Quitting Smoking

 I had an experience with a student and I thought it would be a good story to share with you. I had an introductory lesson with a young man named Robert. Now the reason why this was memorable was the fact that Robert was well over 6ft. He had to literally bend to come through the front door.

Before we started our first class, I asked him what was his main reason for taking up the martial arts. Robert was interested in learning the martial arts to get fit and learn self defence.  He had just quit smoking and finally decided to act on his goals.

Robert had a £79 a month habit which I think equates to a pack a day. As a person who never smoked I was shocked by the money he spent on cigarettes. I recently went on a site and found a calculator that tells you how much a smoker is likely to spend on cigarettes. WOW. £1500 a year.

I know Cigarettes is an addiction and  most people get a great deal of comfort, satisfaction, relaxation or change of state from what they do. However all addictions carry a negative side effect, like in the case of smoking - Death. With a positive network of friends and a new focus all addictions can be overcome. Have a look at my lesson of Dickens article on the chorlton black belt academy website http://www.chorltonbba.com/Lessons-from-Dickens.htm  and see how addictions can be overcome and how creating new habits can be achieved.

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See you soon,

Master Edwards M.I 

P.s. Don't forget we have a Free Self Defence seminars coming up soon. Just log on to: http://www.selfdefencemanchester.co.uk/seminar.htm

References

http://www.canstopsmoking.com/pages/costcalculator.aspx