This is my first personal blog. I have been a smoker for the better part of the past eleven years, since I was nineteen. This year - I quit for five months, smoked lightly for the following three, and have started slipping down the path of least resistance.
Using cigarettes is such a pervasive action. I didn't realize it when I started. Honestly, I thought I would be able to quit at any time (that's a little bit cliche isn't it?). Only in the past two-three years have I realized that this is not the case - which DID NOT mean that I wanted to quit. As a matter of fact, even as I'm sitting writing this first post, I've been thinking about reasons NOT to quit.
This blog is my attempt to mitigate those circumstances under which I would generally EXCUSE continuing to smoke. My plan is to write daily, to talk about how I'm doing, and to go through the exercise of discussing 1-why I started smoking, 2-why I continued to smoke, and 3-why I'm quitting.
I think it will be an adventure. But to anyone reading - you are my support group (and I will be yours). Starting 1st January, 2010, I will be smoke free and talking. Instead of putting a cigarette in my hand at night, I'm going to sit down and write.
Maybe this will be cathartic for you as well.
Good luck.
Forgot to add:
Workout this morning - only 25 push-ups, 20 sit-ups, 20 crunches, and 30 minutes of cardio.
Smoked 5 cigarettes today.
See you tomorrow.
We are so proud of you and will do whatever we can to support you and get you through this. Way to go!
ReplyDeleteI'm with you. I battled chewing for years before I was able to be free of the addiction. If I can do that, you can do this.
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