It's New Year's Eve, but the only fizzy drink I'll be knocking back is Vitamin-C. Somehow the wife and both managed to catch post-Christmas colds. Given that we are both over 50 we don't feel that we are missing out on much. Though my wife usually does an impressive antipasto platter. She prepared a scaled down one for a friend who hosted a watch patch party for election night. I'll ask for one for my birthday (in a week).
Today makes one month without smoking for me. A few months ago, I felt that smoking was observably beginning to impact my health and made up my mind to do something about it. I've been using nicotine pouches which have completely cut the urge to smoke for me. Today I went and purchased the weakest strength they have as I've been tapering down that also. Nicotine in isolation probably isn't remarkably harmful for a healthy person but I don't like being dependent on a chemical, even if it's benign.
Before I got sick the minor morning cough I was seeing, had completely gone away. My broad goals are to increase our own resiliency over the next year - and giving up smoking helps advance that goal. I may have pre-empted New Year's resolutions by already stopping smoking - the next step is to revisit other goals, assess them, and make plans to see them realized.
Short post today. I hope all of you have a beautiful New Year, with each day an opportunity to be better.
Happy New Year and sorry to hear about the cold!
Great news on the smoking Edwin...
I quit on 8 September 2022 when I hear the Queen passed away. I went cold turkey after decades of smoking. It was hard and I still want a cigarette.
But now I just walk past a smoker and smelling the smoke satisfies me!
It gets easier but even now I still have days I crave one!
Good to see you back using Hive again.
Congratulations on doing it cold turkey! When I smell someone smoking it does smell good, but I don't want one. My coffee consumption has also fallen by half, I should go go back an see if my appreciation for certain teas has changed. My go to tea is either Irish Breakfast, or chai by Twinings. I'm curious to see if my tastebuds have been altered at all.
Oh interesting as my coffee consumption never dropped!
Considering I used to drink enough to coffee to kill a lesser man, it may be down to a normal level of consumption on the high end of the range.
I did notice a couple of the brands I had enjoyed before didn't taste as enjoyable. I think I'm picking up some aspect of flavor or scent that I wasn't getting before while smoking.