My Battle Against Ciggy
For the majority of my life I’ve been a smoker. I do not remember exactly when I started to smoke. To me it is not exactly a red-letter day that I want to enshrine in my personal memory space.
I suppose I must have been around eighteen. This is the age in most countries and cultures that a person becomes a grown-up; a responsible and mature person who really should know what is good and what is bad.
Well, I started to smoke. I fell madly in love with Lady Nicotine and succumbed to her nefarious charms. This affair has lasted for nearly a lifetime.
However, I’ve recently realized that I want out of a relationship that is simply not suitable for me. Metaphors aside, I am now determined to give up smoking. I’m making active efforts in that direction.
I’ve not been able to quit cold turkey. Giving up smoking isn’t as easy as it sounds. At least for me it has not been a cakewalk, as for quite some time I used to be in a denial mode and I wanted to have my cake and eat it too.
It all recently started after i made a decision to adopt a jogging regimen, as I desired to shed weight. There’s a small yet steep hill right in the middle of the jogging course that i frequent. I just could not quite negotiate the hill. I was huffing and puffing all over the place by the time I arrived at the top in most cases needed to pause and gather my breath.
The irony of it struck me that I was going over the hill but was unable to make it over that hill. The jogging routine had shaken not just stagnant tissue and muscle but additionally my conscience. I was starting to make some progress, but that hill bothered me.
That a little goes a long way was never as obvious to me as once i took up jogging to try and kick the habit. I blundered on. I was determined to make a difference. It was a good three months before I could negotiate that hill without almost collapsing and going down on my knees.
My efforts began to pay off! I began to feel better about my body and myself. I was breathing, sleeping and eating far better. I haven’t been capable of quitting smoking yet! But I am working at it! Everydaythere are a variety of battles I win once i refuse myself a smoke. There are battles which i lose too. The war continues to be on. I’m sure I will win. Someday I am going to give up smoking. I simply hope it’s not too late when i finally manage to quit!
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