Oh, you're not kidding about it going into the walls...and the carpet, upholstery, bedding! Fabrics hold it the worst. I had the carpets replaced, painted the walls...and we had to seal those with a laquer primer that really stunk bad...and replaced all of the furnishings. Wiped the slate clean here, and started over. I smoke outside, have for 15 years since my older son was born anyway, so at least when I quit I only have to wash all of my dirty clothes and the smell will be gone. But it is hard to get rid of the smell if you smoke indoors!
Interesting...I never knew about the hydrogen peroxide. I have a couple of big containers, though, and it's cheap...so guess what my veggies will be getting washed with from now on?! And it means I no longer have to buy only the limited selection of organic ones. Thank you, HL! I would appreciate any more tips like that! I'm doing my best to switch to organic foods and eat more raw foods, or grains like Quinoa. (No, I'm not becoming a vegetarian, but I am lactose and gluten intolerant, so I'm what I call a carni-vegan, 'cuz vegan means no hidden dairy.)
I think that people refer to the give and take that it takes to make a long-term relationship work as "hard work". I agree that with the right person it shouldn't seem like it's hard work, though. It's just part of living with another human being!
I'm trying to quit. Watched my father-in-law die from emphysema and pulmonary fibrosis (hardening of the lungs), and struggle to breathe every day, and my husband die from laryngeal cancer, both last year. They died within 6 months of each other. I vowed to quit at that point. I've cut down drastically, but I haven't quit yet. I've now set my quit date for Oct 14th, the day after the one-year anniversary of my husband's death...and a year later than originally planned.
It's not an easy habit to break, but I'm not giving up hope.
Kudos to all who have managed to quit. I hope to join your ranks. It would be hard to be a Doctor of Naturopathy and still smoke, though some do. Plus, I have asthma, and it's getting worse as I get older.
Interesting. I don't think that one can "become" intelligent. One is or isn't intelligent...a blade of grass is a lifeform, but has no intelligence. A human is an intelligent lifeform, and some more than others. One has the ability to become more educated, and mayhaps more erudite, but not more intelligent.
Sorry for your loss, too. My husband died last Oct 13, and our 1-yr wedding anniversary would have been this Feb 2, and I'm finally on my way to being fully healed. It takes time.
Well...I'm off of here for now. I've got to run to the store for a few things, then clean house. My best friend is coming over later for movies, and I have my sons tomorrow...so, everyone have fun! See y'all tomorrow night!
OK...back in the 80's punk rock here was similar, or at least some of it, so I've heard that kind. Again, I can enjoy it in small doses. Prefer more the B-52's style, though.
I believe "all" would be quite an exaggeration. However, as to why so many do, I think it's because emotions are intense, hormones are still uproaringly new, success is something that they feel they must be but are not, and all of this gets bottled up inside...and when they get that miserable, suicide happens.
Ah, you should have seen New Orleans before Katrina! It was a great city! I, too, would love to see the Grand Canyon! (Kicking myself still...was stationed in AZ for months, never went.)
Who said give it up? I meant occasionally listening to things more soothing! Doesn't mean giving up what you love, silly! (I happen to love punk rock, in moderation.)
When my late husband and I started dating, we had been friends first, kinda just started talking...then I drove him home one night instead of him taking a cab 'cuz he didn't live that far from me...we spent 4 hours talking in his driveway, sitting in my car. The next time I drove him home we came into his house and hung out in his basement (he lived here with his elderly and sick dad, who he was taking care of).
Then we spent 4 days and nights together inseparably...finally looked at each other on the 4th morning and he said, "I guess we're seeing each other, huh?" I said, "I guess so." We were pretty much inseparable all of our short relationship.
We were together for 2 years and 3 weeks total before he died of the cancer we didn't know had started at that time. Married for only 8 months...all of it consumed with his cancer battle since it was diagnosed about a month after we were married (yes, we knew he was sick, just not how sick).
Today is the 11-month anniversary of his death.
No...not written for sympathy, stating facts...but it was a beautiful love we shared. He was my best friend.
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Um...you're a man...I don't get it.
RE: Do you smoke, trying to quit, how? Social smoker, smoking only when going out?
Oh, you're not kidding about it going into the walls...and the carpet, upholstery, bedding! Fabrics hold it the worst. I had the carpets replaced, painted the walls...and we had to seal those with a laquer primer that really stunk bad...and replaced all of the furnishings. Wiped the slate clean here, and started over. I smoke outside, have for 15 years since my older son was born anyway, so at least when I quit I only have to wash all of my dirty clothes and the smell will be gone. But it is hard to get rid of the smell if you smoke indoors!