Hi Ann Marie 2007- It sure is a roller-coaster ride, but the good thing about it is that when it's down, you know it's bound to go up as well and you just have to hold on thru the bumps. I've been so interested in the recent posts with the quit smoking ideas. I have an older son whose been smoking since he was 14 and worry about him a lot. I came across a link with some good tips about quitting but the part that got to me was advice to non-smokers (me) about how not to nag the person and make it worse. They suggest that if you bring up the subject more than 3 times a year, then it's "nagging". It's here in case anyone wants to check it out: http://www.anti-smoking.org/quitting.htm I've been reading everything I could on this site re quitting so I can be reading for my "non-nagging" conversation with my smoker son.