Today I am celebrating 100 days of not smoking! If you saw my previous post about stopping smoking, you'll know that I took a slightly different approach from the usual patches, gum, hypnosis route and instead told everyone I know...and I do mean EVERYONE, from family, to people I work with, to professional connections, to people I admire and respect, to pretty much everyone I know that "smoking is for losers" and "only a w****r couldn't stop smoking" etc etc so that should I ever have the urge to light one up, I quickly think about the living hell that my personal and professional life will become and decide against it....it really works! 100 days have now passed and the urge to smoke fades more and more and it's far easier than it ever was before, I had tried stopping smoking countless times before. From using nicotine patches to "cold turkey", I even had myself hypnotized which worked well but apparently had a shelf life as one day I just started smoking like I'd never even quit in the first place. Basically I always gave in but now that I have put my reputation and general happiness on the line, its amazing what I can do. As a side note, blog posts like this one help a lot too...what an idiot I'd look if I started smoking again now! (see how this works?)