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Simone
Quit Date: April 28, 2005
Posts: 953 Location: Australia
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Posted: October 4, 2005 10:07 AM Post subject: 101 Reasons to stay Quit.......my inspiration for today :-) |
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101 Reasons To Quit Smoking
1. Smoking is a weakness of the spirit, mind and body.
2. Smoking is a strong addiction. Smokers exhibit physical, psychological, and even emotional dependencies. This is why some smokers will smoke their way to the morgue even when they had time to turn it around. You may feel helpless, but you can quit smoking.
3. God can help you quit smoking. Pray to God, he will open a door for you to quit smoking. He will not make it harder than you can handle, this is the Truth. I personally was able to quit with much less hell to go through than I expected. Many people quit smoking forever every day. You must have a strong desire to quit smoking. You must make a firm commitment to quit smoking.
4. God gave me, will give me, is now giving me this opportunity to get off and stay off cigarettes, I am grateful for this. I will not waste this awesome opportunity.
5. With good smoking cessation programs, 20 to 40 percent of participants are able to quit smoking and stay off cigarettes for at least one year.
6. Cigarette addiction is no fun.
7. Smoking cigarettes is not fun. Real fun makes you feel good for a long while, not just a few minutes. I think Tennis is fun, but I don't whip out my racket every 5 minutes, 12 hours a day, 365 days a year!
8. Real fun does not need to take cigarette breaks. Remember the fun you used to have as a child? You did not need cigarettes then to have fun, and you do not need them now.
9. A little discipline goes a long way. A little discipline enables one to work focused, work steady, think focused, limit breaks, stay relaxed, stay on course, finish the project at hand. A little discipline allows one to stay steady until "This, too, shall pass."
10. For me, smoking is wrong.
11. Smoking is a gateway drug. More than 90% of people who use illegal drugs smoke cigarettes.
12. Cigarettes are commonly used as a torture device.
13. The majority of criminals (felons) smoke.
14. More often than not, it is the bad guy who smokes. Smoking leads innocent kids astray. 3,000 young people begin smoking every day. The Bible says that to lead one of these innocent ones to sin, it would be better to hang a millstone around your neck and jump into the sea.
15. A child who sees their coach, pastor, counselor, or any mentor or adult in authority smoking, is more likely to imitate that behavior.
16. One out of three first time users of tobacco will become addicted.
17. Heroes do not smoke. Champions do not smoke.
18. Smoking destroys life.
19. Smoking is self-destructive. Smoking destroys this temple God gave me.
20. Smoking is a wasteful habit. My productivity in almost any activity is crippled or seriously diminished by constant cigarette smoking and cigarette craving. The time, money, dedication, thought, energy and resources that go into smoking are wasted.
21. Smoking looks stupid.
22. Smoking IS stupid.
23. Smoking is expensive.
24. Money spent on tobacco goes to the wrong people.
25. Money spent on tobacco goes to make more cigarettes.
26. Money spent on tobacco goes to tobacco advertising and promotion to get more people addicted.
27. Smoking is selfish.
28. Money spent on that carton could have sent Junior to camp, or Missy to dance class.
29. Money spent on that carton could have bought Junior some decent shoes or pants without holes, or Missy a nice haircut or new dress.
30. Instead of buying Missy and Junior some rainbow pops in the August heat, you spent your last two dollars on goddamn death sticks.
31. Smoking related illness costs the economy at least 100 billion dollars in health care and lost productivity at work.
32. Smoking kills people I love with sickness, cancer and disease.
33. Smoking causes lung cancer, emphysema, and heart disease.
34. Smoking hardens the arteries.
35. Smoking reduces taste and smell sensitivity.
36. Fires caused by smoking kill people and children.
37. Fires caused by smoking burn millions of acres of virgin, pristine forest every year.
38. Fires caused by smoking burn down people's homes.
39. Explosions caused by smoking kill people and children.
40. Fumbling for or lighting a cigarette while driving results in many fatal car collisions.
41. Smoking harms, retards, and cripples children in the womb when Mothers smoke.
42. Second-hand smoke is resented by and aggravating to bystanders.
43. Second-hand smoke is harmful to those who breathe it continually.
44. Smoking makes my breath stink.
45. Smoking makes my clothes stink.
46. Smoking makes my car stink.
47. Smoking makes my body stink.
48. Smoking stinks, period.
49. Smoking has been shown to make lines on the face.
50. Smoking invariably leaves ash burns on clothing, furniture, car interior, and body.
So as not to take up a ton of space here is the rest
http://www.quit-smoking.net/101-reasons-continued.html
Love Simone XOX (chewing on a cinnamon stick ) |
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Barbara K.
Quit Date: December 23, 2004
Posts: 5977
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Posted: October 4, 2005 1:37 PM Post subject: |
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Thank you for posting this Simone,
blessings, _________________
Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn arouind and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.
Blessings,
Barbara K. |
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Seabrez
Quit Date: -
Posts: 4458 Location: Gulf Coast
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Posted: October 4, 2005 2:47 PM Post subject: |
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Thanks, Simone!
It's always good to renew the reasons for quitting!!!
Hugs _________________
Living in Freedom
Deb
Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. 2 Corn 5:17 NASB |
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kevin Site Admin
Quit Date: -
Posts: 9538 Location: cincinnati, oh
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Posted: October 4, 2005 7:29 PM Post subject: |
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keep choosing life!
kevin
the zen of the quit |
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mtwilsonranch
Quit Date: January 20, 2006
Posts: 1863 Location: nevada
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Posted: October 4, 2005 10:54 PM Post subject: |
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Thank you for posting this...
Great reasons for keeping and caring for this precious quit....
Pam _________________
Right Now, this minute, this hour, this day, I choose not to feed my addiction.... |
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Frankiet
Quit Date: June 14, 2005
Posts: 568 Location: Delaware
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Posted: October 10, 2005 7:32 PM Post subject: |
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Thanks for reminding me again. I didn't make it past the first 50 reasons, but I didn't need to go any further. _________________
"Once in awhile you get shown the light, in the strangest of places if you look at it right" |
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marw
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Posts: 3634 Location: Chicago, IL
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Posted: October 10, 2005 11:08 PM Post subject: |
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Keep on going, Simone! You are doing great!! Good post! _________________
Margaret |
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Fightn4life
Quit Date: October 23, 2003
Posts: 1573 Location: Loysburg, PA
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Posted: October 11, 2005 7:38 AM Post subject: |
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Great list...keep it close to you. I still have my list but not 101 reasons. You're awesome.
Sandyz
been free for 719 days! _________________
"Keep your heart open to dreams. For as long as there's a dream, there is hope, and as long as there is hope, there is joy in living."
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