http://whitechild.freechipz.com/ Keeping it real fr http://whitechild.freechipz.com/2008/08/30/time-to-quit-smoking.html Every smoker knows that a time shall come when you have to quit smoking. For me, well, I know that time has come as I feel the effects every morning as well as evening. My grand father died of emphysema, my mother as well as one sister is asthmatic. I used to be when I was a child, but outgrew it somehow. Turning 30 this year I start thinking of all these things. Only one problem. I actually enjoy smoking. I love to sit at a coffee shop, drink six cups of coffee as well as smoke ten cigarettes. Coming from a TV broadcast background, I have covered my fare share of stories on why smoking is bad on behalf of you, the effects there of bla bla bla. You see, it’s got no effect on me what so ever. I have actually seen moulds of what a smoker’s lungs look like, still no effect. I realize that it effects my health, but how do you give up something you don’t desire to give up? I tried once in the past, went onto Zyban, it just messed with my head making me not possible to reside with, I became aggressive, anxious, depressed. So Zyban was not the answer. A few years back, my friend tried Smoke Enders, they gave her this mould of a lung so that every time she thinks of smoking she can focus on the lung, we ended up using it as a ashtray. I know it’s horrible, disrespectful as well as all, but I came to realize that I have become so desensitized by media, campaigns as well as ads that I just switch channels in my head whenever someone tries to preach to me about the risk I’m facing. But I have however came up with some kind of solution, I’ll pray that God must remove my taste as well as enjoyment of smoking. The problem still is that 50% of the work shall have to come from my side. So today I gave myself a 3 month count down. I average 25 cigarettes per day, at the end of month 3, I have to be down to 1 per day. Ok, let’s manufacture it 4 month count down. I’ll retain you updated on my progress. God gave me the gift of life, I suppose I’ll have to take that a bit more seriously than I already do. Sat, 30 Aug 2008 21:22:51 -0400 whitechild