So Why Did I Decide to Give Up Smoking?

Good question.....

For non-smokers, it's a no-brainer.

For nicotine addicts like myself it's far more complicated.

There are two main reasons why I have decided to take the plunge now.

1. I can't afford it anymore. The Credit Crunch has reduced my income by some 66% and if I'm to survive financially, all non-essentials have to go.
2. I had a nasty flu thing back at the end of February which developed into an evil chest infection. Which, I of course, ignored until the day came when I couldn't walk across the quad at work and talk at the same time without being breathless.

Number 2 shook me. I went to the emergency medical centre and they had to put me on a nebuliser before my bronchial tubes were wheeze-free enough to hear what was actually going on in the rest of my lungs. I was given a course of strong penicillin but it actually took ages for the cough to go away. Even now, I still get the odd paroxysm.

So, Enough, I decided, was definitely Enough and, on that auspicious date of Friday 13th May, 2011, I visited the Smoke Stop Clinic which is held here:

and is located on Shelley Road, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset