Pandemic Survival Blog

  Life can be quite trying for the nerves. All kinds of things go wrong, and the central nervous system tries to send out messages, via hormones and "feel good" chemistry, but it's not always enough to "deal." What do you do to calm down if you almost get in a car wreck? Smoke a cigarette. What if you're nervous about a job interview? Light a cigarette. What if you get in an emotional fight with your spouse, or a friend, family member or even business partner? Cigarette. You probably can't name ONE type of food or herbal supplement that makes you feel the same way–that does the same job naturally that a cigarette does artificially–to your central nervous system. When people TRY to quit smoking, SOMETHING must replace the nicotine, but what? First, before that answer is revealed, let's review the top 10 reasons why smokers just "can't seem to quit."   Top 10 Reasons Smokers "Can't Quit"   Starting wi

  What's your story? You smoked some of your parents cigarettes to feel cool when you were in middle school, and that's "all she wrote?" You smoked in the boys (or girls) bathroom in high school, and then at bars in college (again to look cool), and then once the 9-to-5 world slapped you in the face, you just HAD to smoke due to the stress, and that was all "she" wrote. You were hooked. No, wait, you started out with those dreaded Skoal bandits, dip, chewing tobacco, cigars and a few joints in junior high or high school and it progressed into smoking a pack a day–somewhere along the line? Can you blame peer pressure? Can you blame an older sister or brother, or a "hip" uncle or aunt? Either you didn't understand the health detriment, you underestimated it, or you just didn't give a damn at that point. You were "invincible!" Obviously, you care now. Anyway, if we haven't guessed your story yet, it doesn't matter. T