That Evil Weed revisited

Man, I hate smoking cigarettes. Gimme a nice cigar. Something from Honduras from Cuban seed (of course). I've tried doing the patch thing ten years ago. It worked but it was way too expensive. it figures that the "good" prevention stuff is always more expensive that the damn dirty things that I'm trying to avoid. Then five years ago, I tried the patch thing again- but this time I was smoking and wearing the patch- gee whiz, what a rush that was! Now since I'm really not in a position to do either of those things. The replacement therapy is still expensive. Now there's yet another "tax" to be tagged onto the cost of cigarettes. Those things are already expensive. Nearly $5.50 a pack!

I must stop.

My Mom has emphysema.

I must stop.

I find myself hacking and coughing like my Mom would when I was growing up.

I must stop.

My friend Mark recently stopped "cold turkey".

I must stop.

My friend Bruce says that whenever he had wanted a smoke, he thought of something else

I MUST STOP.
I MUST STOP.
I MUST STOP.

It is the most pressing thing before me right now, besides getting a job, besides getting an alternator for my car,
besides talking and typing about quitting.

I MUST STOP.