Posted in: Other - Quitting Smoking
Date: April 19, 2010
Sorry, for not writing yesterday. I'm on day four of quitting smoking, and I feel a lot better. Yesterday went well also. This morning I thought about smoking, but I quickly brushed aside the idea. This made me think of a question.
Do you quit because you have the strength to resist smoking, or because you ignore the idea of smoking? Is it a little bit of both?
If you quit because you ignore smoking, I can see that being a problem. Down the road, you're going to face situations where you can't ignore smoking. Maybe someone will offer you a cigarette and you'll really want one. What are you going to do then? Will you have the strength to resist? How do you resist the urge to smoke?
The only thing I can think of is just being educated. You have to remember how bad smoking is. You have to remember how smoking made you feel both physically and emotionally. You have to remember how hard it was to quit. You also have to remember that you can't have "just one." I've tried to have "just one" many times, and I always end up smoking a whole pack.
You also have to remember that your choices in the present affect the future. So although, you may enjoy a cigarette right now, the price you may pay is a future filled with smoking. You're risking future happiness, for the sake of present happiness. Is it really worth it? Is the "enjoyment" of a cigarette really that great? Think of how many cigarettes you have smoked in your lifetime. How many of them do you actually remember?
---
I've started walking again. It's a good substitute for smoking, and it makes me feel like I'm undoing some of the damage.