At 06:07 PM 6/23/97 +1100, you wrote:
>Harry Veeder wrote:
>
>I used to be one of those people, I didn't want to accept that capitalism
>had to be ended, because that seemed just too big a job. I desperately
>tried to think of some other solution. I was and am basicly a true
>conservative, I hate change, the bigger the change the more I shrink from
>it.
>
I know how you feel; I sympathize with you.

>I haven't given up smoking yet either, although I know that's bad for me
>too. Like capitalism I know it will probably kill me, but it is the lesser
>of the two evils, it only kills people who smoke, at least it won't kill
>the whole bloody planet. I try to believe the tobacco industry's propaganda
>too, but since it defies the evidence of my own body that is getting
>harder.
>

I smoked for 30 years; pack/day, quit last November.
Try the patch - expensive, but it worked for me.
That and mental conditioning with positive affirmations.
Look forward to the day when you can say;

"Yo, dude - I got no matches, 'cause I don't smoke."
(note the lack of "sorry")

and feel good about it. That was my first big payback.
Good health (better) is a creeping blessing (insidious).

We all must quit sometime.




The GOOD
Dr. Crow
http://www.angelfire.com/sc/doctorcrow/index.html
Iss a BLACK thang.