Almost as if I was in a trance , I went up to my apartment and put away the ashtrays. I threw out a half-finished pack of cigarettes. I went to the store and got a refund for the packs still in the carton. If I had stopped to think, I would not have gone through with this, I was sure as Ive discovered most ex-smokers are sure that it was impossible for me to stop smoking. So I did not make any resolutions. I just knew that if I smoked cigarettes I would die. And I did not want to die.
That Fourth of July went rather more easily than I had expected. I talked to friends on the phone, watched television, read. On the second day, I had a sip of coffee whenever I wanted a cigarette. I telephoned a friend who had stopped smoking and asked him to help me remain an ex-smoker. He was delighted, and gave me several suggestions. By the fourth day, I was getting nicotine-starvation urges every 30 minutes. But I was staying clean. And, gradually, I felt calmer. The changes, as the weeks went by, were miraculous. My coughing and choking cleared, and those dreadful racking catarrhal spells that woke me up dozens of times at night disappeared. Gone were the chronic bronchitis, the laryngitis, the perennial bad cold. The Los Angeles smog hadnt cleared up, but my lungs surely had.
1. We know from the passage that Smokers Anonymous is an organization for smokers and ex-smokers.
2. It can be inferred from the passage that many people begin smoking when they find that smoking benefits their life in many ways.
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