This morning I woke up early and sent off an email to my friends and told them that this quitting smoking thing was going a lot easier than I thought. I barely had any cravings, really. I told my parents and sister the same thing on the phone soon after I wrote the email.
I think I spoke too soon! All day today I’ve had that urge, that need, that craving to smoke. I’ve even thought of justifications for why it might be ok to “have just one” today.
But I haven’t smoked. Instead, I called my sister again (she’s going to be sick of me), I played the Wii Fitplus for 30 minutes, I did laundry, I checked in on Facebook. I’ve been drinking water and avoiding snacking, although I did just finish lunch.
And I still want to smoke. But I haven’t yet. So now let me distract myself by telling you about what I did last night.
Last night I went to see the LimboManiacs at Slims in San Francisco and OMG it was so much fun. The LimboManiacs were playing a benefit reunion concert along with Fungo Mungo (also an awesomely fun band) and Psychefunkapus (fun name, but their music was kind of slow compared to the rest of the bands, so a bit of a downer).
These guys all have crazy names, crazy lyrics, and crazy fans. It was a lot of fun to go out and hear live music like this – it’s been at least 10 years since I saw bands like these at a smaller venue where the crowd was full of headbangers and moshers. Granted, these headbangers were all 40+, so it was even more hilarious. Seriously, I felt like it was 20 years ago and I was seeing the same guys in the audience that I would’ve seen then, only now they were a bit heavier, a bit greyer (or balder), and now married with kids. Plus, it was nice to feel like I was one of the younger ones in the crowd – that doesn’t happen too often anymore when I go hear local live music.
One of the best parts of the night was that I have a huge crush on MIRV aka Marc (the guy on the left playing guitar in the photo above). You see, Marc is FavCousin’s cousin, so I’d occasionally see him at family functions when we were growing up. I had the hugest crush on him when I was a teenager, and it continues on today. (I ignore the fact that he’s married with kids, because this crush is harmless). Marc/MIRV is hilarious onstage and one hell of a great guitar player!
The evening was such a good time, and I’m glad I went. I didn’t even feel that tempted to smoke after having a beer (smoking and drinking go together for me). Even when we passed by a bunch of people smoking outside, I was ok.
So I’ll get past this tough time. But I am “going through it” a bit at the moment.
Bella on the Beach 
Hang in there! Hope the craving passes!
My co-worker was blowing bubbles when the urge was overwhelming. Seemed to help a bit.
I’ve never heard of that method, but it would make sense. Hmmm…might have to get some bubbles…
Cleaning teeth is supposed to be really good too! I suppose its something to do with oral gratification and all that psycho-babble.
It takes some time for the nicotine to get itself out of your system, but think of it as a barometer that is falling day by day…bit at a time…draw yourself a tall skinny thing with increments one to one hundred and tick them off each day, a visual reminder over the next hundred days how much good you are doing yourself. Watch the nicotine leave your body..employ any silly little tools like that, that you can – they do help tremendously – focus on the good stuff!
BR.