03/01 2010
Link: The Blog of Steve Schwartz: No One Knows What the F*** They're Doing (or "The 3 Types of Knowledge")
There’s the shit you know, the shit you know you don’t know, and the shit you don’t know you don’t know…
03/01 2010
Link: "MYOB," said the lady.: QUIT SMOKING!
I started smoking since I was 15 even if I knew it was wrong. No one in my family smokes, and just because of that, my dad decided to let me live in an apartment when I was 16 and technically, I am free to do whatever the hell I want. I think this is also why I learned to do so many stuffs on…
02/20 2010
Link: More facts about smoking
“Only 5 out of 100 who attempt to quit succeed” - It means only 5 people have a good plan to quit…
02/10 2010
48 days of sobriety
I’ve decided to stop drinking alcohol for 48 days: Feb 15 - Apr 4.
Is this socially unacceptable?
02/04 2010
I quit smoking in 14 days
I was smoking for ~10 years… Now I am non-smoker - I quit more than 14 days ago and I would say it was easy.
There was no nicotine withdrawal, no depression, no suffering. I didn’t take any pills or other medical stuff. Good plan is enough.
- I feel much better now - i have more energy,
- Nicotine is not controlling my life anymore
- I have a lot of free time
- I don’s smell like ashtray
Not One Puff Ever!
02/01 2010
Link: How to Stop Smoking: Simply Don't Plan On It
Another approach of quitting smoking - don’t plan on it :)
01/25 2010
Link: What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now?
- In 20 minutes your blood pressure will drop back down to normal.
- In 8 hours the carbon monoxide (a toxic gas) levels in your blood stream will drop by half, and oxygen levels will return to normal.
- In 48 hours your chance of having a heart attack will have decreased. All nicotine will have left your body. Your sense of taste and smell will return to a normal level.
- In 72 hours your bronchial tubes will relax, and your energy levels will increase.
- In 2 weeks your circulation will increase, and it will continue to improve for the next 10 weeks.
- In three to nine months coughs, wheezing and breathing problems will dissipate as your lung capacity improves by 10%.
- In 1 year your risk of having a heart attack will have dropped by half.
- In 5 years your risk of having a stroke returns to that of a non-smoker.
- In 10 years your risk of lung cancer will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
- In 15 years your risk of heart attack will have returned to that of a non-smoker.
I am non-smoker for >72 hours - my bronchial tubes relaxed :)))) And you?
01/23 2010
Link: How to Quit a Bad Habit by Answering Four Power Questions
1. What will you do instead?
2. Do you really want to change?
3. Is now the right time?
4. What’s in it for you?
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