Saturday, November 3, 2007

It's Saturday and I'm still not smoking

I'll let my trusty ole quit meter tell you how long it's been since I last smoked cause I need to look at my quit another way.........I don't want to smoke any longer but the triggers seem to be taking on a new way of calling out my name. These are stronger than the tuggings that Dear Maggie so affectionately calls them. I don't know if the Chantix has reached it's peak with me or what but I think about smoking much more often and for longer periods than I did the first few weeks on Chantix. When we go out for dinner, I still finish quicker than anyone and all I can think of is not wanting to sit there any longer, I need to get up........I know I'm not going to smoke but I'm also not used to sitting there and putting up with the banter cause normally I would be outside alone with my cancer stix. Please tell me this isn't going to last forever!!!
If I'm kept extremely busy, I'm okay but give me down time and smoking is all I can think about.

I still have a fair amount of busy work to do before my visitors arrive on Wednesday (they are the smokers) so I better get the lead out of my ass and get busy.

Have a wonderful weekend and stay quit!!

I am an addict, I understand I will always be one cigarette away from my pack a day habit.
I vow not to smoke today.

2 COMMENTS:

maggie's mind said...

Yep, it won't be like that forever, and it will get easier, even with some tougher moments sometimes. We'll all make it. You can do this. You *are* doing this. Keep going!

Chris said...

I know you have visitors coming tomorrow - just wanted to drop by and say "Hi" and hang in there...