with early-stage emphysema.
his wall of frustration as he faced his doctor who told him, for the fifth time, that
he needed to stop smoking. “I said to myself, ‘Joe, just do it,’ but I couldn’t. It’s
like I had a wall in front of me, a very big wall. Believe me,” Joe continued, “I’ve
climbed tall ladders up high walls, but there’s no ladder tall enough to get me over
this one.”
And then he added, “But you know, smoking makes me feel good. I don’t want
to believe that I am going to die if I keep smoking. I want to keep that thought
out of my head.”
Joe was so drawn to the good feelings while smoking that he didn’t
want to think of his deteriorating health, nor the concerns of his family
who love him and want him to stop smoking.
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