Pretty embarrassed to admit that I was smoking all this while since I last wrote any post here. So smoke everywhere for quite some time. Anyways, while the urge to smoke is there, there is a competing urge, hopefully stronger to comeout of it once more and never to succumb again in future.
Have to set a path, some milestones, many reminders to attempt this quitting exercise once again.
Thursday, November 19, 2009
Thursday, May 22, 2008
Long Time, no smoke...
Almost 3 months, rather over 100 days since I last smoked.
Let me give myself a big applaud before I write any more.... (clap, clap, clap).
Wow, it is good, it was good and hopefully it will be good. 'it' here refers to being in a non-smoking state :).
With each passing day, I feel I am more and more confident about not to smoke again, but still the pursuit is not complete. But, hopefully, one day, it will be.
Let me give myself a big applaud before I write any more.... (clap, clap, clap).
Wow, it is good, it was good and hopefully it will be good. 'it' here refers to being in a non-smoking state :).
With each passing day, I feel I am more and more confident about not to smoke again, but still the pursuit is not complete. But, hopefully, one day, it will be.
Saturday, February 16, 2008
10 days complete
My last smoke was on Feb 6 and today is Feb 16 which means number of smoke free days have reached double figures :). Technically, still there are a few hours left since its 3:20am only and I last smoked at around 9am, feb 6:).
Who cares, its my blog, my space, I will count date wise and so its stays date wise, i.e. 10 days :).
Strangely enough, my cravings have gone considerably and much faster than I had ever anticipated. Luckily, these days, I have no company/friend with me who smokes and those whom I see on my way smoking, I can easily walk past before my brain cells can smell nicotine.
But I realize it will only take a moment of weakness before I see another ciggy in my hand.
So, the lesson is stay focussed.
Who cares, its my blog, my space, I will count date wise and so its stays date wise, i.e. 10 days :).
Strangely enough, my cravings have gone considerably and much faster than I had ever anticipated. Luckily, these days, I have no company/friend with me who smokes and those whom I see on my way smoking, I can easily walk past before my brain cells can smell nicotine.
But I realize it will only take a moment of weakness before I see another ciggy in my hand.
So, the lesson is stay focussed.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
The Weekend is already Over....
Its Tuesday, so already ahead of the last weekend by miles (everything is relative, you see) and that too with no consumption of CO (carbon-monoxide) and Tar.
A supporting friend expressed of being proud on this. Obviously an overkill of an expression, but so what, I got the compliments :).
Now here is some "GYAN": As for CO and tar, I read somewhere that its not the nicotine itself which does all the damage but the carbon monoxide and the tar. Nicotine is responsible for the addiction part. Thats why the therapies for getting away from smoking involves application of Nicotine patches, which supplies nicotine to your addicted body but without the deadly combo of CO and tar. Obviously the nicotine supplies are reduced over a period of time (months may be).
Hmmm... but who knows you may get addicted to both the cigarettes as well as the patch :).
And yes I still get a lot of cravings specially whenever I see people smoking. Only thing I can do is to leave the place sooner before the urge takes all over.
Chewing a lot of gums, almost > 10 a day, it helps.
cya
A supporting friend expressed of being proud on this. Obviously an overkill of an expression, but so what, I got the compliments :).
Now here is some "GYAN": As for CO and tar, I read somewhere that its not the nicotine itself which does all the damage but the carbon monoxide and the tar. Nicotine is responsible for the addiction part. Thats why the therapies for getting away from smoking involves application of Nicotine patches, which supplies nicotine to your addicted body but without the deadly combo of CO and tar. Obviously the nicotine supplies are reduced over a period of time (months may be).
Hmmm... but who knows you may get addicted to both the cigarettes as well as the patch :).
And yes I still get a lot of cravings specially whenever I see people smoking. Only thing I can do is to leave the place sooner before the urge takes all over.
Chewing a lot of gums, almost > 10 a day, it helps.
cya
Friday, February 8, 2008
2 days of no Smoke
Yes, I have managed to survive 2 days without smoking. I am happy for that.
But this is such a small duration for which I have stayed smoke free even in the past, so kind of....not a *very* significant happening.
Real test begins now with this weekend starting. This, I know will be a tough-tough time. My previous attempts to quit smoking have been floored by weekends when you have not much to get yourself engaged in.
BTW, yesterday also I had craving at a number of time like
- When I was standing in the balcony (seems a perfect place to smoke)
- Immediately after my dinner ( a heavenly end to tummy delight)
- Immediately after waking up (the well known formula: morning coffee + cigrette = loose bowels :-)
But, but I escaped somehow (is it willpower, which I am always short of... )
Now the question is "can i survive this weekend...?"
But this is such a small duration for which I have stayed smoke free even in the past, so kind of....not a *very* significant happening.
Real test begins now with this weekend starting. This, I know will be a tough-tough time. My previous attempts to quit smoking have been floored by weekends when you have not much to get yourself engaged in.
BTW, yesterday also I had craving at a number of time like
- When I was standing in the balcony (seems a perfect place to smoke)
- Immediately after my dinner ( a heavenly end to tummy delight)
- Immediately after waking up (the well known formula: morning coffee + cigrette = loose bowels :-)
But, but I escaped somehow (is it willpower, which I am always short of... )
Now the question is "can i survive this weekend...?"
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
BackSliding
Didn't took long to do the backSliding...:(.
After a long smoke-free day at office, lit up a cigrette, the moment I reached home...then another...then another.
It's embarassing. Everytime I have a gap, the craving is so strong, I gave myself all the reasons for that 1 little puff. Thinking its just 1 cigrette, and kind of I deserve it since I restrained myself for the whole day.
In the morning also I smoked :(.
But something I did, which I had never done before. I was irritated and ashamed and really want to quit smoking, I crushed all the remaining cigrettes and threw them in a bin.
Right now I am in the office and the craving is there. Here it is easy to switch mind, chewing-gum, or the work easily takes your mind off, but I have to see how much I can control once I am back home.
I subscribed to a site for quitting 2 weeks back. Its seems useful, but ultimately it has to be your will.
After a long smoke-free day at office, lit up a cigrette, the moment I reached home...then another...then another.
It's embarassing. Everytime I have a gap, the craving is so strong, I gave myself all the reasons for that 1 little puff. Thinking its just 1 cigrette, and kind of I deserve it since I restrained myself for the whole day.
In the morning also I smoked :(.
But something I did, which I had never done before. I was irritated and ashamed and really want to quit smoking, I crushed all the remaining cigrettes and threw them in a bin.
Right now I am in the office and the craving is there. Here it is easy to switch mind, chewing-gum, or the work easily takes your mind off, but I have to see how much I can control once I am back home.
I subscribed to a site for quitting 2 weeks back. Its seems useful, but ultimately it has to be your will.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Czesc.
A customery "Hello World" Post.
Considered a good omen by many and I am following the same as I will need them in this another attempt of mine to quit smoking.
The idea behind making this blog is to list down day to day thoughts/cravings which follows you trying to beat you out, list down what was my response to all those cravings, whether I succumbed or survived. Was there any backsliding?
This will hopefully help me to see how good or bad I am doing and will serve as a reference to somethings which I did in the past to curb the cravings, but forgot on way :).
PS: czesc is polish word for "hi, hello".
Let the quest begin :).
Considered a good omen by many and I am following the same as I will need them in this another attempt of mine to quit smoking.
The idea behind making this blog is to list down day to day thoughts/cravings which follows you trying to beat you out, list down what was my response to all those cravings, whether I succumbed or survived. Was there any backsliding?
This will hopefully help me to see how good or bad I am doing and will serve as a reference to somethings which I did in the past to curb the cravings, but forgot on way :).
PS: czesc is polish word for "hi, hello".
Let the quest begin :).
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