I Just Have To Do It!
Starting Monday, December 11, NO MORE CIGARETTES.
Stop and Start
I was so proud of quitting from July 11 through September 3. I actually felt kind of silly when I would make a fuss telling people I’d done it. But it was so HUGE to me. After all, I’d smoked for 35 years.
Then I smoked in Europe.
I made up my mind to quit when we got on the plane in Frankfurt, September 14, to head home. And I did, with no withdrawal symptoms. Then, on September 23, in a total funk, I had a cigarette.
I’ve been having a half a cigarette or a whole cigarette a day since then, thinking, “Well heck, at some point I’ll get it together and dump that daily smoke.” That’s when I was thinking, because mostly, I’ve been distracted with other life issues.
No New Years Resolution
I could wait and make giving up the daily cigarette my New Years resolution. I could at least wait until after Christmas, because holiday preparations are so stressful. Or I could wait for spring, when the garden distracts me and I can bask in the glory of being outdoors and being warm at the same time! But many months of winter are ahead of us in Wisconsin, where sometimes spring really doesn’t happen until June.
July 11 was a good quit day for me. December 11 is a good day to get back to zero cigarettes.
