Stop Smoking Challenge

One would think that after one has spent almost two months without Nicotine, one’s addiction would finally be under control. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I stopped smoking 59 days ago, and lately I have been haunted by memories of my mistakes, which I have made in the past. At first, I was very surprised, because I honestly thought that I had made peace with this part of my

Smokers seem to be one of the most haunted group of “normal” people in the western world. Laws are written to ban smoking in public places. Taxes are raised, and smokers are forced to pay more from their little pleasure. Some argue that the governments are going too far. Smokers claim that their human rights are violated. I am not sure, who is right, and who is wrong. All I

For some reason, I have been lately having strong urges to smoke that legendary one cigarette. At first, I was feeling a bit confused, because I could not understand, why my urge to smoke has returned from its grave. However, after my initial shock was passed, I was soon able to realize, what was really going on. I had become too proud and careless. In a way, I had forgotten

I have noticed that one of the main weapons, which is used to motivate smokers to quit smoking, is health education. Cigarette packs contains warnings, which announces that smoking is harmful to one’s health. In some countries they even print shocking images illustrating smoking related illnesses to cigarette packs. And if one tries to search information about smoking, one should be prepared to find a lot of information about the

I have been an ex smoker for almost a month now, I have noticed a lot of changes in my life. Most of the changes are positive, but I have to be honest with you and admit that I have noticed some negative side effects as well. However, today I am not going write about those negative side effects. Instead, I am going to describe to you, how my urge

Three weeks have passed and I have not smoked a single cigarette. I think that I am now ready to try describing my reasons for stopping smoking. One reason for waiting so long before addressing this important issue was that I have not yet been reasonable sure about my reasons for quitting. I guess no one can never be absolutely sure, but I feel that the time has come to

As I wrote in my entry, which described my last day as a smoker, I decided to quit smoking by going cold turkey. I had been using nicotine replacement products during my previous attempts to stop smoking, and my experiences about them were not so positive. This entry describes my opinion about nicotine replacement therapy and argues, why it does not work as expected.

As I wrote

I have not smoked a single cigarette in two weeks. It feels so great to be free. The whole idea of letting nicotine addiction to rule my life feels very distant. However, I realize that there is still a long way to go, but I am feeling confident that I am ready to continue my journey as an ex smoker. Smoking cessation has got so many positive effects on my

Every one of us has got a bad day once in a while. Smokers tend to deal with bad days by smoking a lot more than they usually do. After one quits smoking that option is no longer available as long as one wants to stay as an ex smoker. An alternative method of coping through a bad day is needed, because bad days are usually excellent excuses for giving

It is Saturday. I stopped smoking a week ago, and it has been interesting to see, what kind of misconceptions I had about smoking. I have not destroyed them yet. Instead, I want to write them down as a guide to the rest of you, who ended up reading this blog. There is one thing, which is behind all of the misconceptions I have had. Lets find it out by