To smoke or not to smoke?
So then, it's been 2 weeks and 2 days since I've had a cigarette, and for the first time ever, I don't actually want to smoke, whereas before smoking was kinda part of my image...lame hahaha. But I gave up due to a chest infection which rendered me unable to draw smoke into my lungs for fear of accidentally puking a lung back out,. So I though I'd see how long I could go without smoking before I gave in, and miraculously, I still haven't had one, despite the occasional habitual fag-nag. But since 'giving up' or at least, not cheating on my smoking ban as of yet, I've noticed some fairly interesting effects:
1. Since not smoking, the remainder of my shitty teenage acne has appeared to clear up.
2. Usually after a new piercing I'll take around 4/5 months to fully heal, whereas my latest one has healed after one week :) Yay for shoving rods of metal through your skin :P yum
3. My singing voice has radically improved, so instead of sounding like Hillary Devey after an average night out, I sound more like a 20 year old, which is a bonus since I'm in a band hahaha.
4. It's freezing as fuck, and I don't want to have to keep nipping out for a cig in this weather, also rolling with freezing cold fingers creates a hilarious looking cig that isn't worth smoking.
5. Hair grows faster if you don't smoke, and I'm trying to grow out this foul hideous mullet, so this can't be a bad thing.
6. Hopefully if I keep this up I can look young for longer and won't look like a 500 year old warlock by the time I hit 30.
7. I have a pair of porcelain veneers which cost a lot of money, which I don't want to ruin, so I guess my hot dentist will be pleased XD
These all seem like pretty good reasons, and I'm fairly convinced, but I'm not going to be a dick enough to slag off cigarettes completely; I met the majority of my friends through huddling outside pubs and clubs smoking, and even my boyfriend, who although doesn't smoke, I met through a friend who smoked. Not only that, but there's nothing better than when in a foul mood, angrily rolling a fag and smoking it down in 2 mins flat in between ranting on about whoever's pissed you off.
So we'll just have to see, but for now, I'm enjoying my willpower :) however, I will NEVER become one of these awful smug types that judge others for smoking, and cough like a twat at the bus stop as soon as someone lights up!