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TIME TO QUIT! …… My story so far. Week 1

I started smoking when I was about 15 -16 yrs. Not sure why. I think I thought I was cool or something ridiculous like that. Back then there were no warnings on the packets and no T.V. adverts to warn us of the dangers, but to be honest, we were intelligent teenagers who should have known that inhaling smoke of any form into our bodies was not a good thing. But we carried on regardless.

I started smoking just 2 or 3 cigarettes a day – this slowly escalated to 20 a day and up until last week I was smoking almost 40 per day.

REASONS for quitting:

For Me, My Kids, My Life!

This is my first serious attempt at quitting which I hope will last. For a long time now I have been fully aware of the implications of my addictive habit and have watched 2 aunts and 1 uncle die from the smoking related health condition emphysema.  Despite this happening, at the time I didn’t quite relate myself to it, madness really.

I am still working out the reasons as to why this time I feel positive about quitting and I attribute it to lately having a lot more clarity of who I am and what I stand for if this makes sense. Plus I know that if I keep smoking I will become seriously ill or die from a smoking related disease. My body has been shown me it’s had enough of this for about the last six months, in which time  I have suffered from various ailments which my GP is convinced could have been prevented if I didn’t smoke. I would like to thank him for constantly reminding me that I need to quit. Some might call it nagging but I call it concern.

So with 4 days down into my first week I am feeling grateful that I have come this far.

If you have any helpful comments for quitting smoking I’d love to hear them.