you want about me and I could care less, because I still have the "It's a free country attitude" but your words could never kill me and irritate me more than when the person that brings up the issue is your own KID!!!! We hear it every day and we wish we could just do it, just stop....but it is so hard....<frown>
So although I do sympathize with your concerns on smoking....there is nothing a stranger can say or do to change another’s lifestyle.....would you stop eating if I told you it could kill you? Or that you can get Obese diabetes? And eventually loose your legs??? Howabout this one...If I told you that you could acquire Leukemia from eating to many hotdogs because of what they use in them...would ya stop or stop feeding your children them???? Now these are things that have happened in my family...to me over eating is worse than smoking...some will not agree with me....but there is to many complications that come from over eating than smoking.....there is research out there if you are interested....but I don't go around telling people my aunt died because she ate to much and her heart could not take her weight anymore she was 240 pounds....my other aunt died on the operating table during her leg amputation...she was 220 pounds....my niece died last year of leukemia at the age of 19 because she had to much of a chemical in her body used in hotdogs ( not sure that is where she got it, but that is what the doctor said to us..the same chemical) her body could not fight this and acquired Leukemia in the process because of her white blood count became deformed and caused a domino effect...she fought this for two years......I am not trying to get any sympathy here at all.....These are just facts.....
Did you know that everyone is born with Cancer cells. They are either active or non active.....if they are active you will get cancer...you don't even have to do anything special to get it....you will just get it....did you know that there is testing now for your daughter...you can take her in as soon after her first cycle and have her tested forrrrrrrrrrrrr breast cancer cells....they can tell you if your daughter will have breast cancer now....before it even happens.....
I am not trying at all to justify what I do......I hate it myself....but it is not as easy to quit as you may think....I hope that someday I can...not only for my health and my families....but I would save a ton in money.....
Has anyone seen David Crowe in person??? Stand up Comedian...he is so funny. He does this smoking bit.....he is a non smoker and when people smoke around him he does not tell them to stop...he just takes a big drink of water and sprays it all over everyone....and if they say anything to him he says I don't like how you smoke and you don't like how I drink water......I guess you just have to see it.....soooo funny...
ok I hope that I did not offend anyone this is just how I see it......
please feel free to comment.....
~Trina~
Please keep all unkind words and judgmental accusations to yourself....I don't want to be the person that started a war....but please state your opinion....
I hate smoking as well......although I am a smoker.....and believe me I wish I weren’t...but you don't know that!!!!
I grew up in a family of Non-Smokers....tell me how this happened??? I can honestly say although I feel I portray leadership qualities (don't laugh) I can be a follower as well....and it does start in school...I was 16 when I started to smoke and I am 32 soon......ugggggggggg not only is it a drag to panic when you have one left in your pack...but it also is to hear "mama why do you smoke?" "Mama, will you stop smoking for me?" I CAN'T EVEN QUIT FOR ME HOW CAN I QUIT FOR HER??? MY BABY!!! THAT IS Soooo SAD!!....
Most non smokers do not understand how hard it is and what kind of person smokes...all they can see is that everyone should quit and now the last few years use the "you are threatening my life when you smoke" routine....and some say it like that was OUR WHOLE PLAN WAS TO KILL OFF THE POPULATION WITH OUR SECOND HAND SMOKE....My intention is not to threaten your life or even mine for that matter....I just do it....I am addicted.....its kinda like telling a overeater to stop eating because it bothers you to look at them...ugggg I have heard that before....do you think they like it??? Don't you think they wish they could stop??? just like smoking....it is hard to quit...these are habits, they are conditions...we have conditioned our bodies to need these things....just like the person that can not go a day without a diet coke or some kind of soda...its not good for you and you know it, but you do it anyway.....
I try not to overeat anymore...I eat lots of greens and fresh fruits and veggies....I work out almost daily...I never drink pop/Soda....( i miss mountain dew) I drink about 14 8 ounces glasses of water a day...I am getting pretty fit....but I have a downfall I smoke...
I have tried to quit more than probably two dozen times and I failed. I HAVE DONE DRINKS...PILLS...PERSCRIPTION PILLS....4 DIFFERENT PATCHES..I HAVE DONE AWFUL INJECTIONS and AUQUPUNTURE...and to tell you the honest truth after my surgery two years ago...my doctor ordered me to go smoke I was so stressed out (had a hard time knowing I could not have anymore babies, but I had to have the surgery. There was no choice)....he even unhooked my Ivy pole from the wall and got me in the wheel chair....and he is the one that nagged at me the most to quit....and although this is hard to believe for the "non smokers" it is truly a sanity and nervous condition...I have had my hubby put one in my mouth after a day or two just to shut me up.....you can say what you want about me and I could care less, because I still have the "It's a free country attitude" but your words could never kill me and irritate me more than when the person that brings up the issue is your own KID!!!! We hear it every day and we wish we could just do it, just stop....but it is so hard....<frown>
So although I do sympathize with your concerns on smoking....there is nothing a stranger can say or do to change another’s lifestyle.....would you stop eating if I told you it could kill you? Or that you can get Obese diabetes? And eventually loose your legs??? Howabout this one...If I told you that you could acquire Leukemia from eating to many hotdogs because of what they use in them...would ya stop or stop feeding your children them???? Now these are things that have happened in my family...to me over eating is worse than smoking...some will not agree with me....but there is to many complications that come from over eating than smoking.....there is research out there if you are interested....but I don't go around telling people my aunt died because she ate to much and her heart could not take her weight anymore she was 240 pounds....my other aunt died on the operating table during her leg amputation...she was 220 pounds....my niece died last year of leukemia at the age of 19 because she had to much of a chemical in her body used in hotdogs ( not sure that is where she got it, but that is what the doctor said to us..the same chemical) her body could not fight this and acquired Leukemia in the process because of her white blood count became deformed and caused a domino effect...she fought this for two years......I am not trying to get any sympathy here at all.....These are just facts.....
Did you know that everyone is born with Cancer cells. They are either active or non active.....if they are active you will get cancer...you don't even have to do anything special to get it....you will just get it....did you know that there is testing now for your daughter...you can take her in as soon after her first cycle and have her tested forrrrrrrrrrrrr breast cancer cells....they can tell you if your daughter will have breast cancer now....before it even happens.....
I am not trying at all to justify what I do......I hate it myself....but it is not as easy to quit as you may think....I hope that someday I can...not only for my health and my families....but I would save a ton in money.....
Has anyone seen David Crowe in person??? Stand up Comedian...he is so funny. He does this smoking bit.....he is a non smoker and when people smoke around him he does not tell them to stop...he just takes a big drink of water and sprays it all over everyone....and if they say anything to him he says I don't like how you smoke and you don't like how I drink water......I guess you just have to see it.....soooo funny...
ok I hope that I did not offend anyone this is just how I see it......
please feel free to comment.....
~Trina~