Oh, poor sweet T.,

I will let you come here to Tampa if you need to do so.  Triston and I love 
company, and we also would pray with you and love you up more than you have 
been loved in a long time.  Thing is we have 2 rotten kitty cats and 2 
rotten dogs.  But, they will love you too.  I tried smoking for a while. 
Not nearly like Brad though.  I just tried it.  God just took it away one 
day and he will do the same for you.  He loves you more than anything, and 
He will take you as you are and help you not to smoke.  We love you Sweet 
T., and I am asking right now that the touch of God will come upto you, and 
that the peace which passes all understanding will guard your heart and mind 
through Christ Jesus.  You are welcome here, and if you just want to talk, 
just email me.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brad D" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Sunday, July 01, 2007 8:45 PM
Subject: Re: Feeling whipped today


> I've got good news for you! The good news is you have all the help you 
> need right there. No patch, gum, tablet or capsule will get you to quit if 
> not committed to it yourself and also seek God on it. I smoked for 20 
> years, quit so many times I lost count. I quit for as short a time as it 
> took me to think about lighting up again to two years down the road. Man 
> was that stupid or what?   It was pathetic really, I found myself sneaking 
> smokes in the garage and putting the butts in the chimney clean out   so 
> as to not disappoint my family. Here I was  nearly 30 years old sneaking 
> smokes like I did when I started at 13. Finally after many times of 
> attempting to stay permanent, and really being as disgusted with it as you 
> seem you are, I found I had run out of smokes and needed to pick some more 
> up and it dawned on me again how I really wanted to quit. I stood at our 
> kitchen counter, I remember it as I was there now. I stood there and made 
> a deal with God. Perhaps it isn't even  proper to do such with God, I was 
> weeks into my Christian birth, and for me it was not only the bit of being 
> sick of waking up tired, clogged up nasally, headaches if I smoked too 
> much or too little, but also I felt I was not doing God justice as he gave 
> me this body and I was abusing it and I also just felt it wasn't right, 
> that was me, I'm not projecting any of that on to you. Anyway, I stood 
> there and  said... "God? I'll make you a deal. I want to quit, I think you 
> want me to quit. But as hard as I have tried in the past, the withdrawals 
> are too much for me to handle. Here's the deal Lord, I will commit to the 
> habit side, that is, I will refrain the physical habit side and exercise 
> my will to just not think of smoking, and for that matter not think of not 
> smoking for that matter which is just as bad, if you take care of the 
> withdrawals." I'm happy to report he took me up on that offer and not only 
> did he give me zero withdraws, but I believe because I was serious and 
> gave it to him, I had no need to curve the habits. You know, after you eat 
> dinner, get busy so you don't think of smoking or when you feel like one 
> to quick change your mind, do something else or whatever. It was almost as 
> literally as if I'd never smoked. Believe me when I say the withdrawals 
> for me prior to that were not good. I would literally plan my times of 
> quitting around any major decisions due to the tiredness and I could 
> literally sit and stare for long bouts of time and not realize I was doing 
> it. I would have been content watching paint dry. Of course then the 
> irritability bit came on an all that too. Anyway, you have what you need 
> to quit, you have your will to exercise over your body, and you have God 
> to help you as well. You can do it and I know God will be faithful to help 
> you. Literally. No joke.
>
> Brad
>
> At 03:51 PM 7/1/2007, you wrote:
>>Actually, I am also feeling churned, beaten,  crushed and chopped.  Don't
>>know what is wrong with me?  I feel really down and mad at myself.  I NEED
>>to QUIT smoking But Can not or will not?  Not sure which it is.  Looking 
>>for
>>somewhere I can stay for a few days to deal with withdrawals etc.  I hear 
>>Sky
>>bus air is cheap so I'd be willing to fly anywhere just to get help with 
>>this
>>stupid habit.  Love, Tee.
>
>
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