In celebration of getting my Christmas bonus and having given up smoking for two-and-a-half years I rushed to the store.
And bought pack of cigarettes.
I then proceeded to go home and open a bottle of “champagne” and smoke INSIDE the house after being such a smoke nazi for the last two-and-a-half years.
I really am the biggest hypocrite ever to step on this earth. Luckily for me justice was served by the house stinking like crap for the entire weekend, and me feeling crap to match the smell. However, now I have an opened pack of fags sitting on my desk. Staring at me. Last night, I opened the packet, and deeply inhaled the raisiny scent of Dunhill Blue. Oh, how I missed that smell. But I didn’t smoke any.
Now, as a non-smoker, I have an opened pack of cigarettes staring me in the face every time I sit at my computer. I haven’t touched them since Friday night. My restraint (well, aside from the act of actually buying them) is impressive. Sort of.
Okay, not really.
you should set them on fire. burn them!
burn those devil sticks!
… oh wait. :-/
hang on, that’s not the story I heard!
bad ani!
Oh girl, try and be strong. It’s such an ugly habit.
*fling* *huff* *puff* Uhh… me should quit as well *cough*
Well, Ani, your lungs, your life, your money. You decide. Big *boo* for smoking inside your own apartment though. I could never do that. Well, possibly in the kitchen with the door open, but elsewhere? Everything getting smelly, everything getting sticky and icky, ruined electronics… urgh, no way.
you know you wanna Ani…
DO IT!
It just goes to show you – once a smoker, always a smoker. In school once the librarian told us that she’s a “smoker who chooses not to smoke”. You can never be a nonsmoker, really. But best of luck avoiding smoking!
ahhh, dunhill blues
i think i used to smoke dunhill reds before giving up the whole import thing.
now i smoke whatever is thrown at me as you drive by on the interstate off ramp.
i quit about seven months ago…then i met this boy who smokes.
kissing him is now my cigarette replacement. its great.
Empty the pack of ciggies and stash them for a special occasion. Chop up some carrots into sticks that will fit in the pack…then,whenever you have the urge,you can go through all the motions of opening the pack,etc,and chew on a carrot stick. It helps.
If you don’t post anything by Christmas,Have a merry holiday,Ani! Rich and Jan.
Oh no,
Yes once a smoker always a smoker! I started again one xmas over a few beers it had been two years since I had had one. I have been clean again for 17mths but that is due mostly to the fact that my boy hates smoking it has kept me strong, they are a drug! Be strong throw out the packet as an open pasket is way more tempting than going and shelling out money for one.
Good luck!
If you smoke choose a brand that uses only natural tobacco. Most large companies like PM ad ammonia which does the same thing to nicotine that sodium carbonate (baking soda) does to cocaine HCL (makes crack). That is it causes a significant increase in the amount of the drug that is absorbed through the lungs. More drug = stronger faster addiction. No I don’t smoke crack I just read. Yes I do think Most large companies are evil.
You do remember your switch ad =P
Lum
Dunnie Blues!
Don’t worry, i started smoking after a year off, a very close freind has started after 2 years. we’ll both quit again, that’s a given. If you’re going to smoke, then smoke, dont deny yourself. You quit once, you’ll quit again.
As much as i like duhill blue, I urge you to smoke tobacco, it may not be as classy, but the complete lack of carcinagenic chemicals compaired to tailor mades makes it worth it.
I really should be telling you not to smoke…but then, i am a firm believer in letting other people live out their own destiny, and only offering balanced advice…i dont like telling people what to do!