Seventy days after smoking my last cigarette, I woke up this morning and did not apply a nicotine patch to my shoulder.
Wow. That is all; just - wow.
I’ve smoked three packs a day for thirty-five years, and now I don’t. I’ve applied a nicotine patch a day for ten weeks, and now I don’t.
(Heh. Habits. I discovered this morning that I’ve formed a habit of not buttoning up my shirt until I’d put a patch on. Now I’ve got to break that one.)
Congrats!
Awesome! Congratulations!
Of course the fact that you just moved to $10.00 a pack Canada might have something to do with it?
(That’s about $10.03 U.S. – snerk…)
See what that clean Canadian air can do for you! Congrats.
Hi, Frank!
Congratulations and welcome to all the help we can offer!
Atropine/Scopolamine, for me, killed nicotine withdrawal dead, dead, dead. So, what is the condition of a cyclist who took off northbound on 41 but left his female companion behind?
Damn it. Too bad.
It has, actually. I’ve looked at the prices in the shops, though fortunately never when I was really hurting. The bad times came at home, when I could talk myself out of it: “You’ve seen the prices, Frank! Are you nuts?” Yes, I decided, I was nuts, and I went and got some ice cream out of the freezer instead.
This, on the other hand - please don’t push that button. I am still using U.S. dollars, and will be for a bit more. My timing could, perhaps, have been better.
People who smoke cigarettes on a regular basis are dumbasses.
Hope that helps.
No, as a matter of fact, it reinforces my opinion about people who say stuff like that.
Frank,
Congratulations! I’m 47 days now with no alcohol. It was really hard at first, and attending functions where everyone drinks and knows I like to drink was hard, but it’s getting easier.
My counselor said both habits are really difficult to overcome. I’ve never consistantly smoked so I don’t know that personally, but if it’s like giving up the booze, then you’ve worked hard at it.
TP
Congratulations, Frank. Keep it up.
Stranger
Congrats!
Keep up the good work.
ETA: Damn there must be some kind of echo in here. 
Oops. Oh well. No one has a gun to anyone’s head making them smoke that first cigarette. My sympathy for addicts, whether addicted to nicotine or some other drug that isn’t administered under force, is not the highest.
shrug As if anyone has a gun to anyone’s head making them take that call center job.
Hey now!
FWIW, my company just closed a center that was in Canada. Too expensive, they said. Not sure if that’s related to the $CA vs $US situation or not, though.
I think we’re done with the personal sniping in this thread.
On a less official note… congrats, Frank. Good news, indeed.
Congrats, Frank, but you’re not quite out of the woods yet. It’ll take a couple of days for the last of the residual nicotine to clear your system and you may crave, but if you make through the weekend nicotine free, you’ll be in the clear as far as the physical addiction.
Just be on guard for how crafty your brain can be in trying to talk you into just buying “one more pack to say goodbye with” or “one last cigarette ever.” You won’t really enjoy them if you’re past the addiction and you’ll feel like crap for blowing your streak.
I quit smoking 13 years ago now and I still feel like it was one of the best things I ever did for myself. It’s good for self-esteem, it’s a real accomplishment, it saves money and it’s a relief to not always have to worry about whether you have enough smokes, or whether you’ll be able to smoke wherever you’re about to go. You’re going to feel glad you killed that monkey every time you walk past the little bands of smokers who hang out in front of office buildings in the freezing cold every day.
I would have posted to say congrats sooner, but I had to go out for a smoke.
Especially in Ottawa in mid-January: -30 C with windchill for extra smoking goodness.