Smokeless Man

It's ridiculous how easy it is to convince yourself that you'll give up 'when it's the right time'. And it's not worth trying to give up because work is too busy, or the family are too stressful, or you don't want to try and give up when you've got a cold etc.

It's all rubbish, but it's why I haven't made any posts recently - after relapsing, I've made one excuse after another, and set one hypothetical date to quit again after another. And all the time I've been damaging my health, the health of my family, and the health of my bank balance.

So I think there are two options.

1. Ignore the distractions and give up smoking
or
2. Try and do something about the distractions and give up smoking.

So I'm currently following plan 2 by making a list of the things which are causing me stress, and starting to do something about them - it seems to be helping my general self-esteem and determination already, as I'm tackling various problems rather than ignoring them - which should then help me make a proper effort to quit.