Smoking

Melissa · 07-12-2005, 08:08 AM

Do any of you guyz smoke?I'm trying to get some of my youth group members to quit!!

07-12-2005, 09:08 AM

Nope, afraid I don't. However, as a word of advice, it may be easier for you to figure out how to convince them to quit if you ask them why they do it in the first place.

Ed · 07-12-2005, 09:32 AM

ye4r - also its addictive so they wont stop unless they really really want to!

w.e.g. · 07-12-2005, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Demolition Man

Nope, afraid I don't. However, as a word of advice, it may be easier for you to figure out how to convince them to quit if you ask them why they do it in the first place.

that doesn't work, trust me on that one!

NeverAlone2820 · 07-12-2005, 12:20 PM

I don't smoke. 1. I can't. (i'd be sick all the time, i can't really be around smoke or i'll get sick, can't imagine wanting to smoke) 2. Its a form of suicide... Everytime you smoke you are hurting your lungs, and after time you can die from it.

Talking to people won't make them stop... Influencing is a better idea. I don't think anyone would stop ( or listen) if you told them to, unless youre really close to them.

HeavenBound · 07-12-2005, 12:26 PM

I don't think smoking is a form of suicide from my point of view (I don't smoke, but someone in my family does) and they don't do it to kill themself, it's just a really addictive habit, that CAN be stopped, but it's hard to quit. I think smokers know that they need to quit, but that is one of the hardest habits to break, it's not like picking your nose, or chewing your hair, it's a really hard thing to stop, but with patience, time, and God, it can be done!

christsgirly · 07-12-2005, 02:21 PM

My daddy smokes and he has since he was 12.I've tried everything onethousand times over.Even my tears won't sway him!It hurts me that he doesn't care that we all worry about him.He just wants to satisfy his cravings at the moment.He's NOT a bad person or anything...he just happens to smoke.

HeavenBound · 07-12-2005, 02:26 PM

I agree, people who smoke aren't bad, they just have a bad habit. My Mom smokes, and she's a grrrrreat person!

ligatio_babe · 07-12-2005, 08:40 PM

Hmm, smoking? I indulge occasionally at parties and social gatherings and such, but I'm surely not addicted. Why do I? Because I like the taste, and the feel smoke in my lungs. Yeah, lame I know. But when I say occasionally, I mean I've had maybe five this year, and I'm usually sharing with people. I see it as no different than people who go out tanning unprotected in the sun all the time. Or tanning beds for that matter, but that's a completely different discussion.

christsgirly- just because your dad smokes doesn't mean he doesn't care about you. Like you said, he's been smoking since he was 12, and he has to quit for himself, not anyone else. I think it's really difficult for people who aren't addicted to understand how difficult it is for someone to quit.

christsgirly · 07-12-2005, 08:45 PM

That's not the point.If he doesn't love us enough to stop thretening his life,then he doesn't love us enough.

07-12-2005, 08:08 AM	#1
Melissa Melissa Edit Evangelist/Missionary	Smoking Do any of you guyz smoke?I'm trying to get some of my youth group members to quit!!
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07-12-2005, 09:32 AM	#3
Ed Ed Edit Prophet/Prophetess	ye4r - also its addictive so they wont stop unless they really really want to!
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07-12-2005, 12:20 PM	#5
NeverAlone2820 NeverAlone2820 Edit Prophet/Prophetess	I don't smoke. 1. I can't. (i'd be sick all the time, i can't really be around smoke or i'll get sick, can't imagine wanting to smoke) 2. Its a form of suicide... Everytime you smoke you are hurting your lungs, and after time you can die from it. Talking to people won't make them stop... Influencing is a better idea. I don't think anyone would stop ( or listen) if you told them to, unless youre really close to them. __________________ Heroes are made when you make a choice 1 in 12 teens attempt suicide. 40% of teens are cutters. 48% are sexually active. 1 in 10 fifteen year olds have already gone through at least one divorce in their family. 29 people die every 30 seconds. *&& all of us just sit back* and watch it happen. This is our problem.** So let's wake up and change the world - our time is now
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07-12-2005, 12:26 PM	#6
HeavenBound HeavenBound Edit Prophet/Prophetess	I don't think smoking is a form of suicide from my point of view (I don't smoke, but someone in my family does) and they don't do it to kill themself, it's just a really addictive habit, that CAN be stopped, but it's hard to quit. I think smokers know that they need to quit, but that is one of the hardest habits to break, it's not like picking your nose, or chewing your hair, it's a really hard thing to stop, but with patience, time, and God, it can be done! __________________ "We have just enough Religion to make us HATE, but not enough to make us LOVE one Another..." -Jonathan Swift Who could hate a Man, who thought about YOU on the Cross?
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07-12-2005, 02:21 PM	#7
christsgirly christsgirly knows God as Savior! Edit Prophet/Prophetess	My daddy smokes and he has since he was 12.I've tried everything onethousand times over.Even my tears won't sway him!It hurts me that he doesn't care that we all worry about him.He just wants to satisfy his cravings at the moment.He's NOT a bad person or anything...he just happens to smoke. __________________ We often make life altering decisions because we live for the moment and not for the days ahead.-Brooke Broussard
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07-12-2005, 09:08 AM	#2
Demolition Man Demolition Man Edit Guest	Nope, afraid I don't. However, as a word of advice, it may be easier for you to figure out how to convince them to quit if you ask them why they do it in the first place.

07-12-2005, 02:26 PM	#8
HeavenBound HeavenBound Edit Prophet/Prophetess	I agree, people who smoke aren't bad, they just have a bad habit. My Mom smokes, and she's a grrrrreat person! __________________ "We have just enough Religion to make us HATE, but not enough to make us LOVE one Another..." -Jonathan Swift Who could hate a Man, who thought about YOU on the Cross?
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07-12-2005, 08:40 PM	#9
ligatio_babe ligatio_babe Edit Evangelist/Missionary	Hmm, smoking? I indulge occasionally at parties and social gatherings and such, but I'm surely not addicted. Why do I? Because I like the taste, and the feel smoke in my lungs. Yeah, lame I know. But when I say occasionally, I mean I've had maybe five this year, and I'm usually sharing with people. I see it as no different than people who go out tanning unprotected in the sun all the time. Or tanning beds for that matter, but that's a completely different discussion. christsgirly- just because your dad smokes doesn't mean he doesn't care about you. Like you said, he's been smoking since he was 12, and he has to quit for himself, not anyone else. I think it's really difficult for people who aren't addicted to understand how difficult it is for someone to quit. __________________ The Lord will keep you from all harm— he will watch over your life; Psalm 121:7
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07-12-2005, 08:45 PM	#10
christsgirly christsgirly knows God as Savior! Edit Prophet/Prophetess	That's not the point.If he doesn't love us enough to stop thretening his life,then he doesn't love us enough. __________________ We often make life altering decisions because we live for the moment and not for the days ahead.-Brooke Broussard
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