Quitting Smoking: Why to Quit and How to Get Help

What health problems are caused by smoking?  Smoking harms nearly every organ of the body and diminishes a person’s overall health. Smoking is a leading cause of cancer and of death from cancer. It causes cancers of the lung, esophagus, larynx (voice box), mouth, throat, kidney, bladder, pancreas, stomach, and cervix, as well as acute myeloid leukemia.Smoking also causes heart disease, stroke, lung disease (chronic bronchitis and emphysema),...

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Does tobacco smoke contain harmful chemicals?

Does tobacco smoke contain harmful chemicals?Yes. Tobacco smoke contains chemicals that are harmful to both smokers and nonsmokers. Breathing even a little tobacco smoke can be harmful. Of the 4,000 chemicals in tobacco smoke, at least 250 are known to be harmful. The toxic chemicals found in smoke include hydrogen cyanide (used in chemical weapons), carbon monoxide (found in car exhaust), formaldehyde (used as an embalming fluid), ammonia (used in household cleaners), and toluene (found in paint thinners). Of the 250 known harmful chemicals in...

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Alcohol and Heart Disease: Learning Healthier Behaviors

Alcohol and Heart Disease: Learning Healthier Behaviors Most people don’t think of alcohol as a drug but it is. Alcohol abusehas destroyed more lives, broken apart more families, caused morediseases, and contributed to more auto fatalities than any other drug.It is the major contributing factor in the growing epidemic of domes-tic violence.More than half of all adults drink, but, not everyone who drinks isan alcoholic. Alcoholism is a complex psychosocial disease. Those whodrink risk becoming an alcoholic. It impairs your judgment and af-fects...

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The Twelve Steps

The Twelve  Steps1. We admitted that we were powerless over alcohol—that our lives had become unmanageable.2. Came to believe that a power greater than ourselves could re-store us to sanity.3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.7. Humbly asked Him to remove our...

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