Stop Smoking
Cigarettes
I stopped smoking cigarettes nearly two years
ago. I still think about the addicting habit nearly every day.
They only way that I was able to quit smoking was to completely
change my lifestyle and to completely change my daily
routine.
Two years ago, I visited my doctor. She told me I had
pleurisy. Pleurisy is an illness that rests between the lungs
and the tissues surrounding the lungs, making each breath a
painful ordeal. I continued to smoke even though I was in great
pain. I was just that addicted. I could not stop smoking
cigarettes. My visit to the doctor quickly changed all of
that.
My doctor always advised me to stop smoking cigarettes but
she did not lecture me during the visit. She started to write a
prescription for antibiotics and something stopped her. She
asked, “Is there any way that you could be pregnant?” I thought
for a moment and said that maybe we should have a test just to
be sure. It turns out that I was.
I went home after picking up my prescription for an
antibiotic that was safe for unborn babies. I did not want a
cigarette at all. The only thing I could think about was
telling my husband the good news. After I got better, I found
my cigarettes in my purse and just threw them away. I had quit
smoking without even thinking about it.
The combination of being sick with a lung infection and
finding out that I was pregnant really pushed me into a mental
state that helped me to stop smoking cigarettes. To be honest,
I believe that I would have continued to smoke if I wasn’t
pregnant. I still think about smoking, but it’s more in terms
of why I should have quit and why I should never smoke again. I
do not want to send the message that smoking is okay to my
daughter.
It is very easy to tell our children that smoking is very
bad for our health, but it is difficult to be a good role model
when you are addicted to tobacco. I’m very glad that having a
baby gave me the incentive to stop smoking cigarettes and I’m
even more pleased that having a child continues to keep me from
starting the habit again.
I have saved a lot of money over the past two years. I put
the money that I was spending on cigarettes into my daughter’s
savings account. I thought that it was the least I could do to
show my appreciation for the gift she gave to me.
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