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3 days ago I went to bed and thought, "Ok, it's been 8 weeks now since breaking my ribs and therefore as I promised myself to attempt to quit again, now is the time".

The following day I didn't attempt to cut down but instead simply made sure that I didn't empty the ashtray all day. At the end of the day I counted 16 butts. Once I knew what my... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2516 Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:26:37 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2495
I have no excuse now as my ribs are almost healed. The excuse was genuine as I couldn't have bore the thought of coughing as the gunk left my body whilst having cracked ribs.

I now need to go right back to the beginning again and start counting the cigs I smoke and gradually cut down to a comfortable amount ready to cut them out all together.

This time though I think I am going to do it with patches or... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2495 Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:22:21 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2450
I have felt like crap since cracking my ribs and what with the pain and also the depression it has brought, the last thing on my mind has been feeling bad about smoking again.

Today I have smoked 6 cigs and it's now 6pm. I don't think that is too bad and I am watching how many I smoke at the moment.

I will try to not only keep them down but to also get back to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2450 Mon, 11 May 2009 09:05:03 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2448
I am smoking again and have been for a couple of days now. I sunk into a rotten depression after cracking my ribs and being in so much pain. I hated having to have others do things for me that I normally do for myself, and on top of that Sarah and Mark had just moved into their new house where they had loads of work to do and instead of me being able to knuckle down and help them I was causing them more work.

I am now... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2448 Sun, 10 May 2009 16:37:08 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2444
I can't believe that I was such a whimp but I actually went into shock. Couldn't stop shaking and desperately wanted to throw up. Maybe it was because I was alone when it happened. I was fine until Sarah and Mark arrived to drive me... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2444 Wed, 06 May 2009 14:15:22 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2440
To have gone a complete 7 days - 168 hours, I need to really survive without a ciggie until tomorrow morning at 10am as that is the time I put my last ciggie out on tuesday last. But I am going to be kind to me and count it up to midnight tonight.

Now I am in a bit of a quandary. I don't know whether to put a patch on today or not. One has to... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2440 Mon, 04 May 2009 00:53:36 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2439
I was dropped off home this morning early, by my Nieces partner, Ted, after spending several days with them. A couple of hours later Sarah picked me up to go to hers for the afternoon to help with unpacking, and making sarnies etc, etc.

Between Ted dropping me off and Sarah picking me up, after unpacking, a cup of tea and then having a quick shower there wasn't much time for anything else. After... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2439 Sun, 03 May 2009 10:59:11 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2438
I spent the day scrubbing and cleaning the kitchen, bathrooms and toilets of the house that my Daughter has been moving into today. While goodness knows how many bodies were moving all of Sarah's possessions I was cleaning and tea and sandwich making all day. An elderly man of 82 had just moved out so you can imagine that him thinking he had left the house clean was not our clean, love his heart. I can... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2438 Sat, 02 May 2009 12:12:33 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2435
It does feel as though it has been more than 3 days since I have had a ciggie though. It's a very strange feeling. I am so pleased that I didn't wait until today to quit. 4 days ago I did it on the spur of the moment after running out of tobacco at 10am that morning. Instead of going to the shop to buy more I really felt I was ready not to light up again.

... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2435 Fri, 01 May 2009 02:55:43 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2433
For one, I am feeling as if I have a cold coming. I am coughing, my nose feels stuffy and my eyes feel weird as if they would like to water. In other words very, very mild cold symptoms which in actual fact are my body's way of clearing it's self out from all the gunk... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2433 Thu, 30 Apr 2009 08:15:32 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2431 feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2431 Wed, 29 Apr 2009 07:24:49 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2428
I have now officially quit smoking.

It's only been about 4 hours so far so I haven't really got anything to report. I've had 2 thoughts of cigs since 10am and they were only thoughts. But because I have now retrained myself to go longer between fags I am... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2428 Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:47:11 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2427
Yes, I am going long periods between craving a cigarette so I am re-educating both my mind and my body, but the cravings are coming well before I can have a cigarette if I am to stick to the daily amount I want to.

I am using the e/cigarette on and off for... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2427 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 07:27:27 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2423
Today is the 1st of 3 days of smoking 6 a day. After the last couple of bad days I was not looking forward to dropping yet another ciggy a day. But, my goodness so far today I have sailed through. It's coming up 5pm and I have only smoked 3 cigs.

The great thing about it is, that I have smoked every time I have thought of, and fancied a... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2423 Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:45:34 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2418
Those thoughts are coming more and more, but then I suppose that shouldn't be surprising, because when I was allocating myself higher quantities of cigarettes in the days now gone,... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2418 Wed, 22 Apr 2009 08:47:18 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2416
Funnily enough yesterday I eek-ed them out so well that when I went to bed I actually still had one of my daily quoter left. Needless to say I didn't add it onto today's. So although yesterday was my last day of smoking 8 I only smoked 7 which is the beginning of the next 3 days quoter.

I have today now... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2416 Tue, 21 Apr 2009 06:05:04 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2411
I could make it easier for myself in the very short term and stop cutting out one ciggie every 3 days. Continue from this point on until my quit day smoking the 8 a day that I... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2411 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 02:52:52 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2409 Tomorrow it will be 3 weeks since I started this smoking blog and I am 2 weeks away from my quit date.

By the time I had started this blog I had already cut down to 15 cigarettes a day and had only been smoking a maximum of 15 for quite a while, but still going up to as many as 20 if I had visitors, or visited or stayed up through the early hours.

So to be fair to myself I intended to first of all stick to smoking only 15 while at the same time checking out where and... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2409 Fri, 17 Apr 2009 09:01:29 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2407
There are many reasons given when experts are trying to encourage us to quit and there are our own personal reasons. Sometimes these get muddled up in our heads and we don't really know what are our own thoughts and what we are being brainwashed into... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2407 Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:20:05 GMT http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2406
All has been going great. In one week I cut down from 15 to 10, by stopping smoking on the comp. The next step was and still is not to smoke directly after a meal. Hopefully thereby cutting out yet another 2 a day.

Then yesterday I decided that I wouldn't wait until I was down to 5 a day, but set my quit date for May 1st whether I was... ]]> feeds@yuku.com (Kick the Habit) http://kickthehabit.u.yuku.com/blog/post/id/2406 Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:16:37 GMT