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Saturday, July 14, 2012

I'm a quitter

That's right. I'm quitting.

I picked up a nasty habit when I was 18. I've been doing it off and on for 23 years now. I've quit before, sometimes for years at a time - but I've always gone back.

But this is it. Tomorrow is the last day.

I'm not a heavy smoker. A pack might last me close to a week at this point. I don't have time to smoke during the day, so I usually go outside and have 2 or 3 after the kids go to bed at night. So I think that I can kick this pretty easily.

And I have support this time. The Dude smokes - and he smoke a lot more than I do. A lot. So does his mother. But, with her health issues, we decided that we would all quit. Together. At the same time.

We have lots of reasons for doing this. Of course, the most important is our health. And we want to be positive role models for the kids - and that's hard to do when we're engaging in the exact same activity that I've told them never to do. Also, it's just really really expensive. But what I want you to understand is that I have never made the choice to buy cigarettes when we needed something else - they have always come last. I'm not one of those people who will buy the smokes first and then try to figure out how to buy groceries. That's just plain stupid - but I know people who do that - on a regular basis - and it infuriates me to no end.

So long story short, if I seem a little cranky (more than usual) over the next few days weeks, there's a reason for it.

I already gave up the caffeine - although I did cheat and I had some on TMOART:12 - but it was more of a necessity when driving than anything else. I need to correct the ticker up there in the corner of the blog, so I'll do that right after I post this. But I figure that if I can give that up (and that was a hardcore addiction), I can give this up too.

Bear with me as we go through this. It's not going to be pretty. I'm going to be cranky and irritable and maybe even downright snarky - but it'll be worth it in the end.

10 comments:

  1. I'm quitting too! We've been wanting to for a long time now but haven't really had any luck with it. However, the cheap roll-your-own shop we get our smokes from closed a few weeks ago. We bought a couple of cartons to last us long enough to slowly quit. Getting close to the final day for us.

    Good luck in your fight against the nicotine monster. *hugs*

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  2. I'll be in my cave til the 10-14 day 'grace' period is up. You got this one darlin, you can do it!

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  3. YOU GUYS CAN TOTALLY DO IT! I just hit 3 months smoke free and I quit cold turkey after smoking a pack every 1-2 days. I had a tooth pulled and had to stop smoking for 3 days to let the hole close so I didn't get a dry socket, and I figured I made it that long without murdering anyone so I kept going. Lo and behold, I don't even really think about it anymore. It is hard, the first two weeks are awful, but you have good support both online and off. You can do it! :)

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  4. You can do it!!! I have full faith in you! ***And you too Fire***

    I quit 2+ years ago. It was hard, and I used Chantix to help me, but I did it. And I feel SO much better. There's still an occasional craving, but it goes away whenever I get a whif of one....they smell SO bad to me now.

    I'm pulling for you honey!!! **MWAH**

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  5. You can do it. I quit cold turkey for my 30th birthday. Never looked back. Met my husband the following month. Now, he's my habit I can't quit ;)

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  6. JUST THINK YOU WON'T SMELL LIKE JOHN WAYNE ANYMORE. LOL YOU'LL SMELL LIKE A ROSE AS YOU SHOULD. GOOD LUCK. YOUR STRONG IN EVERYTHING YOU DO SO WHY NOT THIS JOB. THE KIDS WILL LOVE YOU FOR IT.

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  7. YEAH!!! I wish you ALL the best on this WONDERFUL accomplishment...and I say that because I KNOW you will do it!
    A gift for yourself AND your children!!!!!!!
    (can you tell I am really happy for you?!?!)
    Hugs, Beth

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  8. You can do it! Awesome you are doing it together!

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