A few weeks before Thanksgiving of 1989, I got a call from my Mom – she told me that Dad had been diagnosed with lung cancer, and he was going into the hospital the next day so they could remove half of his right lung. She asked if I was thinking of coming home for Thanksgiving, and of course, I said I was. When I flew home for Thanksgiving, Dad had just gotten back from the hospital, and it was a great relief to see him.
Category: Quitting Smoking
The Wizard of Oz
One of my favorite movies of all time is “The Wizard of Oz”; I first saw it as a kid, way back in the early 60s, and it was nothing more than a fairy tale to me then; witches, wizards, talking scarecrows, flying monkeys… But the older I got, the more I saw in it, and the more I got out of it (if you’ve never seen the movie, go rent it or borrow it from the library or get it from netflix and watch it).
Quitting is Easy
No, really; it’s the easiest part of this: all you have to do is stop smoking. And you already do that, maybe dozens of times every day. Think about it: every time you put out a cigarette, you just stopped smoking. No big deal, right? No stress, no hassle. You just put the cigarette out, walk away from it, and do whatever you need to do next.
The challenge is staying quit once you quit. That’s where most of us fail; we quit, but then, a day, or a week, or a month later, we go back to smoking again.
How to Quit Smoking
If you’re wondering how to quit smoking, I can help. To my mind, two things that can dramatically increase your chances of successfully quitting are knowledge and preparation. You need to learn all you can about your enemy, and then prepare and plan for the challenge of getting free.