My year anniversary no smoking was a happy feeling, but also a bit of a downer as well. As I referenced earlier I got a bunch if massages to make my back feel better and then kinda "fell into" quitting after 18 years.
On one hand I have made great strides. I don't get cravings to smoke anymore at all, and I have found a whole new part of myself with a running routine and regimen I adopted. Last year on june 26th I ran a 12 minute mile and felt like I was going to die, and instead, lately I have been running 1.5-3 mile stretches @ 6:45 ish-7:15ish pace. All of this Absolutely makes me feel great...
Except that my back is still all ****ed up
. It went out on me again just like last year. I had been looking forward to sprinting a mile in 6:00 flat on thurs, but that went down the tubes. My back has now been out for almost 2 weeks and I'm still spending over 2 hrs a day with heat pads and ice packs etc etc.
Life is funny, what can ya do I guess?
Make all the changes you want but some things will always be there lol. Either way I'm still damn glad I quit smoking, that shit is for the birds