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Our Stop Smoking Efforts
Note: The notes below, are from my dairy Stop Smoking Journey that I started last year.
I've been attempting to stop smoking due to issues with my asthma because this shit has to stop. Since my home burned down, I've been searching through the rubble without a mask, smoking a lot out of stress and anxiety, and painting my She Shed and living quarters.
Updated: Tomorrow, January 17, 2023, will mark a year since our home burned down, and I'm still fighting the difficult process. constantly making excuses
First and foremost, I have used this method before and have gone 14 days without smoking. It is quite effective and depends on willpower, self-discipline, and self-care. To help me out this time, I'm including extra healing tools. Prior to attempting to quit smoking or another unhealthy habit, it's critical to understand why you do it in the first place. It will be challenging to stop without this. I decided to add more tools to this procedure because during my first attempt, a horrible occurrence occurred that rekindled my urge to smoke.
Day 1 - Before this day, I smoked two and a half packs of cigarettes. I tried to stop cold turkey on March 29, but I was unsuccessful. I meditated and practiced my breathing technique to reduce my anxiety, which was related to the roof. Around 10:30 am, my withdrawal symptoms became so bad that I had to go to the dollar store to get a pack of cigarettes. Since I have asthma, it is crucial in my situation that I stop smoking.
I tried so many times and so many days throughout the entire year, but I was unsuccessful. The event took place on October 17, 2022, when I took a flight from Orlando to Puerto Rico to meet my granddaughter. The last time I visited Puerto Rico, my oldest warned me that I couldn't smoke around the newborn, so it was undoubtedly my main driving force. How did I do it? I quit smoking cold turkey the day before I took my flight from Orlando; it wasn't easy since I was irritable and anxious. As a result, I gained weight because I turned to food as a substitute for my smoking habit.
To truly make it happen for me, I must understand what motivates me to smoke. I posed the following questions to myself: Why do I smoke? Why should I stop? Why will it benefit AI if I stop smoking? After asking myself these questions, I realized that my anxiousness was the real reason I was smoking. Because I was lying to myself, I made an excuse. I was using this justification to keep smoking.
When my granddaughter was born on a Thursday, which was a busy/crazy day for me, I became so frustrated by everything that was happening around me that I decided to get in my car and drive to the closest gas station. That was the Sunday after I left my cigarettes behind. I had gone four days without smoking in a row. I had gone four days without smoking. Why do I allow myself to become frustrated by these circumstances that are beyond of my control? I usually smoke on Friday and Saturday, but after my grandchild was released from the hospital on Saturday night, I made a commitment to quit. As of today, Sunday, I haven't had a cigarette.
Today is Sunday, October 30, 2022, and I had a disappointing day. I wanted to stop at the gas station and buy a pack, but I refrained for several reasons: first, my dad was driving me to the airport to fly home, and he wouldn't stop for that; second, I just let my willpower to resist succeed; third, as soon as I arrived at the airport, I drank 2 Medalla (Puerto Rico beer); I closed my eyes and began meditating; I also There were shops in the airport where I could have gone to buy cigarettes, but instead I tricked my mind, altered the way I saw the situation, and allowed myself to relax while considering the repercussions.
You'll learn how powerful you can be by maintaining your willpower once you realize there's a technique to regulate your mind and prevent your body from continuing to form bad habits.
A habit won't change if we don't start forming new ones, and it takes consistency to change a habit.
I know how to change my thoughts from negative to positive and I meditate, but I've never had the willpower to stop smoking, even though I constantly blame my husband because he always had smokes nearby while I was attempting to quit. We are each responsible for our own lives and actions. When we make the decision to stop blaming others for our mistakes and begin pursuing our goals, we can expect different results. But it's always about our resolve and willpower.
17 January has passed and we are still smoking. We will describe how we handle it day by day in this blog. On January 16, 2023, I only smoked 3 cigarettes during the entire day. While cleaning my car, my husband discovered a pack with one cigarette in it, so we lit it up. Today I became so irritable and nervous that I barely managed to resist smoking. Smoking a was such a pleasant experience; it made me feel wonderful and calmed my ass.
Why are we so adamant about giving up smoking?
In December of last year, my husband lost his job, so we had to create a tight monthly budget. At the beginning of each month, we both received benefits. With this money, we paid all of our expenditures and used his weekly salary. We used to receive some money each week. Since we currently don't receive a weekly paycheck, we had to create a monthly budget.
We started to create the budget, and once we had everything in order, we arrived at this sum to purchase cigarettes and beers. He prefers Bush Light Beer, which is flavored water, as I have always told him. I used to consume a six-pack of Heineken each day. The price of a six-pack of Heineken beer is approximately $10.99; double that sum by 30 days of the month; I know, it's a lot. Consider that my husband purchased three cases of Busch Light beer per week at a cost of $15 per case, depending on where he purchased them. Now consider that cost over the course of a month.
OMG, we spent way too much money on the smoking portion. He smokes Marlboro Light 72s, while I puff on Newport 100s. We used to pay $21.40 every day. If you multiply it by the 7 days of the week, you get $149.80. If you double that by the 4 weeks, you get a lot.
My estimations:
Cigarettes Multiplying $149.80 by 52 weeks yields $7,789.60 a year. OHHHH YEAHHHH THIS IS TO MUCH $$$$$$$
I spent about $329.70 a month on beer, which costs $10.99 a week. I don't feel like figuring out this sum over the course of a year right now.
My husband's beer cost about $15 a case, and depending on the week, he bought three cases. Using this math, a year's worth of purchases would come to about $2,340.
So yeah, after performing this calculation, We decided to stop smoking at this point because it is currently too expensive for us.
In this blog, we'll be writing new entries every day about how we get through the day without smoking. We'll also be talking about how we break these BAD Fuc$%#@ HABITS.
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