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That’s it. I quit
By Will 2 years ago, at the end of June Leave a comment on this post
Not from my job, or from blogging. But from the bastard hell that is otherwise known as smoking. I said I’d give up this year and, six months down the line, I’m nowhere near close from stopping. But following the tremendous cold I’ve picked up this past few days, it’s now moved down to my chest. So…enough’s enough.
Watch out people of Barnes, people of Hammersmith and in fact anyone who gets in my way over the forthcoming weeks. I don’t know how I’ll react to a nicotine-less life, but it could be disasterous for many people!
8 Responses to “That’s it. I quit”
June 27th, 2006 at 10.48 am
June 27th, 2006 at 1.57 pm
It’s not as hard as you’re making it out to be. I was at a pack-and-a-half-a-day when I decided to quit cold turkey. The first month will be the worst but, gradually, you’ll find healthy things to replace it.
Believe me when I say this, this is the happiest day of your life. Stay the course, hang in there, etc.
_ryan
(who knows the feeling oh so well)
June 27th, 2006 at 2.34 pm
Good Luck!
I am on Day Nine - and i have only managed to kill an Alarm Clock so far….
June 27th, 2006 at 3.32 pm
Ignore Ryan, it’s bloody hard. More difficult to get off than heroin, in fact.
Millions of people have stopped* smoking though, so it is an achievable goal. I haven’t smoked in nearly two years, and I very rarely get ill any more. I used to think it was normal to get at least two ’serious’ (at least a couple of days enforced absence from work) colds a year, but I haven’t had more than a gentle snuffle since stopping smoking.
* That’s as opposed to ‘giving up’ or ‘quitting’, which have very negative connotations. Given that much of the addiction to smoking is a mental thing, it can be more helpful to think of it in terms of stopping doing something harmful, rather than giving up a [guilty] pleasure. You wouldn’t talk about ‘giving up’ stabbing yourself in the eye, would you?
June 28th, 2006 at 8.45 am
As long as it goes better than any of Warney’s attempts you should be fine!
June 28th, 2006 at 11.31 pm
Well the first 6 months are the risk period so put it this way, only 179 days left… I myself a little past the 4 month mark. They say alcoholics always remember their last drink–I suppose it’s the same with smokers. I trick myself by keeping an empty pack of Dunhill’s in my purse so if I do have the urge to smoke I just open the empty pack for a bit of motivation.
June 29th, 2006 at 10.19 am
Not a bad idea about the empty pack. And RL’s thing about it being harder than heroin is true, too (although I’m bound to say that!). 59 hours, and I’m now really bloody struggling
July 3rd, 2006 at 7.10 am
The best thing you can do for yourself is to think of yourself as a non-smoker. Getting to that state of mind helps a lot. Do I want a fag? No, I’m a non-smoker! Not a smoker-giving-up-fags or an ex-smoker, but a non-smoker.
Thinking about those fat bastards getting fatter from selling their poison to us mugs doesn’t hurt either.
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