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I’m not on the internet as much anymore simply because I can’t, when I have the freedom to be on as much as I want I don’t know how that will go. Hopefully I can find activities outside the house, like going to the gym and volunteering, that will replace my internet addiction.

I love walking so this was an easy one to accomplish. Walking is my only “me” time so it’s absolutely necessary for me to do, I just need to keep up the habit of doing it everyday because I feel so great afterwards. I like to really get my arms pumping and work up a sweat and breathe as deeply as possible to clear out my lungs. I try to use it as a time to meditate as well, to empty my mind and only focus on my breath and the sensations in my body and I come home so relaxed and energized.

I don’t think I could have quit without reading this book. I had the common delusions I was “giving something up” and that quitting smoking was a terrible, painful sacrifice. Allan Carr’s book completely flipped my ideas on nicotine addiction and the reasons why I smoked, he had a rebuttal for every one of my excuses why I kept up with the nasty things. My dad is trying to do it the willpower and nicotine patch way right now, I’ve passed the book onto him but he’s very skeptical and hasn’t opened it yet. I feel bad for him watching him suffer when it’s so needless!