She forgot I smoked

[JimHannoonen]

Seriously, folks.

 

Yesterday, Dre and I were in the car heading to sushi and I mentioned to her that Saturday was 1 year and 4 months since I quit smoking. She literally jumped in her seat, looked at me with a completely startled face and said "Holy shit! I totally forgot you used to smoke!"

 

It's so amazing to be where I am now. It's strange how something that ruled my life for 30 years and -once I stopped- was all I could think about for months on end, is now nothing more than just a faded old memory for me (and not even a memory for some.)

 

If you're struggling, keep with it. I swear it's worth it. There is no downside to not smoking.

 

NOPE!

Edited June 11, 2018 by JimHannoonen

[JB 883]

Yeah the longer one goes without it, the more it is forgotten.

 

So what you are saying then is at your stage of Quit, the nicodemon doesn't even bother asking for a smoke cause it knows what the answer will be?

 

I still think though that when you were doing triathlons even as a smoker, it probably didn't even do any damage. So, you are clean. 

 

No downside to not smoking? Funny, I was thinking about that the other day and it is true.  It was the root of so many problems.

[JimHannoonen]

4 hours ago, Jetblack said:

 

 

So what you are saying then is at your stage of Quit, the nicodemon doesn't even bother asking for a smoke cause it knows what the answer will be?

 

 

No cravings whatsoever.

[jillar]

You're awesome Jim I'm really happy for you and Dre

[Reciprocity]

Yes, I think we are all blown away by the difference in our thinking once we have quit for a longer period of time. As you said, smoking occupied our minds 24/7 for the first while and then in what now seems like the blink of an eye, it's nothing really. Nothing more than a memory of how we used to be and the image of that isn't pretty