*grin*

[angelchicken]

So I was just out having, what will hopefully be, my last cigarette and this guy with a little girl about eight came over and asked for a light. I said sure, cause I had 'em and this little girl says, out of the blue, "I think she really pretty". I smiled and said thank you and the little girl continued 'I think she's beautiful. More beautiful than a star".

Needless to say, I was a grinning fool after that. :D

Of course, I had to kind of spoil it by calling her a little boy (though to be fair, her hair was really short). Her dad was nice about it, telling me he just had to chop off all her hair because some kid gave her lice, poor thing.

But then they walked away and the little girl was blowing me kisses! So I love her and her very short hair and her slightly skeevy dad. She made my day.


Also a message to caltrask55 and smidgy06 and nautibitz: I know you all successfully quit smoking and I have (unsuccessfully) done so in the past. How did you do it? I am sick of smoking and it's expensive and smelly and unattractive and bad in every way and I don't like it anymore, but the thought of quitting gives me the terrors. Just thinking that I won't have a cig makes me shaky and stressed.

Anyone who can offer any advice or help in the matter, I would be greatly appreciative.

And I know that the first three days are the suckiest and that after 72 hours it gets easier, but *gah* I just want there to be an instant cure, like antabuse for drinking.

*twitch*

Comments

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

:wibblesigh: Mmmmmsmoking.

Quitting? Why you want to quit for? Smoking is hot and quitting is for losers! Dammit. :p

What I did? I went on the patch for a bit. I know some people still smoke with it on but I was far to paranoid to do that. And I did that for a few days. I didn't do the Steps. I think I was okay with just a few days on the patch because I smoked less than a pack a day (unless I was drinking). And after that? It was (is) just a day to day one day at a time thing. Eating. I do that a lot. Breathing. I mean breathe in hard and hold it for a second or two.

Uhm, mostly I think you just have to be ready.

To quote Buffy. (because one should always quote Buffy) "It's hard and it's painful, and it's every day." And that pretty much sums up what it's like to quit smoking.

I keep telling myself that one day I'll be a social smoker and smoke when I'm drinking. Because oh, God I miss it .

That's another thing. Avoid alcohol. At least for the first bit.

But drink water. Lots. I've heard that somewhere but I can't remember if I actually did that.

[caltrask55.livejournal.com]

I smoked 2 packs a day and I quit. Fang was still (and still is) smoking around me. If I can do that, so can you. I used the Patch but didn't do the full 6 weeks. I think I stopped around 3 or 4. I had a big incentive though. I knew I had to quit or they wouldn't do my surgery on me. Next month (March 7th) will be one year without smoking. It is a tough thing but so worth it in the end. I can actually, you know, breathe now. CrAzY!

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

That's not fair. I smoked less than a pack and day and I still can't breathe.

[kariyaki.livejournal.com]

smidgy's comment above is dead on. You just have to be ready. I had a boyfriend that quit smoking and he dared me to quit, so I did. For two weeks, just long enough to prove that I could do it. The bottom line is that I just don't want to.

I didn't have any withdrawal problems, though. I quit with no patch. My biggest problem is idle hands. I think that's why I smoke in the first place: boredom.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Is your icon implying that smoking killed the dinosaurs?

[jrs1980.livejournal.com]

http://ircamera.as.arizona.edu/NatSci102/images/extdinoext_files/image002.jpg

[kariyaki.livejournal.com]

Hee, yes, as you can see from jrs1980's helpful link to the full comic. It's an old Far Side cartoon. I have quite a few as icons.

[certainthings.livejournal.com]

Good reason for them to die.

[katesti.livejournal.com]

Aw, more beautiful than a star! *wibble*

Um, good luck on the no-smoking. I have no advice because I? Still smoke. Mmm, smoking.