Let's try this again

I've decided to quit smoking again, I think this is my forth or fifth try, I lost count. It's all good. The longest I did it for was about 6 months. I probably could have stayed smoked free 2 tries ago when I did quit for 6 months. I had gotten pneumonia and could barely breath, got checked by my doctor, and asked for a prescription of Zyban as well, it worked great until I cracked. My room mate at the time is a smoker, with no considerations for me as a non smoker, after a few months of this I cracked.
Well this time around, it's not a New Year's resolution, I don't believe in that nonsense. I'm doing it for me. I remember when I realized I was addicted to smoking my biggest fear was to be a smoker in my 30's, well it's almost been a year since I turned 30, and I'm still a smoker. It's time for change. So many other things in my life has changed for the good in the past few months, maybe kicking this habit will put the final nail in the coffin of my my previous life.

Hmm other reasons to quit. I rarely date women who smoke, I can probably count them all on one hand. If I have that standard, I guess the least I can do is return the favour.

My first dog died of lung of cancer at the young age of 8, I kept blaming myself because it could have been second hand smoke. I'd hate to see my current buddy Seymoure suffer the same fate, those of you who have seen me with Seymoure know how much I love him. He acts more human than dog.

I hate the idea that I'm being controlled, and I'm being controlled by cigarettes. I took coffee out of my life, now I drink coffee cause I want to, not because I have to. It made me feel really good that I was able to take away something that was controlling me, and now I control it. I'll only have one cup of coffee a week if that, usually a espresso, I just like the taste of it, and it actually has less caffeine than regular coffee.

The obvious health, I'd like to get back into shape, before I started smoking I was quite the runner, cyclist and practised karate. I get out of breath doing the simplist things like run down the block. Mostly I'd just like to build up some more stamina.

The worst thing I hear about quitting smoking is "Think of the money you'll save!" It doesn't mean anything to me, not that I'm rich or anything, I'm just not money hungry, materialistic, yes, but not obsessed with money. I could use it though.

I've been using a relatively new product on the market, it's called Resolve, a all natural way of quiting with no nicotine. The only thing I question about this product is that it seems almost to good to be true, it blocks your senses from the good feeling of getting nicotine into your system, or so it claims. There are no side effects, and it's like eating a breath mint. So am I just taking a sugar pills and paying a lot of money for the privillage? It says it kicks in the second week. but by then I will have bought 2 boxes of this stuff. There isn't really any info online about this product either. All the good reviews are of course on their website, and no independent tests. I'll keep you updated if it works or not.