n-o-s-m-o-k-i-n-g noooooooo smoking
Today is nine months since I've had a cigarette.
I just need to remind myself every once in a while that I was able to accomplish that.
Especially on days like today, when a certain offspring has made me want to smoke 40 cigarettes at the same time while drinking a pint of Jack Daniels.
Nine months. I could have had a baby since my last cigarette.
AHAHAHAHAHAhaaaaaaaaaaaa!
I just slapped myself upside the head.
Comments
That's a huge accomplishment. Congratulations!
Posted by: Eric B | October 16, 2005 04:06 PM
Well done Michele puffs Parliment well done indeed.
Posted by: tesco | October 16, 2005 04:08 PM
God damn, Michele. Well done. I hope one day soon I'll have enough willpower to quit. I just can't stop killing those hobos.
Posted by: sortapundit | October 16, 2005 04:24 PM
Good job!
Friday was one month without a cigarette for me.
Hell has a lock on the next Winter Olympics.
Posted by: Rob@L&R | October 16, 2005 04:26 PM
For that I think you deserve a cigarette.
Posted by: Chris Broe | October 16, 2005 04:28 PM
Yay Michele!
"I haven't smoked for 3 weeks, 3 days and 17 hours, saving 593.49 cigarettes and $83.08."
A nifty Firefox extenstion pastes that in there for me. Once I got past the excrutiating insomnia and muscle jerks, I was OK. Wellbutrin helps enormously with the desire to smoke. I just don't want to.
I can do this. I really can! Yay me too!
Posted by: LissaKay | October 16, 2005 04:29 PM
For thatyou deserve a cigarette!
Posted by: Chris Broe | October 16, 2005 06:08 PM
Once was "haha funny"
Twice means you're a cock.
Banned.
Posted by: michele | October 16, 2005 06:12 PM
YEAH!!!!!!
thank you for being an inspiration to those of us who followed suit...
Today is eight months for me!!
Yeah us!!!
Posted by: Jim S | October 16, 2005 06:46 PM
Good on ya, M. Good on ya.
Posted by: Wind Rider | October 16, 2005 07:03 PM
Congrat's Michele.
Posted by: MikeR | October 16, 2005 09:41 PM
You are a bigger person than I. I have only been smoking for crap 7 years.
I just calculated that seven. It has been a lot longer than I thought.
Any hints on quitting?
I have tried the patch, but ended up getting addicted to that. The high dose gives you more nicotine than a normal day of smoking.
Sigh.
Congratulations. And anyone who makes a smoking comment deserves a nice swift kick in the pack.
Posted by: JL Mould | October 17, 2005 03:15 AM
First step in quitting:
Make sure that you want to quit.
My motivation was: Do I want the cigarettes to control me? That want to smoke, that need to smoke; that's the control they get over you over the years. You gotta WANT to get out from underneath that control MORE than wanting the cigarette itself.
Congratulations, Michele, for taking control of your life. It is very difficult to do.
Four years for me on the 19th. I would still enjoy a cigarette if I dragged on one.
Posted by: Easycure | October 17, 2005 09:32 AM
Yay you! Keep up the good work!
Tips on quitting - red the book "The Easy Way To Stop Smoking." 6 months smoke free for me.
Posted by: Faith | October 17, 2005 09:58 AM
Cigarettes have tar, so in 9 months you'd have a ...
Never mind.
Posted by: Laurence Simon | October 17, 2005 10:03 AM
Congratulations, Michele. [pats her on the back] That is doing a hard thing, and you should be proud of yourself.
Posted by: htom | October 17, 2005 01:56 PM
Congratulations--I hope you continue to give us updates on how long it's been!
As an aside--what's keeping you from drinking that pint of Jack Daniels?
Posted by: Victor | October 18, 2005 11:34 AM