Kick Me, Please
I’m going to set a new quit date very soon. I’ve been avoiding it for a several reasons:
- I was too stressed to focus on quitting given the recent deaths in the family. At least for me, the need to focus on tackling my smoking triggers was crucial.
- Because of the loss of my sister and father, thinking or caring that I’m smoking, much less setting a quit date, had sunk to the bottom of my brain, under all the useless clutter.
- At some point, I’m going back to Meg’s house to handle numerous tasks and issues. I got in the habit of sitting in her courtyard and smoking. With the pool and tropical landscaping, it’s my favorite place to be at Meg’s house–it was hers too–and I’ll want to still sit there, but it will be very hard to not smoke.
- We’ve not taken the July Birthday Babies Cruise yet this year, though there’s been some discussion about a belated event. Last year, that cruise was by far the most difficult setting for me to not smoke. (See the post on July 24, 2006 for details.) If the cruise gets scheduled, I’d like my quit date to fall afterward.
Nonetheless, I think I’m getting closer to being able to handle quitting again. I’m going to review some of last year’s preparation and I have some new ideas too.
Now, will someone please give me a kick in the posterior and get me to set that date!
