20 Sept 2015

I QUITTED THE SINNERS !

Since a week I have stopped smoking. Nothing very important, but I have to mention it on my blog, for myself. Anyway I had already "stopped" 4 years ago I mean inhaling the smoke, so that when I forgot to light a cigarette when I was ill last week, I didn't even realize.

I started smoking in 1989 when I was 46, I had never really smoked before. Yes of course sometimes during a party but I had never been what you call a "smoker". Everybody around me stopped and I started. The fact that smoking was suddenly a crime and that you became an outsider didn't bother me at all. It was so touching when people I had never seen were concerned about my health !

Now this is over, nobody will talk to me on the street or at the bus stop very concerned about my health and that I should stop smoking, I will feel very much alone.

I quit for a simple reason, I just blow smoke in the air by habit, it wasn't necessary, I wasn't dependant on Nicotine. Now I have to take other habits, but that's not a problem. I see it the positive way. No standing outside in the cold, and the most important, my wallet feels it very much !

Please refrain from congratulations, because there is nothing to congratulate. You could also send me condolences. It depends if you smoke or not !

I have entered the empire of non smokers, the perfect people who will live without disease until at least 100 while the smokers probably make it to 102 !

8 comments:

  1. What other habit could you take up? Gin?

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  2. I hope you are putting the money you save into a little box called 'Extra Holidays'

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  3. Aha Fun60 has a good idea to save the money! I had to laugh: yes, non - smokers (I'm one) will live to 100 but smokers to 102! You have so many good interests, you won't even miss the little white pipe. LOL.

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  4. It's been 16 years for me. I admit, I still miss it. Now I spend that money on Savannah and soon her baby brother.

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  5. Ooh, you were a late starter! I tried it twice and never really got the taste for it.

    I like the suggestion of gin as a replacement. Or just a gin bottle with ordinary water in? Just to be on the safe side when driving...

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  6. You can use the money to buy a special treat for Arthur :) He looks like a cat that needs regular treats.

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  7. Hi Gattina - that's brilliant - well done ... I'm sure you'll feel easier as time passes. Cheers Hilary

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