MOTIVATION AND INSPIRATION
Posted by: foxy9 - Feb 28, 1999
AFTER THE LAST CIGARETTE
After less than 30 minutes of smoking your last cigarette pulse returns to normal.*
blood pressure drops down to normal.*
temperature of hands and feet increase to normal.*
After 8 hours:
blood's oxygen level returns to normal.*
carbon monoxide level in blood decreases to normal.*
After 24 hours:
sense of smell and taste increase.
nerve endings begin regrowth.
After 72 hours:
breathing becomes easier after bronchial tubes relax.
lung capacity increases.
After 2 weeks to 3 months:
lung ability increases by as much as 30%.
circulation improves.
walking is easier.
After 1 to 9 months:
body's energy level increases lungs increase their ability to handle mucus, reduce infection and clean themselves.
sinus congestion, coughing, fatigue, shortness of breath decreases.
After 5 years:
death rate because of lung cancer decreases about 50% for the average, one-pack-a-day smoker.
After 10 years:
death rate from lung cancer becomes about equal to that of non- smokers.
risks for other cancers (mouth, larynx, pancreas, bladder, kidney and exophagus) decrease.
pre-cancerous cells are replaced.
NOTE: "Normal" refers to what was an average level for you before smoking your last cigarette, depending on your fitness level and other factors.
Posted by: foxy9 - Mar 1, 1999
If you slip, remember:
1. A slip is just a mistake, not a lifestyle change or a national referendum on your willpower. Think about what happened and how to prevent it from ever happening again.
2. One cigarette does not make you a smoker again. One cigarette didn't make you a smoker in the first place, and one slip now doesn't mean you aren't a non-smoker.
3. All your reasons for quitting and how far you've come.
4. Remember not to smoke the next cigarette. You don't have to smoke another cigarette just because you had one.
Posted by: foxy9 - Mar 1, 1999
"Just one day is all I have to quit for, and they'll add up."
There is no doubt we can do anything asked of us and survive, and hardship or trauma for just one day. Little by little, our experiences unfold by design--this is all the better to learn our lessons by. Quitting smoking is just another unfolding experience, and we have only today to focus on. No matter how enticing a cigarette may seem, regardless of the depth of our longing, we can abstain today. And tomorrow will take care of itself. For many of us, past attempts at quitting were thwarted because we envisioned years of tomorrows, feeling deprived of the comfort we sought from cigarettes. How helpful it is to quiet our minds to the future. It isn't here, now. Only today is here--24 short hours, a mere flash. Surely we can survive a mere flash without a cigarette.
"I'll look at today--only today, and I know I can live without smoking."
From If Only I could Quit
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