Do you ever want to quit?

I used to smoke and I am happy I did!! 

 It can't always be avoided in public.I have enough trouble breathing in the winter air or dealing with allergies by Spring and through Summer. I am always very supportive of my friends and family when they try to quit for those who have struggled but really it's a matter of choice. 

Be healthy or risk being very unhealthy. My uncle quit after a few heart surgeries and major health scares but only after this last time because now he has a pacemaker. Stubborn man but sooo proud of him giving up that habit!!

 I gave it up for a number of reasons over 10 years ago and I guess when the reasons to quit outweighed the reasons to keep smoking, it just made sense and I wasn't interested in it anymore after close to ten years of smoking. To me this shows how much a cigarette can take over you and start to own you to the point where it makes the demands...when , how often, now, now, now. Can't do this or that if I am not allowed to smoke or who cares, going to smoke anyways. It can do a LOT of damage if you let it. 

One thing I did when I first started to quit was I would get in line to buy a pack and only a pack but then I would force myself to buy a magazine instead so I did end up with a LOT of magazines lol but it was worth it. I would read it on my break instead of smoking and try not to bite everyone's head off the rest of the day. It was not easy but it was a a start and the next step was to not smoke socially or give myself a pass after going out for dinner..that was hard too but easier since I hated asking a friend for a cigarette but I did tell them I was trying to quit so that helped..luckily I have good friends! 

The last step was when I started going to the gym in place of going out for drinks and my friends weren't too happy about that but eventually some of them made similar choices or we weren't really as good of friends anymore, not my choice but some people don't want people around them making healthy changes...go figure. Other friends still struggle but I hope one day they win their battle.

Once I was at a point where I wanted a family, smoking became a distant memory. Sorry so long winded (pun intended) but I hope this helps anyone wanting to quit too :)