Sept 11th 2008 “D-Day”

7 Years ago today I laid in my bed watching New York collapse and thought to myself, “Life is too short”.  I decided that day to quit smoking. I was not strict enough, allowing myself to have half a smoke here and there or as many as I wanted while I was drinking. It was about 2 months before I was smoking regularly once again.

Last July I received and offer from Quitnet.com for a free membership to their program free via my employer. Basically all this consisted of like 10 weeks of nicotine patches and an annoying email every morning.  I did take one helpful Peace of advice from the program. SET A DATE. and stick to it. I decided on Sept 11th, agian. This time just for continuity. Setting a date helped so much. It was only about 5 weeks away, but I had enough time to prepare. I was able to research some methods and techniques, psych myself, and announce to everyone I know that I was going to quit. I went to work 9/11/07 with 3 smokes in my pack. I figured I better have a few just in case. I smoked the first one on my break. I lit the second on my way home. Then i realized that I needed to go cold turkey. I threw the cigarette i was smoking and the one left in the pack out of my window. I have not even had so much as a drag of a cigarette since. I am officially 1 year smoke free after 17 years of smoking.

Today I am kicking another deadly habit: Gluttony. I set a date and have been preparing for months. One year from today I want to be posting my acheivements, again, and my next goal.