smoke less cigarettes

I am now smoking less, I am more conscious about every cigarette I smoke and today I think I had smoked less than I have at any point this month or maybe even longer. So hurray to small victories.

Well ever since I put this as a goal towards quitting, it has been very difficult to at least slow down and smoke less per day.

In fact I have been smoking more and more, now I have found myself smoking more than a pack a day. I have smoked more than that before but I am not defending myself by any means.

It’s just that stress has been ridiculous and so it seems smoking is a coping habit which frankly I do not want to reinforce.

As I write this, it’s just a minute or so past five o’clock MST and I can say that today I haven’t smoked so much and there is less time of day left now so I may actually stick to the “smoke less than a pack a day or 1/2 of a pack per day” goal.

Anyway, last Saturday I found that I had not smoked a lot of cigarettes and was happy since I decided to stay in and not go out and just have a few beers. Since I was a bit stressed if I remember correctly and had a few beers, one of which was high point beer, I had begun to smoke and smoke and smoke and finally was left with three cigarettes or something like that. I had to consciously make myself not smoke as I had realized that I had smoked too much too fast. I mean it came down that in those two hours or so I had smoked like 1 cigarette every 10 – 15 minutes.

I hope this system that 43 things has in place works because I am spending an awful lot of time on here, doing this. It is fun to read old entries after a while but I would prefer to stick to it if it works.

but only because I have the flu .. so not sure if this counts.

but I’ve been feeling more depressed today and that’s when I chain smoke. Oh well. Pretty sick and tired of banging my head against this wall.

Not going well this morning. Haven’t kept track but I think I’ve had 4 or 5 and am planning to light up the next one any moment now.

but I would like to bring it down to l0 or less a day. Can I? Will I? I would have loved to list this goal as “stopping” or say “3 or less” but I just don’t see that happening yet. One day, but for now 10 or less will do. Perhaps once I tick off other things on my list, it will be easier.

How to start .. I think perhaps writing down every cigarette I smoke for a few days, just to be more aware of when I smoke. Have tried and failed many times .. twice managed to quit for a year but went back. Things still to work through I suppose.

I’m trying to quit, not for my new years ‘resolution’ or anything, just because I know I should. This is day one sans-cigarette. I’ve been down to a couple a day so I should be okay.

If nothing else I have indeed accomplished this goal of smoking less.

so i’ve totally got this one down now. i quit smoking! i haven’t had a cigarette in over a week, and i hear that first week is the hardest part. go me! ^.

i’m doing really well with this, i decided yesterday that i’m quitting smoking. or at least only smoke occasionally and not all the time. i’m doing a good job so far!
one thing that sort of helped in a weird way.. i kept two cigarettes in my last pack so i figured i wouldn’t have a reason to buy another pack. they’re still sitting in my desk drawer, and they’re going to stay there. if they stay in my purse, they’re just going to get smoked!
but yeah, i’m pretty proud of myself so far

in conjunction with number 12 on my list..i am going to make a conscious effort to lower the number of cigarettes i smoke in a single day.