The First Hurdle

The say in order to stop smoking you have to really want to stop, You have to be committed to quitting 100% they say that's the hardest part making that decision to never smoke again- I say they lied! It's easy to say you don't want to smoke anymore, Almost every smoker has at one time or another said those very words. The hardest part in not is smoking is not smoking!!

Ok so a little background info on me and why I " want" to quit, I've been a pack a day smoker for 6 years now. Not long by some peoples standards too long by others. I liked ( and in some ways still like) smoking But I can't smoke anymore I have been told by my doctors that I must quit due to other health concerns that don't really need to be discussed right now, So there it is "Quit smoking or die" OK so we all know that smoking is bad and eventually causes or contributes to your death but when they say it will happen sooner rather then later that is a wake up call, well it was for me anyways.

I'm 24 years old too young to be worrying if the next smoke will be the one that does the damage, So Ive decided to quit, I have tried before and of course failed, Ive tried patches,gum,inhalers pretty much all the gadgets and aids that I could get my hands on and none of them worked. So I'm going cold turkey.. Tonight I will smoke my last cig and tomorrow I will choose not to smoke.

Easy to say that now I know, But when the cravings kick in and it feels so unnatural to simply be that's when the going gets tough. When you would sell your granny for one puff of that wonderful weed that's when you know your a true addict.. And that's exactly what all smokers are Addicts.

Weather your a secret smoker who hides their habit, or a social smoker who blames it on other people or like me a fully fledged member of the I smoke team we are all the same addicted to a substance that has been sold to us in the guise of a wonder drug that relaxes and calms us, cheers us up in times of sadness and makes happy moments all the more happy.. Our little friend that has been there for us through it all.

So this is the beginning of my journey- the first hurdle