Smokeless Man

I've currently got a number of blogs and websites. Most are hosted websites and blogs, and I've got a couple that are just for fun on Blogger, including an honest appraisal of the advertising widgets I use, and one of the family cars.

I like using blogger for personal fun stuff, because it's quick and easy.

And quitting smoking is definitely a personal quest. And I want to use this to keep track of my progress above all else. If anyone reads it and finds it helpful, that's a bonus. If anyone happens to click on an advert, or finds helpful books or material on here, that's also a bonus.

But mainly this is just for me, and whatever helps me cut down and quit.

So why do it?

1. I'm a dad and by smoking, I'm harming my child. As an adult, I had the choice to smoke. My child doesn't
2. As I get older, I realise I'm not immortal, and the idea of dying becomes less and less attractive and more and more real.
3. When I was younger I could play sport, smoke, go to the gym, and not feel badly affected. Now I'm not as athletic as I was, smoking seems to be having more and more of an effect.
4. It's more and more expensive.
5. It's not as much fun when I can't sit in a pub and smoke.
6. It's Winter, and if the cigarettes don't kill me, it will be pneumonia from having to go outside to smoke.
7. I'm tired of constantly running out of cigarettes or losing lighters and then running round trying to find them.
8. Despite my best efforts, there are always cigarettes all over the yard.

So that's why. I started today, and so far I've had three cigarettes, and I estimate one more before I go to sleep.

Not a bad start considering I usually average a pack a day. So far my only aid has been nicotine lozenges, which seem to have done the job for a total of 11 hours without smoking today, although I did get a bit of a headache and feel a bit rubbish towards the end of the day.

So:


Day 1. 4 cigarettes (Usally 20). 11 smoke free hours. And the cost of the nicotine lozenges means I've spent about £1 more than normal, but should make that back and more within the next couple of days