Hey Kim,
I think if I remember right you said you have 2 young daughters. I know they mean the world to you, so if anything do this for them. If a parent smokes the child is TWICE as likely to start smoking. I'm sure you don't want your daughters going through the same thing you are.
When my husband and I met he was a smoker. He would quit on and off. He's in the Navy and when he went on deployment I asked him how he's doing and he said he had picked up smoking again because the job is stressful, depressing, and boring. I told him that no matter where in the world he is, he's still Dominick's father and Dominick is looking up to him and he wants to grow up to be just like him. We didn't want our son to be sick all of the time. John's parents smoked in the house with him all the time and he always had bronchitis which he resents them for. I told him that he should turn to something else, like exercise when he's feeling stressed. He quit cold turkey and hasn't smoked in years. After his 6 month deployment he had lost 40lbs!
I know you can do this. If you need some inspiration look at pictures of your family and even your yorkie! The smoking isn't good for them either. |