nobody likes a quitter
“The things you do aren’t good for my health”
Dangerous by Depeche Mode
It’s no secret that I’ve smoked cigarettes for years. I’ve considered those little nasty little smoke-filled sticks friends for (on and off) about 20 years now. They were my morning wake-up-with-coffee compatriot, a midday treat when the world got complicated and my late-night editing partner.
My pack of ‘cancer sticks’ changed around a lot. I’d always settle for a Marlboro light but what I often wanted was a Camel light after dinner, a Du Maurier with a good book, an American Spirit when just hanging out or a Lucky Strike when drinking Pabst Blue Ribbon down at Roberts.
The act itself was sometimes glamourous though I can’t say I ever did it because some famous (or mildly famous) person did it. My parents don’t smoke. Only some of my friends do. I just enjoyed it.
Well, now I’ve quit. It’s been 5 days since my last smoke. Not very long I know, but long enough for me to start feeling the effects. I’m breathing easier, my alergies are subsiding and my friends & coworkers have started to believe me when I say that I don’t want to bum a smoke (I’ve trained them so well).
(here’s to hoping my insurance company doesn’t read my blog)
editblig on 14 Sep 2007 at 9:28 am #
Good for you! Since cigs are making the big cigarette companies even richer I was going to suggest buying local tobacco and rolling our own but this is even better. Now what happens to the pipe and slippers?
dbriansmith on 21 Sep 2007 at 6:56 am #
congrads! I haven’t had one in 6 years! However I still enjoy my pipes and my cigars…. I suggest laying off tobacco of all kinds for a few weeks or months at first… An attempt to quit 7 years ago ended because I went from one $7 cigar a day to 3 swisher-sweets a day to bumming a cigarette a day, back to a pack a day…
Ken Gay on 01 Oct 2007 at 6:38 am #
I am sitting here drinking coffee and enjoying a Camel Light thinking…..dang I smoked with this guy for 15 of those 20 years. I better investigate this quiting thing.