Well, i worked it out, 365 * £5.70 = approx £2080.
That to me is a car, or a good holiday, or just plain old less tax in the back pocket of the government.
So yeah.. money is one reason for me.
2nd reason is I want to for me.. and my health, and if i ever (hopefully not) need to go hospital or the docs for anything and they ask.. 'do you smoke?', i just want to confidently say 'no. I don't'
3rd reason: My 2 year old daughter. At this moment in time i'm teaching her to talk and to have fun.. all about things that make being a kid great.. why should that include explaining what daddy does when he disappears outside with those white things that he burns. No way... so yeah that was a major reason.
I'll make no excuses, i've been quit before, first occasion was 7 months, second was 8 months. Both at very turbulent times with deaths in the family of aged relatives, and a very stressy house move failed the 2nd time, but things are settled now, and without the negatives i'm finding myself more positive and determined this time than i was on previous.
I'll plod through now a day at a time and keep my goal set solid.
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Ok, i figured i'd give my update to this post of mine because there are other things now that have made themselves known to me as the weeks have gone by on this quit:
4th Reason: To no longer have to make excuses to folk and slip away to have a smoke, I'm not sure what it was, but i always felt it was a bit of a weakness to not be able to cope without a smoke.
5th Reason: To not live every single day hour by hour, using cigarettes as marker points for each hour, like an anvil reminding me that i was not in complete control of my life. It is SO nice now not smoking, i've gained over an hour in each day where i don't now smoke, and i'm using that time for 'me' time instead.
6th Reason: Clothes smell so much fresher, my sense of smell has got better than the improvement in the first few weeks too.. and taste too, i'm trying some new foods at the moment also, love spices, and can taste even the subtle ingredients in many dishes now.
7th Reason: To be an inspiration to others who also wish to quit the smoking. I have decided that as much as i get positive empowerment from talking to my friend in work who quit in may, and can see how its helped his life so much, then i should also be that inspiration to others too. As a smoker we don't always see this, and if anyone i know quits and asks me how it is even just at week 5, they will be in no doubt that giving up smoking is by far the best thing you can do and they will have my support always.
8th reason: to prove to myself that giving up is not impossible. This may be my 4th attempt, but i have already quit for 6 and 8 months previously, and this time around, i am 100% convinced this is for keeps. Never again will i be tempted back to the old ways because they do not exist now for me. Having one is not an option, having a life... is.
My daughter is now 2 years and 3 months old, i am pretty sure that by now she can't even remember me as a smoker, she can't remember me stood out the back having a smoke and no longer associates the smell of smoke with 'dad'.
Well i'm over 3 months quit now, figured i'd look at my 'reasons' post and i can definitely see how far i've come just by reading it back to myself. I seem to have fulfilled all the reasons i've put down there, but i'm still living them out day to day.. and never forgetting just how easy it would be to lose grasp of what i've now come to really appreciate.
So anyone thinking about quitting smoking, or perhaps already have and may be struggling in your earliest days/weeks of being quit.. don't ever doubt your ability to succeed, quitting is totally possible for you and you are doing it already. Yes you'll get some tough days, heck everyone does/did, but you'll get to managing just fine without smoking.. and i can tell you now.. i'm only just over 3 months quit.. but i've not had a craving in pretty much nearly 4 weeks now... and i don't think about smoking as even being a part of my life any more. I'm looking forwards now, and not back to what i had allowed to be 'normal' before.
Keep going, it is worth the effort you put at this.
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