24 — Sunday, May 17, 1992 ~ Norih Shore News EL. Breaking up ts hard to do IT HAD a real love-hate relationship with cigarettes. Intel- lectually I knew they were unhealthy, expensive and social- ly unacceptable, but the addict in me kept reaching for another one. I hated them, but I couldn’t give them up. For years I had wanted to stop smoking, but I kept on puffing away because I felt secure in cl- inging to something that was fa- miliar to me — hanging on, despite the negative consequences. Until six weeks ago, that is, when I finally put an end to the destructive relationship. I would have thought that by now -— after six long smoke-free weeks — I would have no desire to ever smoke again. Quit to Win April 10 to May 31 Think again. The psychological bond is something I will be battling for many months to come. After more than 16 years together, breaking up is hard to do. Although my urges to smoke are getting farther and farther apart, I still think about it every day. So far I have managed to resist temptation because of the Quit to Win contest. Each day that I don’t smoke I’m one day closer to having my name entered in the draw to ~vin the trip to Hong Kong. I’ve also been motivated by my $100 pledge to the Lung Associa- tion, Whenever I do have a crav- ing, it only takes one second to decide that no cigarette is worth $100. I just hope I can keep it up un- til I finally reach the day when I no longer think about cigarettes. I don’t know how many months it will take — I’ve heard that it can even take years. For the past six weeks I’ve been relying on two metheds to cope with urges to smoke, THE GREEN WHOIS SYMON? Ernest R. Symon of Rocanville, Saskat- chewan, ‘formulated his imix in 1940, which brought a new energy and restored health to thousands of satisfied users for _ 80 years. . IS EXPLODING By Robyn Brown Contributing Writer The first method is to do some- thing physical. Either I take a deep breath or engage in exercise or have something to eat or phone a friend or take a shower or brush my teeth or something — anything — to take my mind off smoking. The second way of coping is by thinking positive thoughts. In the midst of a craving, I make statements or ask myself questions such as: ‘What could a cigarette possibly do for me now except get me re-hooked?”’ or “Do I really want to go through quitting and withdrawal ali over again?” or ‘‘A craving for a ciga- rette isn’t going to hurt me. What will hurt me is giving in to the craving.’” Lately I’ve noticed that I’ve had the urge to smoke more out of curiosity than anything. Now that I haven’t smoked for a few weeks, I wonder what it would be like to have ‘‘just one.”’ 4&4 Fach day that I don't smoke I’m one day closer to having my name entered in the draw to win the trip to Hong Kong. 93 But who am I kidding? I know that I could never let cigarettes back into my life without winding up in the same love-hate relation- ship all over again. For me there is no such thing as ‘just one.”” It’s all or nothing. I’ve never wanted just one ciga- rette — I wanted 20 a day. And, given the choice, I would tather be an ex-smoker wishing | MOVEMENT WHAT IS IT? Symon's Supermix is a green food supplement _ primarily organically grown alfalfa, millet, buckwheat, rosehips and kelp. A speciat cool-air dry process is used to ensure en- zyme life for full nutritive value. WHAT CAN SYMON’S SUPERMIX GIVE YOU? ENERGY — Almost ail users of the mix note increased energy and vitality after using it. GUEST APPEARING: ee S eS “WALTER ENNS Cy MASTER HERBALIST May 19,1992 1-4 P.M. 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