(August 4, 2016 at 11:30 pm)Nymphadora Wrote: Thanks CD. Rob quit smoking six weeks ago. He smoked more than a pack a day but he had chest pains one day at work and he ended up getting admitted to the hospital. They never did find out what was wrong, but that alone scared him enough to quit.
They say trying to quit smoking is worse than breaking free of hard core drugs like heroin. I don't know if that is true, as I've never tried that stuff but it is very hard for me to stop smoking. I think a huge reason is because I'm home alone all day with nothing to do. I can only clean so much. I really don't go out except to school and to run errands after Rob gets home. And I don't want to replace one bad habit with another (food) because I could very easily do that.
I'd love to exercise but I get out of breath just walking up the steps with a laundry basket. I do have asthma, but it is activity induced, as per my pulmonary doc. So I'm really at a loss as to what I can do. I lead such a sedentary lifestyle that I'm embarrassed about it.
I can't quit myself, and I've never tried heroin either but that sounds right to me. Smoking is such a sneaky addiction, you mostly believe you can stop anytime you want until you actually try.
This is going to sound stupid, but if you really want to quit you just do it on the spot and never look back. At least I think, but I'm not one to say.