Third Anniversary of Quit Smoking (21st of March, 2010)
Today is the third year of my breakaway from smoking. On 21 Third Year without Smoking
21 March 2008 I made up my mind to stop smoking altogether. And this time I have succeeded to go by each day and year without any intention to put cigarette on my lips again.
And because of sheer difficulty of a heavy chain smoker like me to stop smoking and succeed, I celebrate the success of the quit smoking program every year just like everyone celebrate their birthday. You may see I celebrated the first “birthday” and the second birthday.
I hope it’ll motivate other smokers to do the same.
I have been through repeated attempts previously to quit smoking without any success. So, ‘what made the attempt successful this time around?’, a friend asked me. The answer being: strong willingness to stop smoking should be accompanied with a right intention beyond yourself to have a stronger motivation. The right motivation that worked for me being I did quit smoking for the sake of my family. To protect them, the kids and their mother.
I used to intend to stop smoking for my own health. But that was not working because a smoker does not so concern to his own health.