I am of course grateful that I am not smoking and it has been a while since I have smoked. I have quite a cold but I was thinking that maybe my lungs are still clearing themselves out a bit. I was at my aunt's and uncle's yesterday for Thanksgiving and it was nice. I took a walk with a few of my cousins and one of them lit up a cigar. I briefly thought about asking for one, but realized that could be the slippery slope that leads me back.
In my past attempts to quit I smoked cigars and the usage and or the number of cigars I smoked increased until finally I did go back to cigarettes. This time before stopped I smoked up all the cigars and made sure that there was no smoking materials in my house. So far so good. The other thing that I have done differently is of course this blog, which really helps. Peace!
Friday, November 27, 2009
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Great American Smokeout
In honor of the "great american smokeout" being today I though that I should post a link to the site.
Great American Smokeout
Great American Smokeout
Friday, November 6, 2009
4 months
Feeling a little antsy this evening but that is okay. If not antsy the term would be energetic. I can say for sure some of it can be attributed to my increased energy as a result of not smoking. When smoking I was always aware how smoking zaps one's energy, especially as I got older.
As I do some reflecting I was once again able to see people smoking at my place of employment and how they were trying to get the smoke into their system. I guess that its kind of like one might take in food. Of course that is where the comparison stops with cigarettes being unhealthy. I could see the sense of urgency as one might eat with limited time, kind of a gulping.
As I was driving home from work I was thinking of a couple of my cousins that are social smokers, if there is such as thing. They can take it or leave it and would occasionally get a cigarette, from me when I was smoking and have one with me. They rarely had there own pack and were not at all concerned if they had cigarettes in their possession. Of course as I thought more I do realize as I have said many times before I don't smoke like that and will not try to kid myself. "One is to many and a thousand is not enough". Keeping that in mind I stopped daydreaming about the cigarette smoking and popped a lozenge in my mouth.
As always the simple act of blogging helps keep my commitment to this non-smoking thing. Peace!
As I do some reflecting I was once again able to see people smoking at my place of employment and how they were trying to get the smoke into their system. I guess that its kind of like one might take in food. Of course that is where the comparison stops with cigarettes being unhealthy. I could see the sense of urgency as one might eat with limited time, kind of a gulping.
As I was driving home from work I was thinking of a couple of my cousins that are social smokers, if there is such as thing. They can take it or leave it and would occasionally get a cigarette, from me when I was smoking and have one with me. They rarely had there own pack and were not at all concerned if they had cigarettes in their possession. Of course as I thought more I do realize as I have said many times before I don't smoke like that and will not try to kid myself. "One is to many and a thousand is not enough". Keeping that in mind I stopped daydreaming about the cigarette smoking and popped a lozenge in my mouth.
As always the simple act of blogging helps keep my commitment to this non-smoking thing. Peace!
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