A Setback

I had a setback this week. Bought cigarettes. But I had an excuse. My dad was admitted to the hospital on September 25 and passsed away on September 28. My brother and I had to make a lot of arrangements in a short time. The Viewing service was on October 2 and we burried my dad on October 3.

But I plan on getting back on the wagon!

Still on track!

I haven't had a cigarette in over a month now.

I do think about it... a few times a day. But the desire is much less. I've been with friends who are casual smokers. Fortunately, they weren't smoking at the time. Otherwise, I might have asked for one!

15 Days

well, it's been just over 2 weeks without a cigarette.

i still have the desire at certain trigger times during the day... mostly during the workday. so fortunately, it's not a constant urge.

7 Days

The last time I had a cigarette was April 26, 2008. It was just after dinner.

I hadn't been feeling well for the entire week before hand. And I was thinking that smoking was making me feel worse. Well, on April 27, I really felt awful. So I just stayed in for 2 days and didn't smoke at all. On Tuesday, I found out that I had Strep throat! So (along with the antibiotics), I decided to continue not smoking.

Well, it's been 7 days now.

There are some tough times. But when those moments pass, I'm fine until the next moment.

Hopefully, I can keep it up!!!

Work...!

Well, I thought, perhaps, that I could have my last cigarette on Saturday night before dinner. I didn't really crave one after dinner. On Sunday, I had some thoughts. But not nearly strong enough to want to have one. On Monday, I thought about it on my way into work. Walk to subway -- fine. Walk from subway to office -- fine. Around 9:30am, I thought about it. Thought about it again... and again. By 10:30am, I caved in and bought a pack.

Argh!

Happy 2008

January 1, 2008! Wow... 2007 passed so quickly. Each year passes faster and faster. But don't most people say that? I have a theory... the brain slows so that time appears to be going faster.

This may be my time to finally quit smoking. Well, that's what I've been thinking over the past month. Maybe I am in that right state of mind to do so.

If not, maybe I'll ramble about other things...