Quote Originally Posted by Catty1 View Post
Prayers for my best friend Irene, please...that she gains the will to quit smoking.

She's gone a day or two on her own without cigs, but is back at it in no time. She wishes there were treatment centres for smokers like there are for other addicts - but there aren't.

It's where she KNOWS she should...she knows she is hooked but can't admit it deep inside (you know, the hitting bottom part). But she said all that to me...she knows she HAS to but doesn't WANT to, you know?

She has peripheral artery disease(runs in family); has had two heart attacks, one abdominal arterial bypass with another coming up in the next month or so; and Type 2 diabetes.

She is 43 years old.

Addictions can go very deep.

Please pray that she gets the WILL to stop.
Sending good thoughts for your friend. They should have special centers for people wanting to quit. it would be a good support team My friend had a good support team (her boyfriend & all us at work.. well where I use to work).. We cheered her on daily, & kept asking her how she was doing & kept her mind busy. shes been smoke free for a whole year now & is so proud of herself So there really needs to be AA type support groups for smokers.


Update on my friend:
She has a larger then normal heart. The dr.'s think thats why her attack was so violent (they are sure it was an anxiety attack). But to me it sounds like a typical Anxiety attack. It was just her first, so it was by far more scary. But because she has a larger heart and over stressed, she is on medication. I really hope the meds help her. She is a sweet person.. Stubborn as a mule if not more, but she is a good person