RE: New Steemit incentive to quit smoking as a group!
Some people suggest teetotal abstinence from smoking.
Others suggest switching to vaping, because it's healthier.
No, I think the way to go is to become more refined.
To smoke often is to cheapen the experience.
For me, I smoke a cigar only after I do something amazing.
And I mean amazing. An expensive, highest-quality cigar stays in my fridge, always tempting me. But I resist.
I simply resist it because I know it will be much more delicious when I've done something great.
How great?
Really great. If I smoke more than one cigar in a month, my life is either way too awesome, or I'm cheapening the thrill by doing it more than is proper.
Being addicted to a thing is weakness. Break your mental addiction before you break your physical addiction, but you must break the addiction.
Then take control of yourself, and smoke when and because you want to, aware that smoking is not healthy. It must be done infrequently. There is no other way!
You need to smoke only when you want to.
Not because nicotine wants you to.
Sounds like someone speaking from experience there. Many thanks for sharing that. Wise words.
Indeed, what I seek is the freedom to make my own choices and not have them made for me by an addiction to a drug. Never say 'never'! Better to say 'moderation' :)
Though to begin with I think it will be total abstinence, just to remind me what that feels like.
I love the idea of a quality cigar in the fridge. Could have done with one of those a few weeks back when my daughter was born :)
Yeah, I agree with you about a cigar when your daughter was born. When I was born, I would've loved a cigar. Oh well. =p
But yeah, if you choose total abstinance, then that's your choice, and I know you'll make it. Remember that you can't stop all at once though.
What I'd do is cut it drastically, however.
Ration cigarettes or cigar portions for the next week. Let's say you currently smoke 12 cigarettes a day. On day one, smoke eight. On day two, smoke four. One day three, smoke two. And on the last day, smoke your final one, maybe with a sip of fine wine, and then you are at zero.
And you cannot divide zero. =]
That's what my plan would be, at least. I know it's troublesome to have a physical addiction overcome breaking a mental addiction. Drugs are extremely dangerous, and although I love 'em, safety and responsibility is more important than anything else.