I used to think that I could never ever quit smoking because I failed at it at least a half dozen times a couple of those times were due to one too many drinks of alcohol thinking just one or maybe two smokes would be ok BUT of course it wasn't!!! The last failed attempt took me roughly 20 Years AND finding out that I have copd before finally wising up I look back now well over 7 years quit AND realize that I wasn't prepared to quit or one of those attempts at trying would've stuck emphasis on trying! I quit drinking alcohol a little over 11 years ago which is super fantastic because I was slowly killing myself after drinking 20 years 7 days a week possibly taking a week or so off in total each year from drinking my husband finally stopped drinking about a year ago PLUS he quit smoking two and a half months before I did we were both functioning alcoholics or so we thought, Mark never seemed to have any health issues other than copd from 42 years of smoking BUT My health suffered, I never ate right I got stomach ulcers I had a heart attack that I didn't find out about for several months long story shorter I found out through an echo cardiogram that it was a heart attack which I kept pushing for because of how weak I felt finally a Dr listened! At that point I'd been done drinking for a couple of months. The cardiologist I saw said it might have been alcohol related AND the one way to find out was to have another echo cardiogram in a years time to see if the left ventricular and muscle healed and it did! So both addictions suck big time BUT both addictions can be kicked to the curb permanently it's not easy BUT it's sure as HELL is worth it! The CHOICE is Ours!
