We had a no-smoking talk in school today & were supposed to research on true life stories of the challenges faced by people who were trying their best to quit smoking.

Here is the summary of the article that I found :

Anne had tried to stop smoking many, many times. At the age of 13, she tried 1 or 2 cigarettes with her friends. It never occurred to her that smoking would harm her in any way.

After a period of time, the effects of smoking were taking a toll on her. She began to have a bad cough and cold; neither does she have white teeth anymore like her sister who doesn’t smoke.

Anne met Paul and they both got married at the age of 22. They had 2 children who pleaded them to stop smoking. However, both had ignored their children, thinking that their actions would not affect them.

Alas, their daughter began to smoke at the age of 18, and Paul’s mother had died from a heart attack due to a brain hemorrhage which was caused by smoking. She was ONLY 55.

When tragedy strikes their family, Anne and her husband decided to quit for a while and start exercising. For the first time, Anne had realized that they were not invincible, and would surely be prone to die of some horrible diseases if she did not try to quit smoking!

After putting their heart and soul into it, Paul and Anne managed to quit smoking successfully. Now, she has found an abundance of energy, a joy in living, more confidence, and after 11 months of sobriety, Anne is now more committed to this quit than ever before!

I got this article from : http://quitsmoking.about.com/cs/ourstories/a/annaquitstory.htm

Go Read It! (:


What strikes me

It must have been hard to quit smoking.

"I have tried many times over the last few years to kick this addiction once and for all, but somehow, I always managed to be lured back into its clutches after a few weeks, or even after a 6 month quit. I thought I had it beaten! I think it must have been the "just one" lie which got me the last time. I smoked for another couple of years before I found the will power to try again. Every time I failed, I felt ashamed. Other people were quitting and staying quit, but I kept falling by the wayside, and smoking more as a result. How could they get it right and not me?"

Wow. I think quitting smoking for me, is just like taking my computer away from me FOREVER! Yes, I would cry and yearn for it. Haha.

Yup, temptations are GREAT~

Anyways, I think Anne must have had alot of perseverance & I want to have that too!

P.S. reminder for self to give Jane a card to tell her to stop smoking! :D

Okay, Byebye!