The Reluctant Quitter: Day One Over - Thank the lord baby jesus, amen

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Day One Over - Thank the lord baby jesus, amen

June 1st 2011:

Stats for Day 1

Cigarettes smoked: 3

Pieces of Nicorette chewed: 3

Number of near meltdowns: 2

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About Me:

Age: 33

Years smoked: 17

Packs/day: 1

Number of failed attempts: too many to count

Longest I've quit in the past: 11 months

Reason for failures: I truly enjoy smoking, stress, weight gain

A little back story:

My grandma was diagnosed with lung cancer recently, and she made me promise her I would quit smoking while she's still alive. On May 26th 2011, the doctors informed us that grandma only has about 6 months left... maybe a little more, maybe a little less, so the pressure is on to live up to my promise.

I started this blog as a form of motivation and maybe even inspiration. I figure if I posted that I was quitting on the good ol' interweb, it would force me to stick to it, to be honest about whether I cheat or not, and to not get discouraged and lapse back into full-on smoker mode.

I have tried quitting just about every way out there, minus medication or hypnosis: cold turkey, with nicotine lozenges (totally disgusting), the patch (made me jittery), by weening off slowly (torture)... once I even forced myself to smoke only the butts of cigarettes (my old ones -- not ones found on the street, gross!) thinking it would make me view them as completely nasty.

Needless to say, none of it worked. Now, I have approximately 6 months in which to live up to a promise and prove to my grandma that I quit, so guess it's on me to make this work.

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Day One Over - Thank the lord baby jesus, amen

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