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Monday, December 1st, 2008
I quit

smoking on Saturday. We'll see how well this goes. I have smoked since I was 18 years old. Wow - almost 22 years. I have quit several times during that period. Namely everytime I found out I was pregnant. (Just to clarify - Thanks Carrie - I am soooo NOT pregnant this time) As soon as that little plus sign showed up on the stick - the cigarettes went in the garbage. The longest I quit was when pregnant with Reenie and after she was born because I breastfed her for 9 months. So that was about 17-18 months that I did not smoke. Boz had told me he would quit by the time he turned 40. That was a month ago - no sign of him slowing down. He smokes 1.5 - 2 packs a day. I smoke 1/2 a pack a day (or at least I did). Anyway, maybe if I go ahead and quit, he will also. We'll see. In the meantime, I am going to just take it a day at a time and - if need be - an hour at a time.

23 Comments

1) So is this your way of telling us your pregnant???????

Good luck Meg!

Carrie 8 hours ago

2) LMAO - Oh hell NO! I am soooo done with that!

justmeg 8 hours ago

3) I thought that would be the case... totally kidding!

I hope you are successful!!!

Carrie 8 hours ago

4) I know of a few people who have successfully stopped after having read a book by Alan Carr (I think his first name might be spelled ALLEN but I'm not sure). However, he suggests you don't try to give up at least until you have finished reading his book.

LimeyGeorge 8 hours ago

5) Good Luck Meg!

Spike 8 hours ago

6) Congrats on even coming this far... hope you are successful! My Mom quit like 15 years ago, and it radically improved our lives...

Brian 8 hours ago

7) Good Luck Meg! I really hope it works for you.

Snelly 7 hours ago

8) Been there, done that. Just don't buy any or pick them up! After 2 weeks and once you get through your first crisis without cigarettes, you're home free. It's hard, but well worth it!

soundchick 7 hours ago

9) From what you said you and your smoke in a day, it takes a financial toll on your family budget. 4 packs a day @ 3.00/pk.=$12.00/day @ 30.5days/mo.=$366.00/month @12 months=$4,332/yr. $4,332/ yr. would any family budget hard, especially a young family.

BeanCounter37 7 hours ago

10) For once, I agree with Bean! There is definitely SOMETHING that $4-5,000/year could be spent on besides inhaled carcinogens. Good luck!! ...sending positive and calming Karma your way...

Angi 6 hours ago

11) Trying to figure out where you get 4 packs a day tho - Bean. I said that I smoked 1/2 a pack and he smokes 1.5 to 2 - that adds up to 3 packs a day. Plus - I guess cigarettes are a little more expensive around here - it is about $3.60 per pack. I intend on putting $3.60 into my piggy bank every two days and just letting it add up. For me it is about $54.00 per month. For him @ 2 packs a day, it is about $216 per month. It would help our budget alot if he would quit also. But he has to make that choice.

justmeg 6 hours ago

12) You can do it! You're a strong woman.

Courtney Heinzel 6 hours ago

13) Wishing you all the best! You CAN do it, I quit when one of my roommates told me I couldn't live with her unless I quit. (over 26 years ago) I would sneak, but then it just wasn't worth it after a while. Lots of luck to you again.

SA Tenor 6 hours ago

14) If it were only about the money, Meg, I'm sure you would have done it awhile ago. You have to make the decision to do it... and you have. People who don't smoke have no idea... it's an additiction, obviously. Good idea about setting the $ aside and let it add up. But like Brian said, congrats for coming this far. It's hard enough making the decision to do it... kwim?

P.S. I think our cigs are near $5 a pack. i almost fainted last tiem I saw them in the grocery store. Damn.

Carrie 5 hours ago

15) Good luck!! Keep us posted!

Tanya Mussetter 5 hours ago

16) Meg, I have a friend who quit after fifteen years of smoking. She decided she would give herself five minutes in the bathtub for each hour she went without smoking per day. Positive reinforcement of some sort never hurts.

Good luck! I know you can do it!

Sarah S. 4 hours ago

17) Good luck and I sincerely hope you are able to quit.

dannie 4 hours ago

18) Sarah S. - oh that sounds like a good idea - I figured out that - if I stay quit and put the money aside for each pack I don't smoke - by my birthday in March - i will have enugh to go to the day spa for a massage, facial and pedicure!

justmeg 4 hours ago

19) I thinkl the 4-5K could be invested in a 529 Plan to finance the childrens college tuition. Eventhough, I how been connected with tobacco in many ways, if you never smoke don't and if you have started try to quit. The two reasons people smoke are: peer group pressure and CHOICE.

BeanCounter37 3 hours ago

20) The children's college is already prepaid through our state's MPACT program. Any savings from this will be put aside to benefit me and me alone - LOL Who knows between me quitting and if Boz will go ahead and quit - we might make it to Bonnaroo again this year - VIP this time.

justmeg 3 hours ago

21) Ooh...that's an awesome idea, meg!! She eventually went on a shopping spree with the money, but she wanted those daily gifts.

Sarah S. 2 hours ago

22) This is alot harder then I thought it would be - I have been ok while I have been at work - but now I have to leave and pick up Sarah from ballet rehearsal - drive through rush hour traffic home - and then take her back downtown at 8 for 2 more hours of rehearsal. All that keeps going through my mind is that there is a gas station between here and downtown. Arrrgghhhh. Ok - I need to think of the good things - if I can make it to 8:30 tonight - it will have been 48 hours and a cigarette will likely make me dizzy and lightheaded at that point anyway.

justmeg 1 hour ago

23) Good for you for quitting!!� It will benefit the whole family. Think of the kids when you are no longer smoking in the car. YOu are helping them stay healthy. Keep up the good work!

franklins 29 minutes ago