About this blog

Musings of an abbynormal brain 😉

Entries in this blog

• Sort By
  • Recently Updated
  • Title
  • Start Date
  • Most Commented
  • Most Viewed

Read more about It's a Holiday Miracle!

It's a Holiday Miracle!

I think I've hit a breakthrough in my quit.   I was thinking the other day about New Year's Eve and planning my adventures for the evening. (They involve pizza, pajamas, and The Twilight Zone marathon on Syfy.) I was remembering last New Year's Eve and recalling how I spent most of the day smoking as many cigarettes as I could in preparation for my quit the next day. I thought about how I spent the last moments of 2018 smoking my last cigarette, which I extinguished at 11:59pm just as

• 5 Comments
• 2449 views

• abbynormal
• December 20, 20196 yr

Read more about "But I enjoyed smoking!"

"But I enjoyed smoking!"

"But I enjoyed smoking!"   I hear that again and again from folks struggling to quit. (I've heard my own inner addict's voice whisper it a thousand times.) And so I ask this question:   Was smoking ever REALLY enjoyable?   One of the keys to my success this time around has been to remind myself that smoking was never really something I enjoyed. Not really. Remember that very first cigarette--the burning sensation in your throat, the acrid smell of the smoke, the cou

• 12 Comments
• 4962 views

• abbynormal
• November 7, 20196 yr