Truer words were never spoken.He ain't stopping until HE wants too.
I smoke so I can't say much, but show him this it might work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn50mTEGnrU
Truer words were never spoken.
My wife was a smoker for 15 years of her life. I've never smoked a cigarette but would smoke high quality cigars socially, at work, but never at home/in the house and almost never in her presence (even though she knew very well that I smoked them). Her cigarette smoking used to make me nuts but absolutely nothing I said/did would have any impact on her. She finally decided for herself that she wanted to quit. It was not until then that she actually tried, and actually did quit.
Now I smoke only the occasional cigar, perhaps a few a year (less than 1 a month) but I keep them in a humidor at proper temp/humidity for the very rare times when I smoke them.
Thank you very much for the responseHe ain't stopping until HE wants too. Education, both health and financially should assist in your effort.................... Good Luck!
I quit smoking about 1 1/2 years ago. I can tell you from experience that the only way someone can actually quit is if they really want to. Quitting smoking was the hardest thing I have every done. It takes a lot of will power.
Good ideaJust show him Murph's avatar and tell him that is a self portrait and the result of too many years smoking......
Thanks MurphI started smoking when I was 14. We had a local store that pretty much sold them to anyone thinking we were taking them home to our parents.
As I grew older smoking and alcohol got to me. I got to where if I had a drink I wouldn't quit until there just was no more to get. I could go on for days.
But one morning after a week end bash I went to work and started puking blood. At about ten that morning I threw my cigarettes in the waste basket, then went home and poured all the alcohol down the kitchen sink. It was 20 years later that I finally had a beer. Now a glass of wine or a beer once in a while is ok with me. I am talking about once every 3 months. The cigarettes was much tougher, I would always break down and buy a pack take one out and throw the rest of them away. It took about 3 months before I finally stopped sneaking one every once in a while. I tried one about ten years ago and got sick. But even after 25 years there is times I would like to have one, I still miss it some.
murph
Thanks I am missarable in this case.I can't say from experience, since I've never smoked, but you must be right. My step-mother is one of the sweetest, nicest people anyone will ever meet but she just can't (won't?) stop smoking. It's driving my dad nuts because her mother died of lung cancer, her father died of lung cancer, her sister has lung cancer and her brother died of lung cancer. Talk about running in the family! Anyway, she just can't seem to quit. Just a few months ago they found "a spot" on one of her lungs but she still smokes.
We all really care for her and it makes it so hard because we honestly fear that she will die very young (mid 50's) from smoking. She obviously picked up smoking from all her relatives, but they all died from it. She has one sister who is an RN and they squabble each time they talk. Her sister is the only one in the family who never smoked and she too is at a loss at how she can get her sister to stop killing herself. As said earlier, we all believe that she will never stop until she really wants to stop. Now we are afraid that she feels that she has already killed herself anyway, so what does it matter. It's sad.
even they see the result they don't want to qit.They addicted to.So as my Husband.Thanks for the postI can't say from experience, since I've never smoked, but you must be right. My step-mother is one of the sweetest, nicest people anyone will ever meet but she just can't (won't?) stop smoking. It's driving my dad nuts because her mother died of lung cancer, her father died of lung cancer, her sister has lung cancer and her brother died of lung cancer. Talk about running in the family! Anyway, she just can't seem to quit. Just a few months ago they found "a spot" on one of her lungs but she still smokes.
We all really care for her and it makes it so hard because we honestly fear that she will die very young (mid 50's) from smoking. She obviously picked up smoking from all her relatives, but they all died from it. She has one sister who is an RN and they squabble each time they talk. Her sister is the only one in the family who never smoked and she too is at a loss at how she can get her sister to stop killing herself. As said earlier, we all believe that she will never stop until she really wants to stop. Now we are afraid that she feels that she has already killed herself anyway, so what does it matter. It's sad.
I honur your self confidence.Thanks for the postI started smoking when I was 14. We had a local store that pretty much sold them to anyone thinking we were taking them home to our parents.
As I grew older smoking and alcohol got to me. I got to where if I had a drink I wouldn't quit until there just was no more to get. I could go on for days.
But one morning after a week end bash I went to work and started puking blood. At about ten that morning I threw my cigarettes in the waste basket, then went home and poured all the alcohol down the kitchen sink. It was 20 years later that I finally had a beer. Now a glass of wine or a beer once in a while is ok with me. I am talking about once every 3 months. The cigarettes was much tougher, I would always break down and buy a pack take one out and throw the rest of them away. It took about 3 months before I finally stopped sneaking one every once in a while. I tried one about ten years ago and got sick. But even after 25 years there is times I would like to have one, I still miss it some.
murph
My husband is a chain smoker.Could you please give him an advice to stop this.
i tried but couldn't .
Thanks
Thanks for your post Judy. I sort of hoped that you wouldn't see this thread after all you went through. I'm so sorry for what all you had to go through. You are very strong. I'm sure you also know exactly who I'm talking about in my story. She's the nicest lady I ever met, but she just can't/won't quit. Her mom used to babysit my kids before she moved away and later died. She constantly was on to Tia to quit; even on her deathbed. I'm hoping it isn't too late, but I'm concerned it may be.
So from the study of the facts, some old, some new, one can see, that to smoke is another way to keep the doctor away. But its the goal of the AMA to raise the doctors pay. And as our ancestors have implied by smoking, if you want it done right, do it yourself.
~ SMOKING - USE IT - DON'T ABUSE IT ~
My husband is a chain smoker.
This is why soldiers and cowboys always/mainly smoked, to make-up for, or cover for not eating as well as they would at home.