For stoptober I stopped picking my nose which came in handy today. As I crossed the road I tripped and fell and a car ran over my head. I could've ended up with a broken wrist, how ****ing lucky was that?
On day 7, I was ready to jump. But I am still here for day 8. Maybe I will jump next time, or maybe not. I now consider myself a non smoker although have decided I definitely don’t want to stop, I need to decide on a starting date which proves I have the fortitude to see it out should I feel inclined to actually do so.
You only feel that way cos you’re sat admiring that view Bob, and that you’d normally have ciggie in hand. Stay stopped mate, you know it makes sense, and it proves to Kemps that some people can stay stopped
Yes, normally I would be. In fact that was what convinced me. I was sitting there contemplating becoming one with the view, when I realised I’m not a quitter, it’s just not engrained in me to throw in the towel, ever. I will always fight til the last breath. Therefore smoking shall continue. #nevergiveup
Hang on in there. If you start smoking again, that last breath will come much sooner. You could miss City in the Prem again, or League 2. That probably hasn't helped much! Come on everybody wants you to succeed.
I remember my mother-in-law, god rest her soul, after my first two weeks of quitting, she said to me ‘well that’s the easy part out of the way’, she reckoned that because for the first two weeks you have people supporting you, like us with Bob, but after that you’re on your own... She also used to take great joy in telling me on June 21st every year that the nights would start drawing in now, cos she knew I ****ing hated dark nights and mornings! In spite of all that I still loved her to bits, and father-in-law, proper full on salt of the earth people, I miss them every day, and they’ve been gone for over seven years now.
It's a ****ing mad journey isn't it? I consider myself a bit of an expert as I went through it so many times. Ok, so 1 in god knows how many times doesn't sound great statistically, but it's that ONE that counts. As someone else on here said, quitting was amongst the best choices I have made. It took a while for me to feel the benefits, as I initially used food as a substitute so quickly put weight on. I finally found the motivation to get to the gym and soon felt so much better. As a heavy and long term smoker, I believed there was no point looking after myself in other ways too when I was smoking myself to an early death. Giving up smoking just made me feel holistically so much healthier. I have continued attending gym, taken up cycling (well both 'til lockdown when I lost my routine a little), briefly returned to playing in the the top local table tennis league (though the practice needed to stay at that level against the top young uns was too much of a commitment), and now started playing golf again (badly). Not sure I would have done any of these had I not quit. So definitely worth the journey, Kemps and Hack. One word of warning, because cigarettes and a pint went so well together, to break the habit I thought it would be a good idea to drink spirits instead of a pint. It wasn't, and I'm now working that one!
That's a v. good point. 1st rule of golf: "Don't take your eyes off the ball at address." Lit ciggy in the the corner of your mouth as you swing - smoke get in your eyes - cocked up shot ! Not to mention the extra $20 you've spent on using a cart because you have no bloody stamina after a lifetime of smoking. Tough to pace out your slice into the woods when you're using a bloody cart !
For those of you trying to give up whatever... I will only complicate you Trust in me and fall as well I will find a center in you I will chew it up and leave I will work to elevate you Just enough to bring you down
I hope not. I had my first smoke when I was eight. You could get cigarettes from vending machines. Five of us put six old pence each in to buy ten Number Six, two each! That would be twelve and a half pence now. You could get Park Drive for the equivalent of ten pence. It was harder to get the matches! I know this is a ramble but stick with it. I smoked infrequently till I was fifteen when I gave up overnight. I never smoked a lot but it came to a choice. I could smoke or I could go to watch City. I couldn't afford both. Obviously City won.
Day 14 today. Haven’t struggled at all really it’s been really easy. Went climbing today and had a victory cig after managing to gather the balls to do something scary that’s caught my eye for awhile. Think I needed that, it did absolutely nothing for me at all and tasted foul. Now I don’t want to smoke anymore. So I’m done with it now and that’s that.
