We all know about the game of Russian Roulette, right? There are usually no winners in that game of chance. Among its list of definitions is "An act of reckless bravado." Reckless. Good word. How many of you ever thought of smoking as reckless? Not many.
As you continue to smoke, after having started usually young in life, your odds of living a long life decrease. Just like playing Russian Roulette over and over. However, when you lose at Russian Roulette, the end is usually quick. When your luck runs out with smoking you can count on months, maybe years of debilitating illness. Perhaps you are tethered to an oxygen tank or even better yet, you watch your hair fall out from the chemo therapy. Most of the time that treatment buys you a few months. Lung cancer survival rates are extremely low.
So you are here. You are hopefully quit. Perhaps you are just kicking the idea around. Maybe you have some serious craves.. your body cries out for it�s �fix� of nicotine. You think you can�t live without it. You perhaps rationalize that you will die someday (that is a classic junkie thought) or that you had an uncle who lived to be 90 and smoked everyday. You�ve forgotten about that cough you have or the wheezing when you walk up some stairs. Life just wouldn�t be right if you didn�t smoke, right? It�s your �right� to smoke, isn�t it??? Besides, if it were so bad, it wouldn�t be legal, would it?? You just love Russian Roulette, don�t you?
Is there a moral to the story? Want to keep playing Russian Roulette?
[b][color=Purple]Be Strong. Be Smart. Be Quit[/color]
[color=black]Joe[/color]
[size=3][color=Blue]Knowledge Replaces Fear[/color][/size]
[size=2][color=purple]Hoping for success without hard work is like trying to harvest without planting.[/color][/size]
[size=2][color=black]Illegitimus non carborundum est[/color][/size][/b]
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 504
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 12,620
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1234.8
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 88 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 9 [B]Seconds:[/B] 48
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Quit Meter
$36,538.40
Amount Saved
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Days: 9390
Hours: 19
Minutes: 57
Seconds: 31
Life Gained
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45673
Smoke Free Days
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365,384
Cigarettes Not Smoked