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sandymay48 @sandymay48 (2030) • Canada 23 May 09

With an election looming where I live, out comes the promises and policies the candidates want to put in place. One that particularly bothers me is that this particular candidate, if he wins, wants to make parents financially...

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 17 May 09

I keep wondering if lilac's are in bloom yet , or if it's still too soon. When I lived in Indiana I had lilac bushes right outside the bedroom window . How I loved them and the scent of lilac's coming in my bedroom, and into...

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playapal Oh I really miss them too. Both of my grandmothers had lots of bushes in their yards and they just smell heavenly. At my home in the states I had a hedgerow of them, the whole backyard smelled so.....good. I also miss dafodils, the harbingers of spring!

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 17 Apr 09

Hi everyone , Most of our friends smoke , and like to get together often for cocktails . Since I quit smoking 21 days ago , and I've never cared for drinking I'm finding myself feeling more and more like a 3rd wheel . I'm...

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CharleneRB First of all CONGRADULATIONS on 21 days and counting! We are so very proud of you and the enormous challenge that you have taken on and are dealing with;} Secondly it is perfectly normal that you would feel "uncomfortable" around certain social standings...

20 Apr 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 17 Apr 09

Hi everyone , Most of our friends smoke , and like to get together often for cocktails . Since I quit smoking 21 days ago , and I've never cared for drinking I'm finding myself feeling more and more like a 3rd wheel . I'm...

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playapal Hi beachstarz, you are never a third wheel around me! I don't care if you smoke or drink at all. It's the great person that you are that draws me to you! Don't ever think that your friends don't like you because you don't smoke. Speaking for myself I only have...

20 Apr 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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Canellita Hooray for you! How is it going? Yes, you can do it cold turkey because you can do anything you set your mind to if it is important enough and when it comes to your health and your very life nothing in the world is more important! Meditate, exercise,...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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sharra1 It is possible but it is purely willpower. I gave up smoking on the 8th of august last year, over 7 months now and I am still counting. My partner still smokes, and he has emphysema, but I have never had a puff since the day I quit even though I have had the...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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sharra1 Well said, each moment of life is so precious and you never know how many of them you will have so you have to treasure each one. I know it is hard to give up smoking as I did it 7 months ago but it is possible. When your body warns you with the coughs etc...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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CharleneRB You, yourself have said it best: YOUR LIFE IS PRECIOUS! Yell, scream, shout it out to the heavens that you are quitting! It isn't going to be easy, but do me a favor: Half an hour before the sunsets go down and sit at the beach with your husband. Tell him...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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sassymama1974 Cold Turkey is the best way to go just make sure you have lots of candy around for that craving lung cancer is really big in my famiy do to smoking all these years my mom and dad quit cold turkey they can breath better and the savings wow at 4.50 to 5.50 a...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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derry123 No great advise Beachstarz , but with you in spirit ... Take every hour as it comes . If you have really made your mind up you will do it .. drink plenty of fruit juice you need the vitC , take a few walks round your neighbourhood .. KEEP US UP TO DATE...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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msmargo Congratulations beachstarz (love that name)! You have taken the first step! You already know what smoking can do to a person's body. It's not pretty. My uncle died of copd. He was 82 and had smoked since a young teen (rot gut brands like non-filtered camels...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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zahfran Hello, beach starz.. One week is a very short time or short notice to stop smoking altogether.. It's even shorter than you two weeks resignation notice!!! I would suggest, you try cutting down slowly. Maybe from 10 sticks, cut to 6 and goes down and down.....

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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scheng1 All the best to you, don't give up the effort. Quitting smoking is not that tough. It's much tougher to keep off the cigarettes when you are stressful at work or there's a crisis in life. My ex-CEO quitted for a few months, then the business dived downhill...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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scheng1 Drink a lot of tea, fruit juice and eat a lot of fruits. Not all smokers die from smoking, because many of them maintain a very healthy diet. But still, smoking is a very bad and costly habit, both to the wallets and to health of self and family. All the...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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lynnemg I wish you all the luck in the world. I have tried several times, but my nerves always get the better of me and I give in. The longest I went was 3 months, and I could kick myself for starting again. Things I have known to help are drinking fruit juice,...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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blion23 I hope that you are able to persevere and get through the difficulties of quitting. The truth is, that it is not going to be easy but it is going to be worth it. The commercials on T.V like Reality Unfiltered should help to be an extra motivation, watch the...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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liviurus Let me tell you what a friend of mine told me, and I did quit. He said that one day he got home from work and his kid (4 years old) said : Daddy you smell bad. And he decided not to smoke. Just that plain simple. Anyway at a party or sometimes he smokes...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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Kowgirl I quit cold turkey. It wasn't as hard as I was told it was going to be. I put what I had left of a pack of cigarettes in my dresser drawer. Every day I would open that drawer and say to myself "You may have had control of me for 30+ years now it is I who has...

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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ladybug565 hi, I hope that you quit smoking. I am also trying to quit. I am going to use the patch. I have COPD and I have had a few of those very scary breathing attacks that you described. Good luck to you.

29 Mar 09

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beachstarz @beachstarz (1092) • United States 26 Mar 09

Good morning mylotters , Last week I had a major coughing attack. Breathing was so difficult I thought I was going to pass out . Not being able to get air in my lungs scared me something awful ! It was then I decided to quit...

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Amberina I quit smoking after six years of smoking and that was 18 years ago, I feel wonderful and I'm sure my lungs are doing ok now. I had the same scare as you did coughing without being able to catch my breath it was scary that's what made me stop smoking. I quit...

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