No more smoking- day 1

I have some health and money issues, so for the hundredth time, I'm giving up smoking. I may just record my progress in this blog.

I have been a heavy smoker for years. It is a way of life for me. I ENJOY smoking. I went to my local chemist which is in asda and signed up for NRT (nicotine replacement therapy). You pay the price of one prescription and get your choice of nicotine replacement products. I chose the inhaler.

My logic is that I have to break a routine, which is just as hard as the substance addiction. With the inhaler, I'm still going through the motion of putting something to my mouth and inhaling. I can hold it like a cigarette. And I've decided to carry on going for "fag breaks" at work, but with the inhaler instead, as well as only using the inhaler outside at home. I plan to cut all of the routine down over time.

Also, as a reflection of the times, I have downloaded 2 stop smoking apps from the Android market. One is a hypnosis app- I have a few by the same guy and find them really relaxing, so I'm hoping it may have some kind of subliminally-positive affect... the other app is a sort of tracker. You enter your details and it gives you info such as how long it's been since> your last cigarette, how you should be health wise at different stages of quitting and also- my favourite- how much money I'm saving!

The picture is me smoking "my last ciggie". I hope. Soooo time will tell as they say. I hope I will continue to blog positive news as my journey progresses.