Posted by Sally
on 4/3/2009, 12:53 pm
98.114.70.116
I quit 3 years ago and 5 months. For the last half year, I have not been able to get away from second hand smoke.
I live next door to it.
I moved 3 times and I cannot get away from it.
I did everything I was supposed to do.
I tried sealing everything and I paid for it although I was renting the houses. I purchased expensive air purifiers, they don't work. I've tried talking to the smoking neighbor, that doesn't work.
I tried moving around to different rooms to avoid the smoke but I can't avoid it when I'm sleeping-not even when I sleep downstairs on the couch.
I asked landlords before moving in if there were smokers next door all three had said No but yes, the neighbors did. NOthing I can do about it. Landlords can't guarantee neighbors won't smoke.
And as I said, I've moved. And moved. And moved.
I can't move anymore. This has cost me a small fortune and I don't have the money anymore. I though if I rented a house in a more expensive neighborhood than things would be different. No, it's not different. Everyone here smokes. I didn't know that before I moved here. I can't afford anything more expensive and even if I could, I'm stuck in this lease for another 9 months.
Every night I'm woken up 1am-3am-4am-5am...
because both of my next door neighbors smoke.
I walk around with sore lungs all day.
I'm tired of insulating. It's not my house and I keep pouring all these monies into houses I'm renting and it doesn't help.
I have no choice.
The only thing that's going to help me is to start smoking again so the smell no longer bothers me and wakes me up. I can handle it during the day but not at night when I'm sleeping.
I'm buying a sofabed today and I'm going to try sleeping downstairs in the living room again.
If I'm still woken up. I'm going out and buying a pack of cigarettes tomorrow.
I've done everything in my power not to start up again. EVERYTHING! It looks to me, God has plans for me to die of lung cancer because I tried to help myself but He was of no help to me whatsoever. Just blew smoke in my face.
So be it. If my fate is to die of lung cancer, I can't argue with God.
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