Reagain touched so many people, Democrats and Republicans. Too bad there is nobody like him in the running this year.
-------------
TITLE:
AUTHOR: AM
DATE: 6/3/2004 05:00:56 PM

Hi,I've just been catching up on your posts. Wanted to say, though smoking is soo bad for everyone,sometimes it's just not the day to give it up. Maybe it's not the time in your life to give it up. Maybe your therapist understands this, hence the smoking in the office, and maybe your therapist can validate for you that you shouldn't try to quit now as the resulting mood swings and insecurity. And maybe then you can quit feeling guilty for not quitting, scratch that one off your list for awhile.My husband is non-bypolar and he's been trying to quit for 5 years. He had a stroke in 1999 at age 37 leaving him unable to work as his left hand and arm are seriously impaired and his left side is weak. Also he's been Juvenile diabetic since he was 3 on insulin. Yes as he has progressed to the point of really quitting his depression (loss of life as he knew it to stroke, he was a mechanic) and anxiety and sleep disorder all get worse. When things were going pretty well, actually a couple of times he actually quit. Then his daughter calls from Maine, she's 18 and pregnant and unmarried. Back to cigarettes for comfort. Quit again last spring for 3-4 weeks, no cigs, then we had to put our little cockapoo, 13, down and he couldn't take it and back to smoking. I don't smoke, I took to depressive behaviour and avoided the world and the issue and found no joy.. (we did rescue a dog from a kill shelter the next month, to the day, and she brought enormous comfort and joy to us). I'm posting under chronic pain, Fibromyalgia (My life with ..). My psychiatrist recently upped my new sleep med and told me to quit taking my daytime anti-anxiety med; okay he's the boss. Well right after that I started getting up and eating during the night, reaching out for comfort in food and I couldn't consciously order myself to stop. Well I'm taking that little pill again, It's not a good time in my life to give up Ativan. There'll be a day, and not too distant, you will be able to head down the road to quitting smoking. Just not today....Blessings, Judy
-------------
TITLE:
AUTHOR: AM
DATE: 6/7/2004 09:48:27 AM