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blackbootz  ·  3773 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Hubski, can you quit if you want to?

I had this exact recurring thought in regards to smoking:

I know I can quit whenever I wanted to, it's just never appealing enough to quit. It's always more appealing to smoke whenever I'm out with my friends, drunk, a handful of nights a week. I know I could if I wanted to, it's just... I don't want to.

But of course I knew I wanted to quit. So I signed up for a program where I'd travel and do community service and interrupt my lifestyle. That change of environment was enough for me to meaningfully quit going out so much and quit smoking. I rid myself of my triggers, and now it's been about 6 months without cigs. Feels good man. I ran a 5:50 minute mile Thursday, and I was smoking a pack a night 7 months ago.