Dogbelly

Another day logged with no smoking. Yay! I did have a event yesterday that I should share. I broke down in my Jeep way up a Jeep trail on a mountain. The serpentine belt on my motor broke. At any rate some dirt bikers stopped to help. Long story short, one of the dirt bikers gave me his truck to go to town and buy a new belt and idler. We stayed in town as it was dark by the time I got to town and it was no problem for truck owner as they were camping. So today, I will take his truck back and make the repairs hopefully. Just wanted to say you see so much negativity these days, but there are still nice people out there. This guy don’t know me from Adam, and let me take his truck to town for parts. As far as the smoking..........another day under my belt. Had a few beers and still held true. And again, thanks for the support here.

Thanks Doreen. Oh by the way Mac#23, obviously a Bills fan, right now I am very close to Josh Allens home town. Firebaugh, CA. It is a little po-dunk town out in the Central Valley. I am down here as today we are going to take a Jeep trail that is to the west of Firebaugh on BLM land called Griswald Hills. It’s really beautiful and there is a old mine and shut down processing plant up there. They mined mercury and asbestos up there I think! Anyway, will be a good diversion to smoking....cheers

Good morning all, I would like to say thanks to all for the advice and encouragement. It’s kind of fun documenting and sharing this quilting adventure. It helps. Today I will keep busy, but doing things I like to do, not work crap. Lol Other than that, looking forward to making another day without a cigarette. Again, thanks for everyone’s support and encouragement.

Hello all, since I have been documenting my quit on here, I had my first opportunity to smoke this morning! I am working from home today and while I am working I started a load of laundry. As you might guess I found almost a half a pack of cigarettes in a pocket. I had the Marlboro man staring me in the face. He ended up in the trash. Lets say kind of ceremonial thing if you will. So I had to do something. I made me a green shake. It was kind of hard to light, but I did get through that. Nothing like a bunch of spinach, yogurt and fruit instead of a cig eh? lol I really know how to party now......lol

oh you would not believe the rituals I would go through to smoke. At work I would walk to my vehicle (which was in the next over parking lot, as no smoking on any part of the property where I work). Then I would put on the smoking sweatshirt, cause of course I would smell of smoke. Mints, maybe a spray of some smell stuff, and good to go. Pre-Covid, I may be in a smaller conference room or something with four or five people and the last thing I wanted was to smell of smoke. I am non-essential and can work from home so that made it pretty easy to smoke now......which is not a good thing either. Seriously, I kind of sneaked around like a 15 year old hiding your smoking from your mother. It really came to that. I don't know if any one else did that, but it is one of the reasons I said enough. That kind of behavior really is not me, but I guess an addict will do all kinds of things. cheers

Still doing good today, but I have been quite busy which helps. I am wondering how much time I spent smoking. It didn't seem like much while doing it. So I am changing my routine by not smoking and damn I have all this time. So apparently I was wasting a lot of time as I am a good time waster. For right now, the only time I think about smoking are the times I usually did it. Other than that, I really don't or haven't yet really wanted one. An example being, at 8AM I always went outside. So, of course I thought about a cigarette at 8AM. I just kept working and soon forgot. Anyway, I will quit another thing right now, rattling on about myself. lol Have a good day all.

Thanks to all for the encouragement! I actually am using this board already as when i would normally sneak out to smoke here at work I have just came here and read the comments. The funny thing about smoking where I work, one has to walk off the campus. I can get up and go when I want, and there is a really nice park, so taking a short little walk works instead of smoking. Mee - I did have a really nice dog for a number of years, and has now passed. He did like his belly rubbed. Ok, cheers everyone. j

Hi, oh thanks for the tip. I did not know that a three month prescription is best. I hope I get some good dreams! Been pretty good so far, but I know I will have my moments where it wont be so easy. One of the best things I have going is I am almost never around smokers. Also keeping busy at work. I am knee deep in a Excell spreadsheet (which is so much fun, it was always a great excuse to smoke instead), but I took a walk around the buildings instead of smoking. Anyway, onward and upward.

Hi, at 12:30 PM today I have gone 24 hours without smoking. It's actually been not that bad. This isn't my first attempt, and I have had success before. My problem is after I have not smoked for long periods of time, I think I can indulge myself and have just one. Then it is all downhill from there. So this time, note to self, I can never, never just have one. I need to stop completely. I am pretty active and never really felt the bad effects of smoking. Lately, if in high altitudes I have noticed a little difference in my breathing. did not keep me from what I was doing, but it was noticeable. I just need to stop. Also, very few people I know smoke anymore. Friends, family, people at work, no one. The addiction is really just a pain in the ass anymore, and needs to end. When I have quit before and had success, I used Chantix and doing that again. I have no no side effects and it seems to take the edge off for me. Again, this time I need to remember my note to myself.......I just can not have one.