186 pages, 376 days

[ed_rex]

An ode to empty hands and an empty mouth

I knew the anniversary was coming up fast; I didn't realize I'd over-shot by nearly a fort-night, until I checked the review I posted last year - as it turns out, exactly one year ago today.

If the chronology in that piece is to be trusted, it has now been 376 days since I butted my final cigarette.

I'm

Comments

[mijopo]

That's awesome, congrats. I may give the book a read just out of interest, I quit around 20 years ago, and truth be told, still on fairly regular occasions, miss it.

It might be worth your while

[ed_rex]

The not-missing-it aspect of things is what most impresses me about the process, probably even more than how easy it was to stop in the first place. (If you recall, his method includes smoking while you read the book and I followed his prescription to the letter, timing my final smoke with his last paragraph. By that point, the cigarettes were foul and I wasn't enjoying them at all; though the monkey was sucking harder at them than I almost ever had before).

All of which is to say, it might be useful to have around on those moments when you're missing it; but it might not, since you managed to quit through brute force of will.

[sooguy]

Congrats on the milestone(s). I wonder if they have this in an audio format? My mother isn't much of a reader, but could really use the help quiting. She quit before I was born and gave it up for 16 years until she and my father split. She's been smoking again for the past 25 years.

I love LJ for the ability to look back on entries and find the EXACT date you said or did something.

Audio format, yes

[ed_rex]

Check your email and let me know what you think. But for the record, audio-formats are out there.

I too love the searchable aspects of this sweet, sweet tech!

Re: Audio format, yes

[sooguy]

Got the email. No time to respond right now. Thanks for the offer.

[casualsexcapade]

Many Congratulations!

I celebrated my One Year No Smokaversary on Oct 13. I am still shocked every day that I've actually DONE it.

Cheers to our health - well - lung health. My liver may have some complaints.

Cheers back at'cha

[ed_rex]

It's a rather wonderful feeling of liberation, isn't it? Somewhat amazingly (and much thanks to the still-pseudonymous Raven), my liver is almost certainly in much better shape than it was this time last year as well.