looking towards a nicotine free day
Hi Guys,
I have been a smoker for close to 6 years now.I dont remember why I started it.Though at different points of time I give different reasons to people.e.g. After breakup with girlfriend,due to tough engineering life, etc.
But honestly I dont know or remember what made me start smoking.
I have been reading about different methods to quit smoking for approx 3 months now.I have done some experiments and I always end up at square one.
Today for the first time I am listing out my reasons on a public blog,Starting from today I am saying No to ciggerettes.
why?What are my reasons?
- I want to start waking up early ,that implies I need to goto sleep early,that is not possible untill I stop myself from taking a puff after 6 PM.
- I have been looking into Pranayam and methods of Mantena Satyanarayan Raju online.I have been doing Pranayam irregularly for about an year now.Its is because of pranayama and some water drinking schedules prescribed my MS Raju that I have been able to mantain my weight at 80-85 kg.
- If you want 100% out of your pranayam,you need to put an immediate stop to smoking.See ,benefits of Pranayam are related to 'prana' i.e. Oxygen which we breathe in and which helps our body in each and every function.Pranayam gives a lot of oxygen to your brain and body,which revitalizes the body and it's immunity system.By smoking you affect your lungs and the quality of oxygen present inside the body.Apart from that what you put is 100s of toxic tars and chemicals into the body.I want to get rid of it.I don't want to nullify my Pranayam effects.
- I am fed up of maintaining the balance.
We smokers have to keep a balance of number of cigarettes,i.e. I need minimum x number of ciggs everyday but it should not exceed y.If it exceeds y,sleeping and digestive patterns are disturbed.If i take less than x, again sleeping and digestive patterns get disturbed.So everyday I have to keep looking for that n i.e. x<=n<=y which keeps me normal.This takes a lot of time and mental energy which can be applied to a lot more creative things.Apart from that this number n keeps on increasing so maybe today n for you is 5,after 6 months or so it becomes 7 or 8 or maybe more. - Every family occasion,movie watching,going to parks/public places with my family brings along a tention for me,how will I smoke there?will I get 10 mins to just go out and have a fag.Will that park allow smoking,will there be panwalas.In short It destroys the fun /enthusiasm associated with going out just because I feel i can not smokie untill we are back.I want to change that and want to enjoy all the family outings and functions.
- Last but not the least, financially... If I take a 7 ciggs a day it comes to 30Rs a day but ciggerettes are accompanied by tea and mints,so the expenditure goes to approx 50-60 Rs.Taking it at 60 Rs a day I spend 1800 RS in a month and 21600 Rs in a year so after marriage I have spent 86400 Rs.I could have bought a nice LED TV for this amount or a very good handy-cam or may be some good jewelery for my wife.Or I could have put it as a down-payment for my car or house which I plan/dream to buy.
- There are number of occasions when your wife or someone who cares for you tries to stop you from having a cigarette,rarely We take it positively,mostly it ends up in an altercation causing stress for 2 or 3 forthcoming days.This stress again cause some more cigarettes.I ask myself is smoking worth all of this?
- I want to show it to myself that I can be honest to myself.No one stops me from smoking these days,even my wife only reminds me that i am smoking a lot ,she never fights on this wid me.But this year I want to do this for myself 1. Bye Bye to nicotine 2.Welcome early rising
Bye
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