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"NO SMOKING"

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Hello, my name is Buffie and I was a smoker, until yesterday. It was a very rough day. Today hasn't been so bad, and it's getting late in the afternoon now, so I don't think I will kill anyone before the day is over. My husband and I quit smoking together, and then we sat down together and made a list of activities our family can do together in the morning before he goes to work. The point of the activities is to get us all out of the house and exercising every day. Today was swimming day, tomorrow is basketball day, you get the idea. We need to change our lifestyle. We're young people. He just turned 30 and I am only 28. I smoked for 15 years (yes, that's more than half of my short life). We have young children. I want them to be healthy and we were setting a horrible example. I want to see my grandchildren grow up, and hopefully even see some great-grandchildren. I don't want cancer. My mother-in-law has COPD. I don't want that either. In all honesty, I'm typing all of the reason that I don't want to smoke anymore to keep my hands busy.
I think there should be rehab for smokers, after all, it's a drug addiction too. I would love to lock myself away in a tower for 2 weeks, just so I don't piss anyone off because I am moody and having DT's. I know that things will get better, and that one day at a time is all I can think about right now. I can't sue the Phillip Morris Co. for the health problems that are caused from cigarettes, but I wonder if I can sue them because of the mental anguish that comes along with quitting. Probably not, they have a website with "tips" about quitting. Oh well, I don't need the money from them, although it would be nice to have all the money I've given them over the years back...... I'm saving money now anyways. Somewhere around $16.00 we've saved between yesterday and today. That's sickening. I hope that everyone quits smoking, but mostly all the people in my family (parents, siblings, etc.) I hope they don't get mad about having to smoke in the old scary shed behind our house when they come to visit. Oh well, if they do they can always make the 800 mile trip back to their own house to smoke. I think that I am done, and I swear I am not crazy, I just quit smoking and am feeling out of sorts and imagine I will for a few days, or weeks, or months....... I don't know how long I will feel like this. I'm going to go run around the house a few times to take my mind off of cigarettes. Or count the leaves on the trees...... anything. Thanks for reading, have a great day :)

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