I had an extremely difficult time trying to quit smoking; It seemed that everything I tried to eat or do reminded myself and others of smoking.
I got up in the middle of the night & wanted to smoke a cigarette.
I couldn’t think of anything that would be harder than when the two of us tried to light the old fireplace, trying to quit smoking in the fireplace was harder. I wanted to get the fireplace burning to help supplement the fuel bill, then after the last time I had the oil tank filled, I swore I had to do something for heating, other than use the oil gas furnace. The two of us had a fireplace, however it hadn’t been cleaned in quite some time. I thought that putting a fire in the hearth would scrub the dirt from the chimney, but I was wrong, but not only was there a lot of smoke going out the chimney, however it was coming into the house. The fireplace was smoking so badly that I couldn’t see… My wife was coughing & opening all the windows & doors. Our ceiling fans were on high, however the two of us needed something else. I couldn’t let the smoke stop myself and others from using the fireplace. I was so intent on using the fireplace that I had given no thought to how my family was reacting to the smoke. After over an hour, I knew I had to do something else. I couldn’t just turn the fireplace out, but I put a screen in front of the fire. My wife thought I should pour water on the fire, however that would create more smoke. It took another hour for the flames to die down, & that was when I realized I hadn’t opened the flue.
Quitting smoking is hard, especially when it’s in the fireplace.