Thursday, September 1, 2011

Day 8

So...I had every intention of typing my thoughts down yesterday because I was going to say this whole thing about how 7 days sounds sooo much better than 1 week and get people to agree with me to make myself feel better and all that good stuff, but I couldn't. Let's just say yesterday was a crazy little Wednesday, and we don't need to go through any of that again. On to today! YEEEY! I'm on my 8th day of not smoking cigarettes and man do I really want one...actually I'd take 7 with an extra one on the side to make up for all of the days I missed. I can't believe I've made it passed the 1st week, but I still feel the tension whenever I see someone else smoking. "Oh if I could just have a little puff," I say inside my head, "It'll be the last puff," as I tap my finger nails on the steering wheel, "Really, just one little pull and I'll never even think about it again."

Now, of course all of you know that as soon as my lips encircle the butt of any cigarette I'd go back to being a cigarette smoking fiend! I know this too, but that doesn't keep me from dreaming does it? That doesn't keep my lips from trembling anxiously at the slightest hint of smoke in the air does it? It doesn't keep my mind, my body, and my soul from craving...no desiring the long lost friend that I used to hold so near and dear to my heart now DOES IT?!! NO...unfortunately, it does not. Please excuse my yelling with the all caps and such, but as I'm shaking my head right now at the memories of smoke breaks please just know that it's been hard. This junk is hard people. But, I think I'll make it through. I think I have to this time because if I don't now the next time I try to quit may be too late for me. I may sound a little dramatic (and so what if I am?), but this pollutant is no joke.

Please be advised that smoking cigarettes increases the chances of:
1.) coronary heart disease by 2 to 4 times
2.) stroke by 2 to 4 times
3.) men developing lung cancer by 23 times
4.) women developing lung cancer by 13 times
5.) dying from chronic obstructive lung diseases (such as chronic bronchitis and emphysema) by 12 to 13 times.

So, yeah I can be as dramatic as I want to be! I'M QUITIN'!! I don't want to be like that dude in the commercial singing through that little peep hole in his throat man. I can't take it. I already can't stand when people stare at me! Hugh! I have no more to say on the subject besides HA! Smoking increases the chance of lung cancer 10 times more in men than women...suckers!

3 comments:

  1. More power to you girl. I'm so proud of you!! Bout damn time!!! and if you need someone to make u feel horrible about ur habit just let me know, im your girl!! but seriously love you chica. I'm happy i get to kinda keep up with ur life. maybe ill start a blog?

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  2. YEEY!! start one it's awesome!! n thank you. i will be sure to call when i need that!!!

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  3. Stay strong Teresa, u got it boo.

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