The Month Without Smoking

"Cigarettes are highly addictive"
(written on any pack of cigarettes sold in Canada)

It's been about a month since I quit smoking and I'm so thankful that time has passed. This has been a HUGE goal of mine. I only smoked for 2 years but it defintely affected my breathing and overall composure. So happy to be through with it. Building new habits like working out regularly and eating properly will be the new goals for a while. I can't encourage people enough to quit, just as people have encouraged me. Thanks to all my friends for the support I've received this month on Facebook and Twitter. It was awesome and really kept me motivated.

I've played very few online sessions since quitting (skipped most of FTOPS) and they've gone quite poorly. Been too irritated or annoyed from withdrawal to play my A game and in retrospect I should have not played at all.

There is a small chance I'll go to Calgary for the CPT event but I don't think there's enough action to warrant me to go. Which is tough since I'm 1 for 1 in CPT events. The plan is still to play almost no online poker and just chill out for a while. The Toronto International Film Festival is in a few weeks time which is a great time to be in T.O. I'm pretty sure I'll travel to EPT London end of September. I've never been to London and all my friends in the poker world will be there for the entire month. I'm sure it'll be fun.

Thinking good thoughts. Peace.

Simon Charette.