Yes I would give up the cigarettes if there were children in my life. The times I did give up for a few months (cold turkey), and went back because I thought it acts as stress relief, I just ended up smoking more each time I re-started. I do know that the biggest change in your own life has to start from within, pressure from external sources only can cause resistance. It's you that needs to want to stop smoking, the rest is just doing what you need to do, well, not doing what you don't need to do really.
Smoking is just such a hard addiction to kick, both the physical and mental parts. Anyone that has done it gets my full admiration (that's if they aren't banging on to me about giving up anyway)
Stress, worry, and fear are very underrated toxins to humans, and it is really hard to feel lucky in life if there are any daily doses of any of them happening to you. For me, I avoid them all like they are more poisonous than my peanut butter jar of mercury, and I think it really makes a difference in how happy I feel despite my flaws. I am really lucky, not because I have anything to prove it, just because I keep telling myself that I am.
Either that or I was just one too many broken crash helmets, away from avoiding brain damage...... I do hope I didn't brain my damage
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