Hi Everyone,
I've quit smoking yesterday. Today is day 2. I have been ready to release this for while and just never had the last bit of strength to say "I desire to be smoke free more than I desire to smoke" but I do now. I found this great website which is really helping me to focus on the positive choices I am making and to really be proactive in doing them, and is really helping me look at the reasons why I chose to smoke, and what I can do to replace the urge and cravings with healthy choices now, and I AM DOING IT!
I thought I would post my progress here briefly because I am really proud of myself and the choice I made to live a smoke-free life and have been inspired to share with everyone here trying to maintain their quit too. I AM CONFIDENT THAT I CAN LIVE SMOKE FREE FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.
I also wrote a poem about it and have a few major reasons why I want to live smoke free:
-I desire to laugh harder and longer without coughing every time
-I desire to run again, not run out of breath
-I desire to chant longer, deeper tones in mediatation
-I desire to put the money I save on smokes toward crystals and other tools that will enhance and elongate my life, not take years off of it.
-I desire to live without the worry of when my next smoke will be, or the fear of running out. I'd rather go for a run around the park!
-Cleaner, whiter, healthier teeth, fresher breath, tasting food again, appreciating a really good piece of cheesecake in all its' glory with a cup of cappucino!
The list goes on!
Here's the poem I wrote:
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My take on no smoke
No smoking for me that�s
The way it should be
Not because of what others say
It�s because I wanna live another day
Elongating my life
That�s right, no fight
I won�t let the black smoke blow out my pipes
To my lungs
Can�t laugh long enough
Without the cough to top it off
I don�t like the way I feel
It�s a hunger that�s unreal
I wanna lose this addiction
And remember its just fiction
My life is real and smoke is a lie
I don�t know how I�m gonna quit
But I�m definitely gonna try
It�s been 24 hours and no smoke
No it�s no joke, but I also have a cold
I know to you that must get old
And to me one day is like a week
Because freedom from smoki
