Hey guys, I’m sure after reading my title for this blog you may have an idea of what you’re about to read…
So, for the past few days I have been reading through chapter 3 doing my homework and I just can’t help but relate so much to this chapter especially when it comes to me quitting. I’m thinking to myself “wow, I can’t believe how much actual harm I am causing to my body from stressing myself out all the time AND from smoking” I mean think about it, if stressed more frequently then not aka prolonged stress that can lead to long term side effects causing damage to your health overall. As I was reading I tried to see which sections of chapter 3 I related to the most.
Heres what I came up with..
- Stress and Sleep problems- Having insomnia has taken a major toll on me the past few years and it is something that I deal with constantly. It affects mostly my relationships and time management which results in stress.
- What Is stress?- Distress is what caught my attention, lately I have realized that is a lot more common for me. More focused on the fincial aspect.
When I think of myself reading throughout the chapter, of course I think about the process of me quitting cigarettes. I’m not going to sit here and lie to you guys because the point of this blog is to take you along the journey and let you know exactly where i’m at and how i’m doing. Unfortunatley, I am not where I would like to be because the past week I have nothing but stressed with almost everything in my life. Once I read chapter 3 I realized that when I smoke cigarettes to relieve stress, it’s called “determintal stress” but it all made sense to me. Whenever I light that cigarette just because I am stressed out, immeditaly I realize that infact I am only stressing myself out more. I’m not sure what really pushed me over the edge this past week but I found myself always craving one and caving in. When I last wrote to everyone I told you guys that I smoked a pack a day, in the beginning of the week that did not change.. I am slowly but surley smoking less each day. I have found that if I distract myself then thats one less cigarette I would’ve smoked in that hour. I hope that my next blog entry will be different and less dissapointing.
Thank you all for your encouraging words on my blog posts, I see them. Reading comments that are supportive from people I have never met, is very uplifting and really do help me with this journey.
Here’s me with a pack of my cigarettes 😦
Blog post created on Thursday September 27th, 2018
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