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Thread #28647 Message #358718
Posted By: Gypsy
17-Dec-00 - 05:55 PM
Thread Name: BS: Help,I'm giving up smoking
Subject: RE: BS: Help,I'm giving up smoking
Check out the American CAncer Website...had clipped on my fridge years ago, the blow by blow healing that your body goes thru when you quit. It is actually as soon as 8 hours for some body parts. In 5 years, you have half the risk for heart disease. In ten years, it will be the same as if you had never smoked. Can't remember some of the more short term healings. Smoking is an amazing thing. You think of your lungs, but it screws up things you've never considered. Like the discs in your spine. Can cause back pain, degeneration of the jawbone, tooth decay, bad skin, impotence, loss of vision, ear infections. And that is just what i can think of off the top of my head. Now you are on the easy side...physical addiction is over. Remind yourself that smoking is merely a habit, that you intend to replace with the habit of NON smoking. Lots of substitutes available, play music, walk, work out, and of course the best one....sex!