The Cigarette Lie!!!
I wanted to share with you my experience with cigarettes and how they affected me. I started when I was 15 or so, and smoked until I was rescued by our Lord in 1993 at 23 years of age. At 26 I started hanging out with old friends, and being not so perfect as we all are I started to smoke again. I had not been able to shake that habit until the Lord, in kindness, took this nasty habit away again for good. When I got close to 30 I found myself becoming depressed and moody allot! More and more I saw this happening. I would have times when I was really up and bouncing around, but I could become sad or Angry in a flash. I started to see that I would be down more and more, and sometimes all day. I thought It must be because I am a little older now and chemical changes and stuff. Well....I have a friend who put some time in on praying for me to finally stop smoking. It did make the difference friend. I climbed the wall the first day or so, but it wasn't as bad as I thought because it was the Lords work. I couldn't stop on my own as most everyone can't. So after a few weeks I noticed how much better I was feeling. It was amazing friend!!! The sadness, instability, and moodiness all left me. After one year I felt much better overall. Now it has been almost 4 years and I will never poison myself with them again. I have normal moods and attitudes mostly. Everyone has a bum day along the way, but now its normal and just a bum day not unbelievable depression all day. FRIEND! I had no idea what they were doing to me. They are played off as normal in our world, but they have serious drugs in them that will mess with your head. They were totally inhibiting my moods and behavior as a result. I had no idea! The FDA and other entities preach how they cause problems, but they say nothing about what they do to your moods and chemicals that keep your mood and attitude level. Someone! knows this, but I have never heard this FACT! come from anyone. I am certain they caused it. I feel so good now!!! It's like night and day. I am sure I am not the only person either. They are probably designed to do this, but that is only my opinion. Have you noticed how many mood enhancing and altering drugs are being prescribed now? like Prozac and others. HMMMM!!!! I wonder! I realize some people need these prescribed. That would have been my next step If God had not freed me from the slavery of cigarettes. I thought of trying to get prescribed something to lift my moods, But it was only stopping the cigarettes that cured me. That's all I needed to stop this problem, which I am sure others struggle with too. DO THIS........Do a search in your favorite search engine on smoking and depression. It should not take to long to find some links to sites which show actual studies affirming a link between smoking and depression. I did my search on Metacrawler. It is the big lie friend. If you are hooked on these things as I was, I pray you will ask God in prayer to free you. Here is a list of chemicals found in cigarettes. This list can be found on the net too. This is the shortened list.
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Tobacco smoke contains over 4,000 different chemicals. At least 43 are known carcinogens (cause cancer in humans). Cigarettes are one of few products which can be sold legally which can harm and even kill you over time if used as intended.
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Benzene
(petrol additive) A colourless cyclic hydrocarbon obtained from coal and petroleum, used as a solvent in fuel and in chemical manufacture - and contained in cigarette smoke. It is a known carcinogen and is associated with leukaemia. Formaldehyde
(embalming fluid) Ammonia
(toilet cleaner) Acetone
(nail polish remover) Tar Nicotine
(insecticide/addictive drug) Carbon
Monoxide (CO)
(car exhaust fumes) Arsenic (rat poison), Hydrogen Cyanide (gas chamber poison) |