Thanks for starting this discussion. It's been bothering me too - both my boss (a former smoker) and my husband (still a smoker) are saying stuff like - well, if you've given up, you've given up. Stop dwelling on it. Move on! So I haven't been to the site for a few days -- and yesterday I started thinking, 'well, what could be wrong with having just one puff: that will prove I've given up'. Then came the thought: "So what if I smoke? I've put on weight, (my husband and I are not at a good place relationship-wise right now (actually I think he hates the 'new' me) I'm up against horrible deadlines at work (worked all day Sunday) ...how good it would be to have a glass of wine and a smoke and just CHILL.'
I'm going to the mountains for the Easter weekend (if I get all my work done first...), and I know that it's going to be hard because there'll be smokers around me. On the other hand, one of my prompts for stopping smoking was so I could climb mountains and hike without feeling like I was about to have a heart attack!
Most disturbing is that even after 90-odd days, these thoughts are in my head. My boss keeps saying - well, if you're counting the days, you're not going to stick to it. It means you're NOT over it. He says once he decided to quit, that was it - he just did and hasn't thought about it since. Maybe he's lying, or deluding himself. His wife is one of those 'social smokers' - has one if there's a smoker around to bum off, but goes weeks without having, or wanting, one, apparently.
Too many questions, not enough answers. Sigh.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/8/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 92
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,305
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $184
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 10 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 9
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$431,545.33
Amount Saved
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Quit Meter
Days: 5966
Hours: 2
Minutes: 25
Seconds: 36
Life Gained
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46237
Smoke Free Days
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924,740
Cigarettes Not Smoked
