Participants: Raginée Edwards
Series Code: KTH
Program Code: KTH000003
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00:23 Welcome to KICKIN' the habit.
00:25 My name is Raginee Edwards, 00:27 and today we're going to talk about planning to quit. 00:32 Now, normally when I do a 13-week course 00:35 on helping individuals plan to quit 00:37 and quit successfully. 00:39 We actually spend four entire weeks, 00:42 the first four weeks just planning to quit. 00:46 Discovering our triggers 00:48 so that we can make a plan to combat them 00:50 before they actually come. 00:52 Looking at our choices, that we have a choice 00:55 to pick up that cigarette or not 00:57 and empowering that choice that we have to quit, 01:01 and to stay smoke free. 01:03 We look at diet... 01:04 We look at so many thing, 01:05 and we're actually gonna go through a few points 01:09 that I want you to consider, things that I want you to try. 01:12 Get a pen, write these tips down, 01:15 so that you can be prepared to quit. 01:19 Now, the first thing that I want you to do is, 01:22 ask a friend or spouse to quit with you. 01:26 Somebody from work, anybody that's quitting that you 01:29 have an idea they might want to quit, 01:31 and might need that extra encouragement. 01:33 Now, remember most people that smoke 01:36 actually want to quit, 01:38 so if you know somebody and you're not sure, 01:39 just ask them. 01:41 You'll be happy that you did. 01:42 Get together, talk about it 01:44 and plan how you will support each other. 01:47 It reminds me of a text, 01:49 found in Ecclesiastes 4:9 and 10, 01:55 and it reads, "Two are better than one, 01:57 because they have good reward for their labor. 02:01 For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: 02:05 but woe to him that is alone when he falleth, 02:08 for he hath not another to help him up." 02:11 Remember that, 02:13 you're more likely to get back up 02:15 if you have that friend. 02:16 It reminds me of, when I encourage people 02:17 to exercise more. 02:19 Imagine that, you've decided, I'm gonna exercise 02:22 Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday of the week. 02:24 And, Monday rolls around, you roll over in bed, 02:28 and you're like, I don't want to get up, 02:29 I don't want to go walking. 02:31 But, now imagine if you have an accountability partner. 02:34 And you knew, that if you didn't get up 02:37 that friend of yours will be waiting 02:39 on the road with their shoes on, 02:41 in their workout clothes 02:42 ready to go walk the neighbor hood 02:43 and you wouldn't be there. 02:45 Would you be more up to get up and go? 02:47 Probably. 02:48 So, even if the accountability partner, 02:50 somebody that doesn't want to quit smoking 02:52 or maybe they don't smoke at all, 02:54 they just want to be there for you and support you. 02:56 Then, call that person, call that friend 02:59 and discuss ways were you can actually support each other 03:02 and that person can support you. 03:04 Okay. 03:05 Number two, start cleaning out those ash trays 03:08 and putting them away one by one. 03:11 Clean other things that smell like smoke 03:13 such has the drapes in your house, 03:15 the car, and your office. 03:17 All the clothes in your house, 03:19 everything that can absorb the smell, 03:21 even if you want a shampoo, your chairs, 03:24 your couch, everything in your home, 03:26 you want to try to get that smell out. 03:29 Just imagine that, you're trying to stay away 03:31 from eating too many sweets, having too much sugar 03:34 and you walk by somebody's kitchen 03:35 and they're baking a wonderful chocolate cake 03:38 and the smell just fills your nose and you're like, 03:42 I know I'm supposed to stay away from sugar. 03:44 But just the smell triggers you 03:47 and you want to have some of it. 03:48 Makes it more difficult, right? 03:50 So, getting that smell out of your surroundings, 03:52 getting your car detailed, 03:54 that's a gift that you can give to your self. 03:55 Get your car detailed. 03:57 Get all the cigarette smoke out of it, 03:59 so that you won't even want to smoke in there 04:00 and when you won't smell, that smoke in your car as well. 04:03 Okay? 04:05 The third thing, decrease the number of cigarettes 04:08 you smoke each day. 04:10 Try smoking only a half a cigarette 04:12 instead of a whole one. 04:14 Limit smoking to only the, even or odd hours of the day. 04:19 This just helps you realize you have a choice. 04:22 Now, at this point where you're trying these things, 04:25 you're not actually quitting yet. 04:27 So, in your mind you can say, okay, today, 04:31 normally I smoke 20 cigarettes, 04:33 but today I'm only gonna smoke 10. 04:36 So, what you can do now is, now that you know that 04:41 you are just limiting yourself, 04:45 but that you can have it whenever you want. 04:47 It's not so big of a deal, it's more like okay, 04:50 you're just learning how to take 04:53 more control over the habit. 04:55 And you are learning that you have the choice, okay? 04:58 So, this is just basically about having the choice 05:02 and knowing that you have the choice. 05:05 Okay. 05:06 Start exercising before you quit smoking. 05:09 Now, your doctor can help you 05:10 plan the best exercise program for you. 05:13 This decreases stress, 05:15 it works as well as depression medication, 05:19 it increases endorphins as well. 05:22 Those who have mild depression, 05:24 what their finding is that, 05:26 even if you take exercise 05:28 in place of the medication from mild depression, 05:31 it's working just as well. 05:33 And, the increase of endorphins just that, 05:36 feel good feeling that you just want. 05:38 And so, when you exercise, 05:40 it's gonna kind of help combat that feeling that those 05:44 negative feelings that you have, 05:45 when you're thinking about quitting smoking. 05:47 I want you to take that step to actually quit. 05:51 Another thing that I want you to try. 05:53 Switch to a brand of cigarettes you don't like as much. 05:56 Okay. 05:57 Now, the point of that is 05:59 you're trying to make cigarette smoking 06:01 something that is just not pleasurable. 06:04 You wanted to be something like, 06:05 you're like not looking forward to actually doing. 06:08 Okay? 06:09 So, whatever works, whatever brand that you think, 06:11 oh, when I smell that it's just grose. 06:13 So, it may kind of keep you away, 06:15 from picking up that next cigarette. 06:17 Here's something else, throw away your lighters. 06:21 Smoke alone, if you like to smoke with people. 06:23 Again, we're talking about making it difficult 06:26 and undesirable to smoke. 06:28 This will help you quit more easily. 06:31 Tell yourself, you can still smoke, 06:33 just not now, okay? 06:35 So, again the purpose is to help you realize 06:38 that you have the power of choice. 06:40 And that you can actually refrain from smoking 06:43 but still in the back of your mind, 06:45 you know, you can still smoke if you want to. 06:48 Okay. Another step. 06:50 Try to be aware 06:51 of why you smoke each cigarette, 06:54 then practice avoiding the things 06:56 that cause you to smoke. 06:58 Okay? 06:59 Now, we've talked about this a little bit before, 07:02 but even if you know, getting in your car 07:05 is something that triggers you to smoke. 07:08 Like I said before, 07:09 you could just put the cigarettes 07:10 or the lighters in your trunk 07:12 just to make it more difficult for you. 07:14 If you know that every time you drink coffee, 07:17 you have the urge to smoke or drink alcohol 07:20 you have the urge to smoke. 07:22 Try to avoid those things 07:23 and substitute them with something else, 07:24 maybe fruit juice or tea and herbal tea, 07:27 something different, breaking that routine, 07:30 so that you aren't triggered to do that cigarette. 07:34 Next, write down a list of reasons 07:38 why you want to quit. 07:40 Review one every night before you go to bed. 07:42 Now, put this list everywhere. 07:43 Put one next to your bed stand. 07:45 On your bed stand, 07:47 so that when you wake up in the morning 07:48 and when you go to sleep at night, 07:50 you can just review those reasons 07:51 of why you don't want to smoke anymore. 07:54 Put it on your refrigerator, put it on the mirror. 07:57 When you go into the bathroom, 07:58 so that you're reading these reasons 08:00 as to why you are excited about 08:02 becoming a non-smoker and focus on that. 08:07 Another tip. 08:08 Make big plans for the day that you quit smoking. 08:12 Celebrate, keep very busy and treat yourself 08:15 to something special to celebrate quit quitting. 08:19 Throw your cigarettes, smokeless tobacco 08:21 and all other nicotine products away. 08:24 Dispose off any remaining ash trays. 08:27 Now, this is what you're gonna do, 08:28 when you get to that quit day. 08:31 Okay? 08:32 On the day, you actually quit, 08:34 change what you do during the day. 08:36 For example: 08:38 Sit in a different place at the table during meals, 08:41 drink herbal tea instead of coffee 08:42 which I've already mentioned 08:44 and hold your cup in the other hand. 08:45 You're jut trying to break up routine here. 08:48 Now, these are things that you want to plan to do 08:52 before the day actually comes. 08:53 So, if you already know what you do, 08:56 you already know your, your normal routine. 08:58 So, before you actually get to quit day, 09:01 start thinking of ways that you can change up your routine 09:04 so that you will automatically just be driven to smoke. 09:08 Okay? 09:10 Now, I want to talk about another thing. 09:13 We're gonna talk about medications. 09:18 Medications can actually 09:20 double your chances of quitting successfully. 09:24 I've used this a lot with some of the participants 09:27 that I've worked with in the past. 09:29 And for some, it has been successful 09:31 and for others it has not. 09:33 One thing that I want you to realize is that, 09:35 even if you use medications, you still need a good plan. 09:39 That's just part of your plan. 09:40 You still need to know what your triggers are, 09:43 and ways of overcoming your triggers. 09:45 Now, using medication is just something to help 09:48 with the withdrawal symptoms, 09:50 but you still want to use all the other things 09:52 that we're talking about as well. 09:54 Now, what you want to know is that 09:57 you have medications 09:59 that the doctor has to prescribe for you, 10:01 and there're also medications 10:02 that you can get over-the-counter. 10:04 The nicotine replacement therapies or NRT's 10:06 that are available to you, you've heard of the gum. 10:09 You've heard of lozenges 10:10 and you've also heard the patch. 10:12 So, what they do is 10:13 they basically put a lower level 10:15 of nicotine in your body 10:16 just to help you cope with the cravings. 10:18 Okay? 10:20 Now, some people feel kind of hesitant to use that, but, 10:26 what you have to realize is that 10:27 you're getting 4000 chemicals 10:30 just about in cigarettes themselves. 10:33 And so using nicotine is just one of the chemicals 10:37 that you'll be taking in as oppose 10:40 to taking in a slew of other chemicals. 10:43 I look at this list that I have here in, 10:45 there's ammonia you find in cigarettes, 10:48 you find cadmium, 10:50 which you find in batteries or in cigarettes, 10:52 you find butane which is lighter fluid. 10:56 Methanol, carbon-monoxide, there's just so many things 10:59 and a lot of them are cancer causing, 11:01 so don't feel bad if you need to take NRT's 11:05 or nicotine replacement therapies, 11:07 that just deliver the nicotine that's gonna be far better 11:10 than what you're doing in smoking a cigarette. 11:13 Okay? 11:14 Now, I want to make sure that you understand 11:17 that you need to see your doctor, 11:19 if you're gonna take any of these medications, 11:21 even if you're doing over-the-counter medications, 11:23 because some of the medications 11:25 that you might be taking can be affected 11:27 by the amount of nicotine that you have in your body. 11:30 So, you want to make sure that you let your doctor know, 11:33 even if you're taking over-the-counter medications. 11:37 And if you're interested in other therapies 11:40 talk to your doctor. 11:41 They can explain what are the best routes for you. 11:44 All right, let's move on to our participants 11:47 who have been sharing their experience 11:50 as far as their plan for quitting. 11:52 We have been asking various questions that are to, 11:56 just kind of let you know, 11:58 more of the personal side of trying to quit. 12:00 And talking to people who've have actually tried 12:02 and who are successfully non-smokers now. 12:07 So, the first question we asked our participants was, 12:11 did you have a plan? 12:13 Let's hear what they have to say. 12:16 I would really love to say that I made a plan to quit smoking, 12:19 but the truth is, 12:20 there really was no concrete plan 12:23 that I knew would work for me 12:24 because it was so addictive, 12:26 that I didn't even truly want to stop myself. 12:31 I just knew that, that's what the Lord wanted for me 12:33 and I wanted to do what Lord wanted me to do, 12:36 and I wanted to do what I knew it would affect my child. 12:39 So, my only plan was to ask the Lord 12:44 and take it moment by moment and not focus on 12:48 three weeks down the road or a year down the road 12:50 and try to picture myself without cigarettes, 12:52 it was too hard, and it was too much for me. 12:55 It was still overwhelming. 12:58 Did I have a plan to quit? 12:59 Well, I had a plan to quit the first time 13:03 that I quit smoking. 13:06 I had a plan date to actually stop. 13:09 My plan was to ask God, 13:13 to give me the courage 13:17 and the strength to not smoke. 13:20 And I planned to do that over the weekend, 13:24 because I planned to be baptized on one Sabbath, 13:28 but the Sabbath preceding that 13:31 I wanted to be a non-smoker. 13:35 When I first quit, 13:37 I did not make a plan in per se. 13:40 I needed to quit smoking. 13:44 It was mandatory that I needed to quit smoking so I quit. 13:50 Now, you heard those answers. 13:52 They basically didn't have a plan or so it seems. 13:57 If you listen carefully to what the ladies were saying. 14:00 They said, "They didn't really have a plan." 14:04 And especially Cathleen, I didn't really have a plan, 14:06 but I was just focused on asking God to just help me. 14:11 She sounded like, I didn't want to do it. 14:14 If God wants me to do it, He's gonna have to work it out. 14:17 And then you hear Brenda, she says, 14:19 "Well, I have a plan but my plan was basically God. 14:21 God was gonna have to help me." 14:23 And then you hear Isaac, he says, 14:26 "Well, it was between my job or not having a job." 14:31 So, his plan was just to quit, 14:33 because he wanted to keep his job. 14:35 It was interesting enough because as a health educator, 14:38 when we go through our program, 14:40 we understand that there are different things 14:42 that affect our, our choice to change our health behavior, 14:46 and one of those things 14:48 are the perceived susceptibility 14:52 to a particular illness 14:54 and how that's going to affect us. 14:56 Now, if you had been there with us in the pervious episodes. 15:00 You heard that, he had chronic bronchitis. 15:02 And because of his job, he can no longer smoke, 15:05 he had to be healed or he can no longer have his job. 15:08 A lot of times when we choose to smoke, 15:10 our young people choose to smoke, 15:12 they think, oh, that will never happen to me. 15:14 And so, their choice to smoke is a lot higher 15:17 because the perceived susceptibility is not there. 15:21 They don't think it's gonna happen to them, 15:22 but it happened to him. 15:24 So, now he's having to make the choice, to quit. 15:28 Another part of the health belief model, 15:30 which is where I'm referring to is that perception 15:34 of what are my benefits and what are my costs 15:38 when it comes to, smoking? 15:40 And that also determines somebody's behavior. 15:43 Now, that's why it's so important 15:46 that you write down a list 15:47 of why it is that you want to quit? 15:50 Because if your perceived benefits 15:51 are higher than your perceived cost 15:53 or barriers to actually quitting, 15:55 you're more likely to change your behavior. 15:57 For him, the cause of losing his job was higher 16:00 and so, he decide that he was going to quit. 16:03 Now, the next question we asked was, 16:06 how did their lack of plan pan out? 16:09 Because some people 16:10 and as we've seen by their previous responses, 16:12 just don't have a plan, 16:14 so let's see how that worked out for them? 16:17 The first time that I quit, God was so, merciful to me 16:21 because our plan to be able to go into the watery grave 16:28 without being a smoker and he did just that. 16:32 He actually took the taste away and it worked miraculously. 16:39 For ten years, I had no craving to smoke. 16:43 But the second time was different. 16:47 Well, after I picked up smoking again 13-years later, 16:53 I really didn't have a plan to quit 16:56 'cause really I didn't considered myself a smoker, 17:00 even though I did smoke. 17:04 Personally, I don't think that you should focus 17:06 on your attempts to quit. 17:09 I think you should just focus on realizing 17:13 that you don't have to smoke that particular cigarette 17:17 that you're thinking about at the time. 17:20 Okay, now, we've heard how their lack of plan panned out. 17:24 I really like those responses though, 17:26 even without the plan. 17:27 You heard, what Brenda said, she said, 17:29 "He just took the taste away." 17:31 And I've heard many people say that, no, not everybody. 17:35 I won't even say most, 17:37 but many people have still said, 17:38 they just ask God to take the taste away 17:40 and that's a miracle. 17:41 And he did that for her. 17:43 And we listen to Isaac, he affirmed that, 17:46 you know, I didn't have a plan, and he said, 17:48 I didn't even consider myself a smoker. 17:50 I think that's really interesting, 17:52 he didn't even consider himself a smoker. 17:54 And then you have Cathleen, again for such a young lady, 17:59 she has such a wise way of thinking. 18:02 She said, she just went from cigarette to cigarette. 18:06 She said, "I said to myself, I don't have to do it." 18:10 I really think that's interesting 18:12 because sometimes when we get in our mind that, 18:14 okay, I'm gonna quit smoking, 18:17 I'll never gonna be able to smoke again. 18:19 I mean it's almost like you're going through 18:21 the death of a loved one, 18:23 I hate to make it seem that extreme 18:24 but, I've heard that explain to me that way. 18:27 And you don't want to think of being 18:30 without that best friend, the cigarette forever. 18:33 So, instead of doing that, 18:35 just taking it moment by moment, 18:37 okay, I'm not going to have this cigarette, 18:41 I'm not going to have the next cigarette, 18:43 I'm gonna stay quit for today. 18:45 I'm gonna focus on today, so taking it moment by moment, 18:49 I've had a lot of people say, I don't promise 18:51 that I'm gonna stick with tomorrow, 18:53 but today, I'm gonna stop smoking. 18:55 And I know a lot of people that have done it that way 18:57 and have been very successful. 18:59 Now, let's get to our next question. 19:01 We asked the participants, did you set a specific date? 19:04 Now, I encourage you to set a specific date 19:06 just like you can have something to celebrate, 19:08 again these are all tools. 19:10 But everybody does it very differently. 19:12 So, I want you to hear from real people, 19:15 what they did when I asked them, 19:17 "Hey, did you set a date?" 19:21 Did I set myself a particular date 19:25 to stop smoking? 19:28 No, I just knew I was gonna eventually stop smoking, 19:33 I wanted to quit smoking, so it just... 19:43 It just, I kind of waned myself off 19:46 of smoking over extremely long period of time. 19:52 The second time, 19:55 when I got involved with smoking again. 19:58 It was a day-by-day struggle to stop. 20:04 The craving was there, 20:06 something that I never dealt with before. 20:10 It was hard to stop the things that I did. 20:15 The triggers which was get up in the morning, 20:18 you smoke. 20:20 You drink a beverage, you smoke, 20:23 you eat, you smoke, 20:25 so these things were triggers 20:27 that I had to fight to stop smoking. 20:31 I didn't really set dates or goals or resolutions, 20:34 because it's too easy to break them 20:36 and when you break them, you feel defeated 20:38 and it almost makes you feel like 20:39 you can't ever pull yourself out of the cycle. 20:42 So what work for me best was just focusing on the now, 20:47 focusing on what I'm doing now to improve my situation 20:50 or letting God take control of me now. 20:54 Okay, so this group is just funny 20:59 because I say, "Make a plan." 21:01 They say, "I didn't make a plan." 21:02 I say, "Try setting a day." 21:04 And they say, "They didn't set a date." 21:05 But the point is that they quit and they are now non-smokers. 21:10 And I want you to get that, 21:12 because different things work for different people. 21:15 And all of these tools are things you can use 21:18 but there are other things that you can use as well. 21:21 So, once you have decided that I really want to quit, 21:24 just know that it's possible, whatever your plan, 21:27 whatever you're not planned or not date, 21:31 it can still happen for you. 21:33 Okay? But, I really like their responses. 21:36 Notice what Isaac said, he said, 21:39 "I didn't set a date, 21:41 but I waned myself off overtime." 21:44 That's really interesting, a lot of people do that, 21:47 I find that especially with males. 21:51 Now, what I want to say, 21:53 that's so interesting about that is, 21:55 if you can wane yourself off to two cigarettes a day, 22:00 one cigarette a day, usually by that point, 22:03 we find that people aren't even really addicted 22:06 to the nicotine as much as they think they are. 22:08 They might be addicted to some, 22:11 other part of the smoking process 22:14 whether it's just having 22:16 something to do with their hands, 22:19 being connected with other individuals who smoke. 22:21 So, if you're that person who is waning yourself off, 22:25 and you're able to get down, to one or two cigarettes 22:28 know that, the nicotine probably isn't your problem. 22:31 And you want to start exploring around 22:34 your smoking situation, to see what else is keeping you, 22:38 smoking that one cigarette a day or two cigarettes a day. 22:43 Now, with Brenda, she said, that the second time, 22:46 it was a day-by-day struggle, 22:48 and that's what she looked at it 22:50 as, day-by-day, taking it day-by-day. 22:53 And Cathleen kind of mentioned something of the sort as well. 22:55 She said, that she didn't set any goals, 22:58 because she didn't want to feel defeated, 23:00 and that can be so demoralizing. 23:04 It make you feel like, you just don't want to try again. 23:07 And many of you might have been there already. 23:10 So, she did not want to set that goal, 23:13 she just wanted to keep her eyes on God 23:15 and ask Him to help her set the goals, 23:19 just step-by-step. 23:21 My goal is not to smoke this cigarette. 23:23 My goal is not to smoke today. 23:25 Now remember that is something that you might want to try 23:28 because, when it boils down to it, 23:30 she just became so desperate 23:33 for God, every movement of a day. 23:37 It reminds me of a scripture. 23:40 And this is found in Psalm 107:9, and it reads, 23:46 "For he satisfieth the longing soul, 23:50 and filleth the hungry soul with goodness." 23:56 And that's what God did for them 23:58 especially these young ladies. 23:59 I think it's so interesting, I have to bring this out. 24:02 Ladies, listen up now. 24:04 Guys, just close your ears 24:06 because this doesn't pertain to you, 24:08 but for the ladies, I have never met a lady 24:13 who is not... 24:15 who is able to quit aside from divine intervention. 24:20 Again, we've talked about this before, 24:22 the women are more relational 24:25 and so the cigarettes took up so much of their life, 24:29 it was related to so much, 24:32 it was like their best friend, 24:33 I've had many women say, 24:35 cigarettes were like my best friend. 24:37 So, how do you replace them by his best friend? 24:40 For guys, it's not usually the case. 24:42 And we'll talk to you later, but for women 24:45 it seems like for them, 24:47 they need a new best friend, 24:48 somebody who can be there 24:50 in the closet with them, when they are crying 24:52 and they are hurting and they are depressed, 24:53 they can't bring up a person in there 24:55 but they can bring Jesus in there. 24:56 Somebody who can be excited with them, 24:58 somebody who, you know, they can eat with, 25:01 they can laugh with, they can, 25:02 they need somebody to replace all of those things 25:05 and all of those moves and the cigarette 25:07 could follow them all of these places. 25:09 And so, what we are finding is that, 25:11 for women out there, 25:12 if smoking is something that you really want to give up. 25:18 I would advice you, 25:19 don't try to do without the Lord. 25:21 I've had many classes with men and women 25:24 and I'll have to say that 25:26 when I was in a setting where I couldn't introduce 25:28 God into the setting, into that environment, 25:33 the success rate for females was very low. 25:36 And I'll never forget meeting with the client, 25:38 who was actually trying to quit smoking, 25:42 not just smoking, but she was also trying to quit 25:46 overeating and alcohol at the same time. 25:50 And she came to me and she says, 25:52 "I'm a part of AA, I'm part of OA, I'm a part of in A." 25:55 I was like, "What's OA?" 25:57 She said, "Overeating, overeaters anonymous." 25:59 What's NA? Narcotics anonymous. 26:01 She was trying to do all that at a same time 26:03 and I said to here, and you're trying 26:05 to quit smoking now too? 26:07 I said, maybe you should try to do this later 26:09 after, you know, dealt with that some. 26:11 And she says, "No, this is what God wants me to do, 26:14 I know he does." 26:15 And of all the women in that class 26:16 with everything she was up against, 26:18 she was one of the few women 26:20 of all of the time that I had work 26:22 with men and women that actually quit as a woman. 26:25 Now, the guys once they decide in their minds 26:27 that this is what they're gonna do, they did it. 26:30 But for the females, she was like my prize student, 26:33 and I sincerely attribute that to her relationship with God. 26:37 She was able to take him in as her best friend, 26:41 her new best friend, 26:42 and overcome all of those addictions 26:45 at the same time and she was so happy. 26:48 So, a word to the women. 26:52 I want you to know that God is able 26:57 and He wants to have a personal relationship with you. 27:00 You know, guys too, you know that 27:01 and because again guys compartmentalize 27:04 and put that cigarette into the box. 27:06 The cigarette is not necessarily their best friend, 27:10 the cigarette isn't something that they have to have 27:13 when they're happy, or sad, or angry 27:17 or you know, guys can be a little different. 27:19 Now, some guys are in the same category 27:21 as some females. 27:23 But for the most part, 27:24 women, we have to have a serious replacement 27:30 for that loss of that best friend. 27:32 So, I want you to keep that in mind 27:35 and know that God is able and He is willing. 27:38 Now, just as I close, 27:41 I really want to review the idea 27:44 that you can do this with a plan 27:47 or you can do this without a plan. 27:49 But the point is that you want to do it. 27:52 Learn from your past mistakes. 27:54 Make that plan even better and by God's grace, 27:57 you too can be a non-smoker. |
Revised 2016-02-25