Is there any free information on the web on how to stop smoking?
I’ve been hypontized, tried patches and gum, nothing seems to work for me.
Try to yahoo quit smoking online and you will probably come up with a bunch I found out that quitting smoking is only about what you read but you got to beleive it yourself
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I’m a sucker for a good old-fashioned love story. From Romeo and Juliet , to Cleopatra and Julius Caesar and even Cleopatra and Mark Antony, Guinevere and Lancelot, to King Edward VIII and Wallis Warfield Simpson and the list goes on.
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Love, it’s said, makes the world go ’round. Love is a many splendored thing as the movie of the same name so beautifully illustrates. Lara and Dr. Zhivago’s doomed love affair still makes me weep. But there are other love affairs that many people would not understand.
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Wait! Before you get ahead of me, I’m not referring to love between two gay men or two lesbians, although as Jerry Seinfeld’s character on the hilarious Seinfeld TV show proclaimed, “Not that there’s anything wrong with that.” And indeed there isn’t.
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No, I’m referring to a fictional love affair between two heterosexual men, namely Denny Crane and Alan Shore as played by the enormously talented actors, William Shatner and James Spader, of the defunct TV show (dammit!) Boston Legal.
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I’ve discussed this TV relationship with many people and have been quite surprised by the amount of negativity and downright disgust uttered by them over a beautiful heterosexual male bonding.Â
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Ok, so it’s just a TV show about two fictitious characters but let’s stop to examine it in a little more depth. Their relationship is about love. Isn’t this how we were brought up? To love one another? So what if it’s two notorious womanizers? They are equal opportunity lovers. And they also love each other, without shame or embarrassment.
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To see people unblushingly proclaim their love for each other gives me hope that one day the human race will become civilized. We are certainly a long way from attaining that goal, given all the war and strife in the world. The Beatles sang “All You Need is Love.” That says it all.
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People since time immemorial have been extolling the virtues of love. So why should we put restraints on people professing their love for each other just because their love doesn’t fit into our own narrow concept of what love should be?
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David E. Kelley, the creator of Boston Legal, among many other wonderful shows, is to be commended for his outstanding writing, in addition to his enormous courage in creating these two lovable characters – Denny Crain and Alan Shore.
Watching these two characters dancing on the balcony with each other, sharing cigars, a drink, charming stories, and showing their deep affection for each other kindles a warm glow within my heart and a hope for our future.
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Yes, it’s fiction indeed. But it needn’t be. It’s unabashed love for a fellow human without all the macho, phony butt slapping camaraderie that some men feel they must engage in to show their affection, lest they be mistaken for being gay. Not that there’s anything wrong with that!
Sheryl Letzgus McGinnis is the author of the books I Am Your Disease (The Many Faces of Addiction), Slaying the Addiction Monster – An All-Inclusive Look at Drug Addiction in America Today, and her first children’s book, The Addiction Monster and the Square Cat. This book is consistently on Amazon.com’s Best Sellers List in Substance Abuse. All 3 books are available for purchase at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Borders online and other sites in addition to the author’s website, http://www.theaddictionmonster.com
Sheryl is a retired medical transcriptionist and radio DJ who also did voiceovers for TV. Married, with one living son, having lost her youngest son Scott, who was a paramedic and an RN to the disease of addiction. Happily married for 42 years to Jack, a retired 8th grade science teacher. Her oldest son Dale is a graduate student in Environmental Sciences and has his own band, New Gravity.
Sheryl and family live in Palm Bay, Florida. Sheryl is originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia and is a citizen of both Australia and the US. The McGinnis family is owned by one beautiful big black lab and four spoiled rotten cats.
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If you discover that your teenager or child is addicted to cigarettes, it can be a frightening situation to deal with. As an adult, you realize the harmful effects of smoking and how devastating the deaths and sicknesses that can occur will be for your child. We never want to see anything bad happen to our children and smoking is one of the worst habits to pick up. But before you jump all over your child, stop and think through some strategies to help your teen stop smoking.
The worst thing you can do to encourage your teen to stop smoking is to yell, scream, or demoralize your child. This will have the opposite effect of what you want. Teens already have a problem thinking that their parents do not understand them and if you go nuts when you find out the problem, in the mind of your child this will only solidify that you do not understand them or their position.
This is not to say that punishment will not be necessary, particularly if you have clearly stated that smoking is not acceptable behavior in your home, but if you want your child to successfully stop smoking, punish with love and respect.
The first thing you need to do is talk to your child about the reasons to stop smoking. It can be difficult for teens to recognize that all of the terrible effects they have heard about smoking can actually happen to them. You may want to have them talk to a smoker that you know, one who perhaps has some of these health problems, about the long-term effects. Remember, teens live in the now and they have a hard time thinking about the future. Right now, it is cool to smoke and they might not care about the future risks. It is your responsibility as a parent to convince your teen that they need to stop smoking for their own health. That is one easy to do.
Once you have overcome that hurdle, give your teen the support that they need to stop smoking. Assure them that you realize it will not be easy. Many teens think they can stop smoking whenever they want. This is not the case and they are often discouraged when they find that they are truly addicted! Tell your teen that they will probably fail in their first attempts to stop, but that the important thing is to keep at it. Assure them of your support!
You may need to consider outside counseling to help your child stop smoking, especially if you have never had a serious addiction. It can be hard for teens to relate to their parents, particularly about a hard-to-kick habit like smoking. Talk to your school and see if there is a counselor you can use. Or, consider talking to your pastor if you attend church.
The most important thing you can do to help your child stop smoking is to be consistent and loving! Even though you are angry or embarrassed, if you are committed to helping them quit, you must be loving! Give support and be there to pick them up when they fail. This is the best way to help your child stop smoking!
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As a general rule, everything you do that suggests insecurity and dependence are obstacles to attraction. This is a classic dating mistake.
a) Don’t be jealous. Jealousy suggests both insecurity and dependence, especially if
you blame your girlfriend for something she has done that has made you jealous – not to mention you also put pressure on her by doing that. Wanting to protect your girlfriend from other males is perfectly normal, but don’t ever get paranoid or insecure about that. This is one of the most classic dating mistakes.
b) Don’t be needy. Neediness means that you need her in order to be happy. Such thinking not only puts pressure over her shoulders but also makes you appear weak, externally validated and insecure. Inviting a girl to share your happiness is one thing and stating to her that without her you will feel bad is another. The latter relates more to addiction than to love. This dating mistake arises in long dating scenarios.
c) Don’t be creepy: lurking too much, being ashamed of your desires, hiding things, spying on the girl etc.
d) Don’t beg: to stay with you / call you / sleep with you. Not only it will not work but it will turn off attraction, faster than you can blink. This dating mistake conveys neediness.
f) Don’t lose your masculinity and fall into submissive mode. Sometimes when you talk to someone you may feel the urge to make your voice less deep, to talk faster, to say too many thank you or anything of that sort. While it is OK to be gentle and to show respect to some people, find a way to do that by keeping your charm. This is not a dating mistake only but also a classic social mistake.
g) Don’t take things too personally. If you’re rejected or if a relationship doesn’t work, learn from it, and move on. There will be plenty of fish to catch later.
h) Don’t try to buy her attention with presents, flowers and things of that sort. Presents are a proof that you think about the girl, that’s why they like it. To give an effective present, you must first get the girl interested in you. The present itself is NOT what is going to make her interested in you. She doesn’t care that you think about her if she’s not interested in you in the first place. As a rule of thumb, offer presents only if you want to make her a nice surprise, but don’t make it a means to make her like you. This is the rich daddy dating mistake.
i) Don’t say negative things about your ex girlfriends,as it conveys insecurity.
k) Don’t speak about boring topics (job, politics, and weather). It’s not original and more often than not, brings in some negative vibes. During the attraction phase, you want to have fun and stay in a positive mood. This dating mistake can kill attraction really fast.
l) Don’t try to be right all the time. Being able to accept different opinions without being hurt shows great confidence and self-esteem. So make your points with assertiveness (don’t let others influence you) but don’t try to be right about everything. Trying to be right clearly shows that you need others to agree with you, therefore you aren’t sure about yourself. See the part about internally Vs externally validated people at the end of the book, for more on that topic. This is one of the hidden dating mistakes.
m) Avoid the friend zone. If you want to seduce a girl, don’t act like a friend. Be congruent with your desires without shame. It’s perfectly ok to stop seeing a girl if you want to seduce her and she wants to be just friends. Remember that you don’t need to be liked in order to get laid.
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