Unfiltered Thoughts: A Quitter’s Chronicle - Stop Smoking

It’s been almost a week since my last update, I’ve been smoking, but smoking much less than I used to, and I really don’t feel like recording another episode. I really don’t feel like continuing this podcast thing. But I’m gonna do it anyway. In this episode I tell myself a few nice things that I think I should hear. https://omrok.com/smoking/

Two days of heavy smoking past, each day, almost a peck, but that’s OK. In this episode, I am doing some encouraging self talk, which sounds weird, but you know desperate man is clasping at straws https://omrok.com/smoking/

Some positive self-talk.

Just had a quick smoke. Don’t even know why. That wasn’t a particularly strong urge to half one, but it was more impulsive. I could’ve easily resisted, maybe next time I will. https://omrok.com/smoking/

Got a remember not to be so hard on myself if i fail sometimes.

That didn’t take long. https://omrok.com/smoking/

I finally find myself on the struggle bus. I knew this would come and expected it much earlier. But now it’s here and it sucks. https://omrok.com/smoking/

Pretty relaxed so far

Not a single cigarette today yet (but soon!)

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I was working, and I had too many tabs open, both in my browser and in my mind, and it got to a point where my wine my mind was just in this restless, ceaseless state, unable to focus juggling too many things at once, and I really felt the urge to smoke a cigarette which I did.

Didn’t take a long time for me to feel the urge to light up another cigarette. Also realize that I have zero excuses not to record this, because if I record a podcast episode, instead of smoking a cigarette, I am basically just reallocating my cigarette time to podcasting time

I want to stop smoking, and I’ve tried a lot of things, and this is now my weird idea: I’m going to create a little audio journal, where I document my attempt to stop smoking. Every time I smoke a cigarette, every time when I want to smoke a cigarette And I successfully refrain from doing so I am going to record a little, audio journal entry, and maybe by the end of it, hopefully, I’ll have my com...