6 Months After Quitting Smoking
6 months seems like and incredible milestone: For .5 years I have not smoked a cigarette and I did not change my lifestyle at all except that I don’t smoke 2 packs of cigarettes at the bar. In fact, days after I started putting off smoking (I really abhor the word quit…seriously), I was able to go out and drink like a mofo. But how?
It’s simple. I promised myself I would smoke AFTER accomplishing some mundane task that didn’t merit reward. And then, I told myself if I was good and didn’t smoke that time, that I would the next time I offered my self a reward. Effectively, I procrastinated smoking. That’s it. Sure there were a few tense days in the beginning where I ate a ton of sunflower seeds and pounded mochas, but since that quickly subsided.
The powers of procrastination…it doesn’t always have to be negative.
October 19th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
Kyle I hit six months last week and am still a minute away I feel from grabbing one lol! It was my life for 44 years of being able to cope, councel, and help everyone else. Now when people go “you must feel so much better” I don’t Kyle. I’ve gained almost 18 lbs so now I know I have to do a diet on top of depriving myself of cigarette’s. Last night my Aunt who quit 20 years ago e-mailed me to say they found a tumor on her lung, its her own fault cause she used to smoke. I told her to give herself a break, everyone smoked when she did, it was a normal thing, not a health issue. Makes for a very sad and confusing night tonight.