by Ron Bieber on Saturday, April 12, 2008
I’ve been having a really rough time over the last week keeping myself from smoking. I still haven’t, but it has been a real struggle.
What is worse though, is that when I mention this to people I get a response a lot like this tweet from Chris Jones via Twitter:
@rbieber ugggh dude i relapsed after 3 years
(of no smoking)
I hear this a lot. People relapse after a really long time of not smoking. I’ve heard from 3 to 9 to even 20 years.
So Chris is not alone. So obviously I start to question.
Isn’t life too short to worry about things you “shouldn’t” be doing? Do I really want to spend the rest of my life obsessing about something like this, only to know that its inevitable that I go back? If the ultimate result is failure, than what is the point?
Its really tough for non-smokers to get this – but every smoker (or ex-smoker) understands these questions.
This is definitely a hard habit to break and there is a lot of evidence of failure all around you.
[tags]quitting-smoking[/tags]
by Ron Bieber on Sunday, February 17, 2008
Andy asks in a recent comment:
So…. how is this project going?
and then I realize I really haven’t been blogging much.
I just started Step 2 of the Nicoderm CQ program today. For those that aren’t aware, Step 1 is four weeks long, Step 2 another 2 weeks, and finally Step 1 – another two weeks. 10 weeks in total before you take off the training wheels and start trying to keep balance on your own.
I suppose the question I’ve been asked most has been “is it getting any easier”. The answer is no. It is not as hard as I built it up in my head to be, so thats a good thing – but it hasn’t really gotten much easier for me either, except that I am no longer counting days. It’s just something I’m determined to do – and that kind of keeps me going.
So, I just keep on keeping on. So far, so good. Unfortunately, I’m not as disciplined around blogging updates.
[tags]quitting-smoking[/tags]
by Ron Bieber on Monday, January 28, 2008
Photo by rbieber
Nothing to say about it … but sometimes a picture is worth 1,000 words. Might as well try and have a little fun with it.
[tags]quitting-smoking[/tags]