Hello I am Adam
Last night, Sat March 25th, I went to bed as a smoker.
This morning, 9:00AM, I walk up as non-smoker or ex-smoker.
This time, I remembered the resolution I made the night before to quit smoking. I ran to my wife and informed her of my decision and asked her to gather all cigarettes, ashtrays, and lighters and put them out of my site, thinking you can't smoke what you don't have.
Well, now it is midnight, It's been 15 hours. While I am writing this, out of habit, I reached on my right for the cigarette, but my hand came back empty. I said sh...., This happened so many times today.
What a day it's been! I really practiced today how to draw stength out of weakness; just when I was about to blow up and As I started to loose it, I took a deep breath and faked a total attitude of gratitude, a 180 degrees turn, surprisingly my mind also went for it; instead of asking my wife to retrieve the hidden smoke, I found myself giving her a speech about the tricks that the mind of an addict play, or repeating some information about smoking that I have read here and there.
If tomorrow was as bad as today or worst, I'll just have to be as stubborn as I was today or more.
I'v learned things today I'd read about and never really believed or undestood before; Like I learned that my biggest weapon in this is stubborness; Be stubborn in this, a more educated term is, have 100% conviction, or total resolve. This should go a long way in cutting the debate in the mind very short, thus saving the quitter from the stress and wasted energy due to the mental struggle.
Also time, time is my other weapon, time is to my side; with more time passing without smoking, I am getting stronger and the addiction is getting weaker.
Also have an attitude of gratitude, It would make all the difference, do it enough times, You could replace smoking with a new habit which helps you in dealing with people, situations and things. This is double prize, loose a bad habit and acquire a healthy habit which leads to success.
I am grateful I made it this far today. I do not know how tomorrow is going to be like, I only know one thing now, I know tomrrow is going to end up like today, no smoke no matter what!
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[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/26/2006
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