07-Feb-2007
Over 2 weeks without a cigarette: No big deal?
Well.....it has been quiet on the blog and I haven't felt the need to post anything particular in the quest to give up smoking.
From smoking up to 40 cigarettes a day, I now smoke zero and have now done so for 16 days!!
If you refer to earlier entries here, you will realise that I am now off the nicotine patches way ahead of the recommended interval, perhaps because I also used a "hypnosis" stop smoking MP3 too.
I am pretty evangelistic about the anti-smoking message now and genuinely do consider myself a non-smoker. I feel very confident that I will not revert because I am now operating without aids.
It is difficult to describe the sensation..... I know that my health must already be somewhat better even after that relatively short timescale; for example, I no longer have that dreadful morning cough. Yet my brain isn't fully re-programmed right now, because occasionally I still feel some of the triggered memories for a cigarette kicking in e.g. after a particularly enjoyable meal, and almost reaching out for the invisible packet. But then, I just tell myself that I don't smoke any more and away the sensation goes, pretty much like it is no big deal.
I know that everyone's experiences of attempting to stop smoking are different....this final attempt is different for me and there is a drive and determination within me to "stay stopped".
For me, one of the biggest incentives to try again was when my six year old daughter asked me the question ....
"Daddy....? If you know that cigarettes kill you, then why do you smoke?"
I couldn't claim to be a great parent and at the same time to effectively teach my children to ignore all good advice.
How many parents smoke in front of the kids, and then expect them to listen to us when we tell them that drink\drugs\sex.....whatever is bad for them and they should avoid it. Do we have any right to expect to be respected for giving good advice with a cigarette dangling between our fingers?
Remember that I have created an anti-smoking forum at http://www.davidcameronsdiary.co.uk/forum - it is a bit slow to get going, but I am sure that there are millions of smokers out there literally "dying" to kick the habit.
From smoking up to 40 cigarettes a day, I now smoke zero and have now done so for 16 days!!
If you refer to earlier entries here, you will realise that I am now off the nicotine patches way ahead of the recommended interval, perhaps because I also used a "hypnosis" stop smoking MP3 too.
I am pretty evangelistic about the anti-smoking message now and genuinely do consider myself a non-smoker. I feel very confident that I will not revert because I am now operating without aids.
It is difficult to describe the sensation..... I know that my health must already be somewhat better even after that relatively short timescale; for example, I no longer have that dreadful morning cough. Yet my brain isn't fully re-programmed right now, because occasionally I still feel some of the triggered memories for a cigarette kicking in e.g. after a particularly enjoyable meal, and almost reaching out for the invisible packet. But then, I just tell myself that I don't smoke any more and away the sensation goes, pretty much like it is no big deal.
I know that everyone's experiences of attempting to stop smoking are different....this final attempt is different for me and there is a drive and determination within me to "stay stopped".
For me, one of the biggest incentives to try again was when my six year old daughter asked me the question ....
"Daddy....? If you know that cigarettes kill you, then why do you smoke?"
I couldn't claim to be a great parent and at the same time to effectively teach my children to ignore all good advice.
How many parents smoke in front of the kids, and then expect them to listen to us when we tell them that drink\drugs\sex.....whatever is bad for them and they should avoid it. Do we have any right to expect to be respected for giving good advice with a cigarette dangling between our fingers?
Remember that I have created an anti-smoking forum at http://www.davidcameronsdiary.co.uk/forum - it is a bit slow to get going, but I am sure that there are millions of smokers out there literally "dying" to kick the habit.
Labels: cigarettes, forum, hypnosis, nicotine, stop smoking, tobacco
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