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Mindful · 56-60, F
I wish my friend could read this
Mindful · 56-60, F
@MrAboo oh noooo she coughs excessively. I’m allergic to smoke so she doesn’t smoke around me, but I feel like it’s probably her smoking. But About 5 years ago I did lose an acquaintance to lung cancer. She was married to my friend, but we only shared occasional dinners. I didn’t know her that well? She lived with an oxygen tank the last 3 years of her life. It’s a unique tragedy- no one starts smoking believing it could end their lives.
MrAboo · 36-40, M
@Mindful I knew it was a bad idea to smoke, but I started because I needed to relax myself after a day/night of commercial trucking. The job was stressful, but I didn’t stay with it long. I continued smoking after for a few months then started again because the voices in my head last October said they’d be gone sooner if I started smoking: they stopped on their own and now I am stopping because of health problems starting that I don’t want to have develop further. I used to work with an older lady who smoked, and coughed way to much. I don’t want that.
I’m glad your friend is still alive. I’d encourage you to help her quit, but no one can make some one quit outside of their own will.
I’m glad your friend is still alive. I’d encourage you to help her quit, but no one can make some one quit outside of their own will.