The Gauntlet Has Been Thrown!

Friday, January 26th, 2007
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I live in Maine where you don’t just walk down to the corner store if you need something. As I’ve mentioned previously, I work from home. The price of gas, being what it is, has caused us to make as few trips to the store as possible.  You are probably wondering why I’m telling you this.  Since my husband works in town, he usually picks up cigarettes for me.Now, I know I gave myself a deadline to quit by my anniversary on April 4th, but, basically, I was lying to myself (and to you too) because I secretly knew I wanted to do it before then but didn’t want to stress myself out by putting down in writing a date I wasn’t sure that I could keep.

Well, I’ve been doing pretty well with the cutdown method (hoping that, if there is less nicotine in my sytem when I quit, the withdrawal will be a little easier). So, I decided I wanted to try to go cold turkey, starting tomorrow.

So, this morning I told my hubby “Don’t bring me home any more cigarettes”. And his reply?  “You’re not gonna quit”!  Wow, what a prick to my balloon that was!  (I actually thought about leaving only the first part of that last sentence, ha ha!) I thanked him for his support.  He actually did me a favor. It made me angry.  I can’t really blame him. I have tried before with different degress of success.

What it did was give me even more incentive - I felt as though the gauntlet had been thrown and now I have to take it up.

So, here is my public announcement:  I intend for tomorrow (Saturday) to be the big “Q Day”.  I’m trying it cold turkey. If that is too hard, I will look into the new treatment with Chantix one of the new drugs on the market.

Hey, Hon, thanks for the push!  

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rubyredshoes
I like the Wizard of Oz, as you can probably tell by my screen name. I love jigsaw puzzles, crossword puzzles, cooking and most of all, reading. My favorite genres are suspense and mystery. I live in Maine but was born and raised in Philly. I have 3 grown children and 1 marvelous granddaughter who keeps me young!

  1. Tracy
    January 26th, 2007

    Yay! I’m excited. You can totally do this. And if you don’t, I will harass you daily on the blog. :) Maybe you can even decide not to get cigarettes unless you walk to the store to get them… after a few miles of walking, you may decide the cigarettes are not quite worth it. ;)


  2. rubyredshoes
    January 26th, 2007

    Thanks, Tracy. The walk would be more than a couple of miles, ha ha! It takes me almost that to get to the end of my road.

    I’m excited, but I’m scared too. I really want this. Thanks for the encouragement.


  3. Ausielad
    January 29th, 2007

    Go girl!!!

    One thing that helps. When the addiction grabs don’t think I can resist this for ever. Just tell yourself you have to resist for 5 minutes, then the craving will have stopped. It does too!!!

    But it comes back !!!!

    Still, I could cope with the thought 5 minutes of agony, not that it would go on for ever. :o)


  4. rubyredshoes
    January 29th, 2007

    Hi Ausie,

    Thanks for the encouragement. My last cigarette was Saturday morning. Hey, I’m not saying it’s been tough, but I did take a 3 hour nap yesterday! Thanks for stopping in to check on me!


  5. meggieli
    January 30th, 2007

    LOL about the prick part!! If anyone can laugh about that comment… it’s me! I’m glad you took his negative comment and turned it into a positive one for you. That’s a great way to look at things! I am inspired by your confidence and committment. I really am proud of you, Mom. I KNOW without a doubt you can do this. I have faith!! Keep in touch!! Mwah!!!!


  6. rubyredshoes
    January 30th, 2007

    I’m doing good, Meg. Thanks for stopping by to encourage me. It means a lot to me.

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