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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: zonder who wrote (34332)5/12/2005 6:58:17 AM
From: Lady Lurksalot  Read Replies (2) of 90947
 
Zonder, First, my congratulations to you on your quit! I do well know the difficulty and perseverance that takes. Second, thank you for your very sound advice.

My good friend Mary had quit smoking when one morning about six years into this quit, her 15-year-old daughter came down to breakfast, and Mary noticed something shiny on the girl's nose. Mary took a closer look and discovered the durn fool kid had had her nose drilled for a bauble of some sort. To say Mary came unglued would not begin to cover it. Her first thought was to reach for a cigarette--not hard to do, as her husband still smoked. Then she thought, "I can have this cigarette and my daughter is still going to have that hideous thing in her nose. My having this cigarette won't change that." She didn't have the cigarette. Instead, she proceeded to give the kid a well-deserved tongue-lashing, take away her privileges, and banish her to her room. She then poured herself another cup of tea and proceed to telephone plastic surgeons.

That happened years ago and, to my knowledge, Mary has yet to have that first cigarette.

Stressful events and situations can be oh so seductive and allow one to fool oneself to having "just this one smoke and then I'll quit again for good." Next time I quit and some stressful something rears its ugly head, I'll remember what Mary thought and did.

Again, my hearty congratulations to you! Keep up the good work! And remember: "It's not that you don't get to smoke. It's that you don't have to smoke." - Holly
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