Comments on: Forty-Three Hours and Counting

By: jp

jp — Fri, 28 Sep 2012 04:25:02 +0000

…just listened to your interview on Catholic warrior.

i just hope that as you quit these, there isn’t a corresponding change in that rich, velvety voice that just floated out of my speakers….

By: BettyDuffy

BettyDuffy — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 13:10:48 +0000

Strongly relating. Though I really can’t smoke because I’m pregnant, so I just around mooning about it.

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 18:59:16 +0000

I attended a Catholic conference last weekend and Father Michael Gaitley said that we are living in a time of unprecedented grace. He said to just look around – we all know we’re living in a time of unprecedented evil and sin; and so, “where sin abounded grace did much more abound.” (Rom 5:20).

I thought that was cool. Praying for an outpouring of His grace onto you.

By: Sky

Sky — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 04:48:53 +0000

More prayers coming your way. As if you didn’t know.

By: mariecarolk

mariecarolk — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:58:39 +0000

Good for you Steve! Everyone I work with smokes, which is changing a little bit since I know several of them are trying to quit. I’ll group you in my prayers for them

Marie

By: momofthree

momofthree — Mon, 24 Sep 2012 03:22:52 +0000

Everyone here who is addicted and wants to quit but is afraid they cannot must know that my father quit at the age of 65. He had smoked since he was 13 and was up to two packs of unfiltered Pall Malls a day, every day.

He is a hardcore, old-school type of man, who still has a substantial drinking issue, but he actually did quit ten years ago. I went to the doc with him a few years ago and the man took me aside and said, “Mary, your father changed the way I do medicine. Before he quit, I had him firmly in that category in my head of ‘people who will never quit’, and I am seldom if ever, wrong about that.” “Oh.” I replied, getting silently angrier by the minute that this dude mentally gave up on people as part of his routine. But I held it together, and later hugged my dad, knowing what an accomplishment it was for him to stop. But at the very least you must all know that if my father can quit, anyone can. I now firmly believe that. And his quitting inspired my brother to quit dipping, and me to be 100% clean about my eating disorder. You can change, and your change will change others….it just grows and grows.

Mary

By: Dolores

Dolores — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 20:26:20 +0000

Recently returned from visiting my bro who has started smoking again after several months using the patch. He said that life had been more stressful than usual and a couple of cigs a day seemed to take the edge off. As one who never started, I didn’t say too much and am hoping that he will get back on the wagon sooner than later.

By: JonMarc

JonMarc — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 11:52:19 +0000

Keep it up Steve! Prayers on the way.

By: Mark from PA

Mark from PA — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 03:27:09 +0000

Congratulations on quitting smoking. Good for you. Your lungs will be forever thankful. Try night to get too stressed and pamper yourself in other ways a little bit. I never smoked because when I was young I thought that it was for old people. I didn’t want to get old too quick. Anyway, hang in there my friend and God bless you. Warmest hugs – Mark

By: TheresaEH

TheresaEH — Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:57:09 +0000

Quitting smoking is easy, I had done it a hundred times
I smoked for 30 years and enjoyed it very much.
I quit cold turkey Ash wednesday 2004. But since New Years day 2004 I had been praying at 3pm ( Divine Mercy chaplet) for the grace to do so.
Keep going, with God’s grace you can do it eh!!!! Just think of all the fun you can have being one of *those* ex-smokers eh ;D