Stop Smoking Easily - A Non-Smoking Journey

Wednesday, October 25, 2006

5 Months & Excuses

Well, it's been more than 5 months for this kid now:

I have been smoke free for 5 Months, 3 Days, 13 hours and 22 minutes (156 days). I have saved $2,818.02 by not smoking 7,827 cigarettes.

Not bad huh? I feel so much better over the last few months than I have since the start. I think getting past that third month is the biggest hurdle.

PERSEVERANCE - That's all it really takes folks. Regardless of what is going on in your life or what is going on in your head, you just have to say NO to smoking ever again if you want to remain quit. That's it. There is no magic pill or amazing new way to do it. You can waste your money on gum or patches or pills, but in the end, sooner or later, you have to make the decision to NEVER SMOKE AGAIN and stick to it. That's it. That is the way to STOP SMOKING EASILY. If you've told yourself that no matter what, you will never smoke again, then you can be done with it and move on with the rest of your life.

I'm going to use this quote again:

"All you ever enjoy in a cigarette is the ending of the craving for it...Cigarettes themselves are filth and poison. This is why you only suffer the illusion of enjoying them after a period of abstinence." ~ Allen Carr

It's really that simple and it is so true.

I visit several smoking cessation forums on the Internet (including my own - which is kind of slow right now - hopefully it will pick up) and I see people making excuse after excuse as to why they broke down and had a cigarette again while quitting. If you look hard enough, there are many, many excuses you can use:

  • I had a bad day.
  • I had a fight with my spouse.
  • My best friend stubbed his/her toe.
  • My favourtite TV show got cancelled.
  • My pet bird has a cough and I'm really worried about him.
Yes, the last few are really silly, but you get the idea. If you look for excuses to smoke, they are REALLY easy to find. I keep reading about these people who used whatever excuse they could find to start smoking again or at least have 'just one'.

Do yourself and everyone around you a favour and STOP MAKING EXCUSES. There is no reason to smoke. If you have quit...stay quit and stop making excuses. If you've already quit, you've already won. Move on with your life. Nothing to see here...

More soon on the blog. Bye for now folks...

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