"Watching and Wondering"
Hi all hope everyone doing well. Just to mention that when i visit the local shopping centre i ponder my eyes in a stairway exit where i once went for a smoke break whilst waiting for the wife. The area is highlighted with "no smoking signs" but smokers are oblivious to them. Young people still loiter in the area and have smokes but looking back now i say how "silly" i once was. Not only to mention the applicable fine $250 but the stench that is given out each time the automatic doors open for people entering through that entrance. I realise now why i had so many dirty looks given to me by people entering the store when i was smoking. When you quit the smell of cigarettes is terrible.I for one cannot tolerate it after 5 mths quit. Anyway that illegal smoking area is no longer visited by me, i rather go and sit having a coffee whilst waiting . After 5 mths quit it is now that changes are starting to get better for me. Cravings .....very little.......habits.......managed. Please try your utmost because we can beat this problem. Cheers.
Thanks for sharing Johnnie. I remember the dirty looks and sometimes the comments made. This was one of the reasons I quit too. In the end I hated the whole smoking process. Buying them. Sneaking outside for a quick drag sometimes in the wind and rain. The stench on clothes and hair. Bad breath. Wasted money. Bad health. Social stigma. Loss of appetite. Potential death. What the hell were we doing ??
Thanks for sharing Johnnie. I remember the dirty looks and sometimes the comments made. This was one of the reasons I quit too. In the end I hated the whole smoking process. Buying them. Sneaking outside for a quick drag sometimes in the wind and rain. The stench on clothes and hair. Bad breath. Wasted money. Bad health. Social stigma. Loss of appetite. Potential death. What were we doing ??
Ahh the old habits and haunts, like you I certainly can appreciate not having cigarettes in my life anymore. It was raining today and I looked out at my 'quit buddy' who is back on the smokes, standing in the cold windy rain puffing away and God I was grateful I wasn't out there..
Thanks so much for sharing this story. I guess at the end of the day it is theses stories which help us to fight against a relapse and keeping us away from smoking. I can fully identify myself with your story.. Standing out there and having a smoke.. How could we... ?
You said it, Johnnie. You reminded us of how much we used to stink. You reminded us how anti social our actions were. What were we thinking?