Re: Off subject ~ now a smoking battle

[Guest guest]

I wish you the best of luck with your quest for a smoke free life

After thirty years of a pack a day I am so glad to have finally quit Yes I am a QUITTER Jan 6 2000 never will I forget that day, I actually said I would quit on tne eve of the new millenium but then the next day I found a secret stash and well you know what happens then!

As of today (Cigs being $10.00 a pack nearly everywhere) I have not spent nearly $14,600.00 I surely havn't saved it as I can't seem to find it anywhere but maybe just maybe I will live longer and better/healthyer?

I too was getting very dizzy after my first smoke in the morning ( it just made it a little easyer to get the resolve to quit)so I guess that means I was not alone huh?

I was just wondering if it will be easyer for you now since you are taking a drug to combat addictions?

Some studys of Naltrexone with gamblers have shown that it helps them stay away from the habit so maybe that will be the case for you too.

Now if I could just find that money I saved...........

So far the winter around here has been nice but I hear Hawaii is still better right about now.

Reg.

-- [low dose naltrexone] Off subject ~ now a smoking battle

Well Gang,I just quit smoking, again, a couple of days ago. For us die~hard smokers, we get to quit many times, don't we? Anyway, why I even mention it is that after having a half a cigarette a few moments ago, my balance was really compromised.

[Guest guest]

Great poem Russ! Thats who we all must surrender too at some point.

God bless you,

Kathy

On 1-Dec-04, at 9:26 PM, Russ Miles wrote:

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> Well Gang,

> I just quit smoking, again, a couple of days ago. For us die~hard

> smokers, we get to quit many times, don't we? Anyway, why I even

> mention it is that after having a half a cigarette a few moments ago,

> my balance was really compromised. Perhaps I will win this battle

> too, this time? A poem I wrote long~ago may apply here too as I feel

> that a scripture also applies, Romans 8:13 " for if you live according

> to the flesh you will die, but if by the Spirit you put to death (via

> starvation) the deeds of the body you will live. "   A New Battle,

> perhaps?

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> The Battle© 2003 by Russ Miles

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> I always seek

> To do what I think's right,

> But, sometimes, I get weak

> When it gets night...

> I usually say that I won't go

> And do those things again;

> Too often, though

> It seems, that I give in...

> I guess, perhaps,

> That's what life's all about,

> To take your slaps

> And know the knife of doubt;

> Then, when you think that you can't cope,

> Can't get back up again,

> To find some hope

> And try, once more to win...

> What really counts the most

> Is if you try;

> Sometimes, you get to boast,

> And, sometimes, cry...

> So when `The Battle' rages

> And there's no peace in your head,

> It's `The Battle' of the ages

> Fought by millions now long dead...

> If it's any help to know,

> You're not alone;

> That we each face a foe

> That's all our own...

> Our own lines of demarcation,

> We each wage a war with sin;

> Feel the same frustration,

> Fight ` The Battle' of within...

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> Well, at last, The Battle's ended,

>       In the night…

> Not the way that I'd intended,

>       Through My might…

> A peace treaty has been rendered,

> Yes, a victory has been won:

> It came after I'd surrendered

> To God's One and Only Son!

>

> (Last verse added post~publication Beacon Verse by Russ Miles© 1978 )

> (Complete in ~ FOR SALE BY OWNERS:FSBO © 2003)

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[Guest guest]

Russ, I know how hard is it to quit smoking. Been there, done it

uncountable times. This last time my body and mind quit....I had

too many spasms while smoking and somehow it was easy enough to say

no....

I like your poem, keep writing!

Zora, T & T,WI