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(19,768 posts)You are obviously having a hard time. I'm guessing you've tried to quit before. You sound like you need a shoulder, a rock. I understand that.
I tried for years to quit. Last year I had to have someone take me to the emergency room because I just could not breathe. I'll never forget that feeling. I haven't smoked tobacco since (with one exception just a week or two later during a sudden and shocking, to me, event). Eight months.
It's hard, buddy, but not hard every minute. The cravings fade in duration and intensity.
My dad, who smoked heavily, died of a heart-attack at work before he was sixty.
My mom, who smoked heavily, died of a stroke in her early sixties.
I know it's hard to quit, but it does get easier with each passing day.
Whatever effort is demanded, believe me, it's better to breathe.
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