Smoking is bad for you, that much is clear. From throat to lung diseases its a pretty sure way to shorten your life. Not to mention throwing piles of money out the window, all just for a delusional happy feeling that then fades away as quickly as it came. It's the same as burning your money.

How to give up smoking is another matter, some methods work for some, some for others. Many so-called cures have side effects that could actually be worse than smoking. For hardcore smokers, I could say I am one of them, nothing seems to work anyway. Its part of a routine to the point when we sometimes do it completely unconsciously.

There is no magical cure, as far as I know, the most important thing is to have enough willpower. Without it, you cannot succeed. That is where I always failed on my previous attempts to give up smoking. It can all be well and good until all the friends around you are smoking at a party.

I decided to give it up again, because its a bad habit that I would like to get rid of, I could use the money elsewhere and its really starting to affect my health. 10 years was more than enough. With the nagging help and support of the family, friends and coworkers I hope, no I'm bound, to make it this time. Even if I smoke less it'll be an improvement, gradually hopefuly arriving to zero. But I'll have to find some other habit to help drive this one out of my mind :)

They say its good to write down such commitments, that then we stick to them more. So I write this here on Steemit, so it'll have double the impact and will really sink into my mind :) Hopefully someone else can be encouraged to try to give up this nasty habit.