Quit Smoking

So far, I have spared myself 1260 cancer sticks (63 packs) and have saved upwards of $410. I love doubling those numbers up to see what my boyfriend and I have accomplished as a team! Together, we have saved $820 and, as of yesterday, we have avoided over 2500 cigarettes.

- Only 6 days left until the 90-day milestone!
- 8 days left until the 3-month mark!
- Just 19 more days until my boyfriend and I will reach the point of having saved over $1000 together!
- I am almost half of the way toward considering this goal complete!

Wow, and to think that it still feels like I just started a few days ago… :)

Yay!!! :)

Certain chains of events I have noticed also cause me to change my mind about smoking. For instance, where I repeatedly go, what time I have to grab a smoke, and who I am surrounded by at the time.

With the change into the intensly cold winter season, and a recent removal of a smoking area at work that was privy to only a few people with badge access…it appears that I will be, at least to me, unsavorily inconvenienced to the point where I may consider not smoking at work. The general smoking yard is small, crowded, dirty and there is no privacy to qietly visit or have a thought of your own if you wanted it. When I smoke at work it’s a whole different matter than when I am outside of work. I cannot go back inside covered in 20 other peoples smoke out back by the generator. I need my space in this case…

Another chink in the link may be going down…

I’m not sure what is more foolish, telling this story or the fact that I actually had quit smoking for about 13 years before starting back up again… It seems the first time quitting was much easier than this time…. Jan, 1 is my ‘due date’!!

Iv been down to about one a day for 3 weeks now. In the begining I ran out of money for packs and got a bad chest cough for a week or two and then I realized I had went a long way towards quitting. I am going to try and stay at one a day for another week or two and then cut it out except for the occasional one or two I know I will have while out drinking on the weekends. As long as I am not smoking regularly and not buying packs Im happy. I hate thinking about all the money I have thrown away on this vice and I hate smelling like cigarettes in public. I also know its the cause for my sustainability to bronchitis and colds in the winter and overall I am trying to be more respectful to my body instead of trashing it.

smoking is damaging to my life in many ways:
physically, socially,financially, time management

I have tried this so many times already and keep going back. This is yet another attempt. It is difficult when smoking is tied into your other habbits. Whenever I drink I smoke and…so on.

Alright, wish me luck.

Still quit.

Had a killer migraine yesterday. The last time I quit, the migraines all but ceased. Guess that’s a lesson that I should never have started again.

Smoking is one of the easiest habits to pick up, yet one of the absolute hardest to put back down. A huge problem I had was constantly being around enablers. My ex-girlfriend was a total chain smoker so I ended up increasing the amount of cigarettes I smoked while I was with her. If I wasn’t with her I would either be at work or “out”. Both of which were environments cluttered with smokers and poor influence. It’s a lot easier to subconsciously rationalize poor choices when it’s something a mass group of people are also doing. Anyway, the chain smoker and I broke up, I left my job (Not to quit smoking but, whatever), and stopped going out to bars and such so often. That, along with will power was all I needed. Just remind yourself of how awful it is for you and how much money you’ve wasted on the damn things. A pack a week these days will run you about 300 dollars over the course of a year. . .Think about it!

I found some nicotine patches in a suitcase, so I put one on for fun when I went to bed (for the crazy dreams)... and although I was doing it for fun, when I woke up… I just didn’t need a cigarette, and didn’t smoke for half the day. It felt pretty good, and made me miss the way I was feeling when I was quitting… The pride of doing something good for myself, and not feeling like a slave… So, Monday, I’m letting go of the habit again.

Although, I feel that the best attempt I made was going cold turkey, I think that I am going to use the patches for a while. One, I just want to have some more crazy dreams… and Two, Maybe this is a weak excuse not to give up nicotine, but if I do, my blood sugar will drop and my body will feel like hell until I figure out how to eat enough and frequently… I just don’t have time or energy for that right now. {oh, it’s so gross how much I tell myself I actually depend on cigarettes…}