Save the World. Stomp Out a Cigarette.
Addressing a group of United Nations delegates on September 28, Al Gore cautioned that cigarette smoking is a “significant contributor for global warming.”
In response to this pronouncement, Jay Leno said, “Well, to be fair, you have to blame us for that, the nonsmokers. We’re the ones that made them go outside, right?”
Now, I happened to vote for the man (Gore, not Leno, though the outcome might have been better had I voted for Leno)–after all, he “invented the Internet.”
Winter weather blew into Madison this week, which makes global warming pretty appealing to me. My hatred of the cold didn’t stop me from huddling outside in Arctic temperatures just to smoke a cigarette. It’s great to think I’m finished with that!
Junkie Thinking Response
I have to share the response I received from a reader of my last post, which was on junkie thinking–all those excuses we use in our feeble attempts to justify smoking.
He wrote responses below my excuses:
Oh well, it’s only one puff
ANSWER: NOT ONE PUFF EVER (NOPE)
I’ll only smoke while we’re in Europe.
ANSWER: NOT ONE PUFF EVER (NOPE)
Maybe I could just be a social smoker.
ANSWER: NOT ONE PUFF EVER (NOPE)
So, what if I just have one cigarette a day? That’s not a big deal.
Answer: It is a big deal. NOT ONE PUFF EVER (NOPE)
The change in mindset is as challenging as kicking the nicotine itself…more so, in my opinion. But in order to move on, one day at a time, this has to be your mantra….smoking is never an option. Period.
I do agree that the toughest battle with quitting is the one that rages in my head. The nicotine withdrawal phase was far more manageable.
I’ve smoked one whole cigarette and three half cigarettes in the past week. I need to recapture the iron resolve I had before our vacation in September.
