Its great (if thats the correct term) to read everyone's takes on the various drugs we keep ourselves busy with and how we fight to rid ourselves of them.
For me, not so hectic as lot of other comments on here, but, quitting smoking recently.
Have been smoking for the last 12 odd years...a pack a day...also diagnosed with high blood pressure some years ago and put on meds. Regular warnings from doctors to quit the smoking as it has a detrimental effect on the BP. Still, I kept at it.
I think the saving grace came recently when I started to feel physically sick every time I lit up. Although I have been smoking for years, recently it was like I was smoking my first cigarette again every time I lit one....that sick nauseous headrush with your heart racing that made you think "why would anyone do this?!?!?!?", like when you had that first cigarette of your life ever...every time. It was strange but it also pushed me to smoke less and less, as I knew before lighting up that the ciggie was gonna make me feel like sh**. So smoked less and less I did, until shortly after I was not smoking at all, or had no desire to.
However, I did (and still do) get cravings. I'm still new to this thing, just under two weeks in on zero smokes...greenhorn, I know...but the bonus is that I know having that smoke will make me feel like crap, which helps suppress the desire to smoke again.
My wife still smokes though. She offers me a ciggie regularly, but it's empowering to be able to say "no" and mean it.
I did the math recently:
Both my wife and I smoked. A pack each a day. So take that average of, say, R35 a day per pack per person over a month (30 days); monthly it adds up to R2100. For a year, that adds up to over R24K between the two of us!!!!!!! Up in smoke, so to speak....
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. help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i know she is keen for me as well but the defensive behavior is an issue.
