Smoking?

spirit_of_purity said:

i smoke, i have tried to quit but i love smoking, its not that you HAVE quit because you are a Christian, it is bad for your body and health and our bodies are the church of Christ and we should take care of it, sometimes i get judged because i smoke and im a Christian but i still feel the love of God and the Holy Spirit even with all my human form imperfections

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LookingtotheEast said:

Hello,


This is my first post and I figured the best way to use it is on a subject I know about.


I quit smoking 16 days ago, I have not smoke 660 cigarettes and have saved 2 days of my life. Too many, cold turkey conjures up visions of torturous pain, suffering and general drudgery. In fact, it is easier to stop smoking using the cold turkey method than by using any other technique. Cold turkey induces less suffering and creates a shorter period of withdrawal. Most important, cold turkey is the approach by which the smoker has the best chance of success.

Smokers must recognize that they are drug addicts. Nicotine is a powerfully addictive drug. Once the smoker has smoked for a fairly long time, the body requires maintenance of a certain level of nicotine in the bloodstream. If this level is not maintained, the smoker will experience varying degrees of drug withdrawal. The lower the level, the greater the intensity. As long as any nicotine remains in the bloodstream the body will keep craving its full complement. Once the smoker quits, the nicotine level will eventually drop to zero after 3 days and all physical withdrawal will cease. Cravings for an occasional cigarette may continue, but this is due to past psychological conditioning and not to a physical dependence. Cutting down on cigarettes or use of nicotine replacement strategies throws the smoker into a chronic state of drug withdrawal. As soon as the smoker fails to reach the minimum requirement of nicotine, the body starts demanding it. As long as there is any nicotine in the bloodstream, the body will demand its old requirement.

Smoking just one or two a day or wearing a patch which is gradually reducing the amount of nicotine being delivered will result in the smoker not achieving the minimum required level, creating a chronic state of peak drug withdrawal. This state will continue throughout the rest of the smoker's life unless one of two steps is taken to rectify it. First, the smoker can stop delivering nicotine altogether. Nicotine will be metabolized or totally excreted from the body and the withdrawal will stop forever. Or, the smoker can return to the old level of consumptions accomplishing nothing. Therefore, cold turkey is the method of choice. Once the smoker stops, withdrawal will end within two weeks. If you smoke, we can help you over this crucial period of time. Once it is past, you can rest assured that you will never need to smoke again.


Also check out W(x3)whyquit dot com, its the best site on the net as far as I am concerned...remember Educate yourself!

(can't post links because I don't have enough posts)

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TheTempleTeam said:

I don't smoke, never have and never will. It's awful in this country! Everyone does it!

I went off at this woman who was smoking at the table next to us in a restaurant... my mum was pregnant at the time, and I was kinda wound up anyways... just told her to put it out before she killed us all and an unborn baby. She put it out. But it was rude of me. I'm sorry.

What gets me is... smokers drain our national health service, and I don't get an operation I need. unfair? I think so.

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TheTempleTeam said:

They do as well, but smoking is the biggest strain on the NHS, officially I've been screwed out of the same operation twice because waiting lists for surgery are so long, a lot of the people on those waiting lists are there due to smoking, over eating, drug abuse and alchohol abuse.

It's a pretty well known fact that the NHS is pushed to breaking point, largely because it's dealing with people who need to kick habits, get exercise and eat well. They need to learn to help themselves. I know it's hard, I've had to kick a few habits in the past, addictions in fact. But when my health is concerned... that comes first.

I just don't understand how a smoker can claim any right to an operation over someone that has had an accident. Smokers know that smoking KILLS... an accident can happen to anyone, it's not within their control.

My friend lay for 4 hours before an ambulance came with a broken back (shattered vertibrae) and no movement in his lower body at all. I am almost certain that someone was taken to hopsital during those 4 hours due to an illness or condition due to over-eating, over-drinking, drug abuse... but the most likely would be smoking.

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