Occasionally I hear a smoker say that they cannot possibly give up smoking because a cigarette is their best friend. Some friends can be highly toxic to your well-being, and a cigarette is one such friend to beware of! There comes a time in life when we should take inventory of how we choose to spend our time. Each step of the way life gets a bit closer to target … [Read more...] about Are Cigarettes Your Best Friend?
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Quit Smoking Meters
Some people like keeping track of quit smoking progress and there are a number of meters to assist with this endeavor. One aid is QuitKeeper created by Dedicated Designs. Quitkeeper has a nice sleek graphical user interface (GUI.) It is very user friendly and quite intuitive for a computer novice. Currently QuitKeeper is the Ciggyfree quit smoking meter of choice … [Read more...] about Quit Smoking Meters
How to Avoid Caustic Online Personalities of the Bully Type
In the past few years, I have met up with a few caustic online personalities. Some caustics will come right out and directly attack you, while others will play a more passive-aggressive game. Do you remember your local school bully when you were a kid? In grade school, I had a rough few months when a kid by the name of Delores Fournier chased me home almost every day … [Read more...] about How to Avoid Caustic Online Personalities of the Bully Type
Dealing With Nicotine Withdrawl
Everybody knows that nicotine withdrawal comes with the territory of quitting smoking but that doesn't make it any easier. It can be hard and even frustrating for the person quitting to deal with withdrawal and for those around the person. But understanding what's going on, physically and psychologically, can help and can assist you in helping a friend quit. When … [Read more...] about Dealing With Nicotine Withdrawl
Bitterness
"Some people are so fearfully mistrusting, so territorial, it's a stubborn barrier to change and development. And things do change...or else they just atrophy." ~bobf A dictionary definition of bitterness is the quality or state of being bitter, sharp, or acrid, in either a literal or figurative sense; implacableness; resentfulness; severity; keenness of reproach or sarcasm; … [Read more...] about Bitterness
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