OK, let's talk about smoking ...

[hopita]

Many of you know I had planned on trying to quit smoking again on May 1st. Most of you also know that that didn't happen. The long story short is that, while in breakup angst, I was buying cigarettes like prohibition was coming tomorrow, and when the end of April rolled around, I realized I still had a good dozen on so packs stuffed into my bags.

Comments

[nirbhao]

okay, so, I'm still smoking (bronchitis and all... ha ha I got menthols)... but I've been quit for up to six months at a time and what has really worked for me has been the "cut back" method. what I do is I halve the number of cigarettes I smoke in a day and I do that for maybe three or four days at a time. I smoke about 8 cigarettes a day, so for three days, I'll smoke 5, then 3, then 1. it works really well for cravings and breaking the habits.

just my 2¢

[starfall18]

i've never really smoked, except for a brief period during which i didn't get adddicted and realized i was stupid for continuing, so i have no real advice except encouragement. i think life would be better without cigarettes, in terms of health and money, etc, etc. though really, i don't know anything about it. good luck!

[suewan]

I miread that, Hope. I thought it said "One less man eater"...deary me.

Gynecologist visit? Is there something wrong, Hope? Or this just an annual visit or check up or something?

[hopita]

Just an annual visit, but with two extra sucky bonuses: Number one, the gynecologist that I'd been seeing since I was fifteen quit the business last year, so I have to see somebody I don't know, and number two, after a major breakup, I'm just not into the idea of letting anyone touch me like that, even in a professional setting. So I've been avoiding.