Smoke Stop

MY fellow 'quitter', Heidi, has made it.

Unlike me, she has breezed through the final stage of the SmokeStop course to almost being a non-smoker.

Yes, she's on the final hurdle - the dot-sized nicotine patch that is the last step in an addict's quest to become 'free'.

When she showed it to me, my eyes almost popped out of my head.

The patch is the same size as a corn plaster.

It took me back to the time when I actually had a 'corn'. It was so painful, I was certain only surgery could cure me of the agony.

When I was presented with a tiny, circular plaster, I could have cried.

"How is this going to help?" my inner-self screamed.

By God, I soon found out my questioning was ill-placed. The little plaster was a miracle worker. It drew out a big lump of hard skin and I've never looked back.

Maybe, the last stage of becoming a non-smoker is similar.

I'll let you know - as soon as Heidi tells me!