I need some advice =/

**Cataholic** · 05-04-2007, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by Lori Jordan

So that scared me to death!I quit instantly,I have not touched a cigarette since Decemeber.

Congrats! You are headed towards a six month anniversary! I hope you treat yourself to something special to celebrate.

Catland- big difference between what you knew then and what you know now. No one knew....and thank you for speaking out against second hand smoke.

You two are proof positive that one can quit.

**Roxyluvsme13** · 05-04-2007, 02:52 PM

I also know it's bad for my health. And I hate it, and just the smell of the smoke makes me gag. She smokes in the house, I've asked her to go outside, but it's still a no =/. I know I can't change her mind. And I know it's probably the biggest addiction she faces, but for her health, and my own I wish she'd stop. It kills me to watch her continue smoking even after she's always making me climb stairs for her and get things for her. She can't even climb a small set of stairs without being out of breath

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Thanks for all the advice everyone.

**Husky_mom** · 05-04-2007, 03:08 PM

you know my mom also smokes....... and have been trying for zillions of years for her to quit....... not even her childs telling.......more like begging her to quit made her do it..... I hope your mom does...... I really do......

in my case what I have left is to prohibit MY exposure to her...... so IF she want to be near me or my kid or my house or my car or my whatever she need to not smoke........

she always says she´ll stop but 10 or so years hearing the same....... well.

..... we were even soooooo hard on her telling her she WOULD DIE!! and not even that worked (yes we were that harsh)

she has bought those patches and quitting stuff, but I made my mind she has NO self strenght to do it....... in the other hand my dad who also smoked when young he said one day "this is my last cigarrette" and so has been...... no "just one more" no "lacking syndrome"...... that was it, and that I call DETERMINATION.......

**Crayons09** · 05-04-2007, 03:42 PM

My friend got her mom to quit smoking by giving her mom a deadline. She told her mom that if she didn't quit smoking by december, she would shave her head to show her mom what she would look like on chemo (s/p?). It took her mom awhile but she did it. This is an extreme example. You could also cough alot whenever your mom smokes around you. She might get the message then. Good luck!