I am bringing this one up for a reason today. Today I was doing a seminar that I scheduled a couple of months ago at a local company. I think the company has about 200 employees, with a lot more smokers than average and was hoping for a turn out of about 50 people. They actually only had 12 sign up, but today only four of those 12 did show up.
While many conditions going on at the time could be used to explain the low turnout, the fact is that this rate of attendance is not unprecedented and may in fact be the norm. I thought of this letter immediately and thought I would put it up.
Last week I mentioned that I had over 40 people registered to start a clinic. Even if the events of last Tuesday didn't happen, many of these people would not have likely shown up. When the pre-registered people were called saying the clinic was postponed, there was little to no objection. In fact the odds are many of these people were likely relieved that they had a reprieve in their quits. It is amazing how while people are still smokers they cling on to their addiction as long as possible.
Unfortunately, this is why so many smokers die prematurely. Their plan is often to quit right before they have to, but in reality there is usually no great indicator that a specific day is the one perfect day that is going to avert a change of an individual cell or the one that is going to cause the person to dodge a specific heart attack or stroke.
Smokers may feel a reprieve when they postpone a quit, but it is truly not a situation that should be cherished. Rather, every day you get further and further from your last actual puff is a reason to celebrate. To avoid ever being influenced by the twisted logic that accompanies being an active addict always remember to have the real ability to stay logical and in control of your general sensibilities you must never take another puff!
Joel