Phillip

Hello, my name is Phillip, known by many as Phil or Phil the Cabbie. (yes, I drive a taxi for a living). Many things have happened over the last year, too many to mention. But the most relevant was my decision to stop smoking.

It was around the middle of August last year when the thought (again) came to me that if I don't stop now it will more than likely kill me. Just as a reference I had been a smoker for thirty years.

So, one Thursday I decided that this was IT! No planning, no preparation, no "when I finish this packet" bullshit. Over the years I have made a number of spur-of-the-moment decisions and this one was one of the better things I have done.

Without thinking I went straight on to the "stage one" patches, and they worked very well in controlling the nicotine addiction, but not the habit, that was up to me. After about seven weeks I started to forget about them, (the patches) I ended up wearing the same patch sometimes for three days. I thought that if this is the case I have obviously beaten the nicotine addiction and the habit, to a point. So I went cold turkey from then on and I haven't looked back.

Although I have no desire or need for it any more, the thought of it (it being tobacco) is still with me, but that's all.

I have many reasons for stopping, Health, financial, not to mention for the love of a woman. (she is a non-smoker and if me giving it up will help in re-building a relationship with her then I'm all for it). So you see my reasons are very personal, and I guess you could say selfish. But if I'm being selfish in this then so be it.
 
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