I Am Going to Quit Smoking and You Guys Are Going to Be My Support Group
May 18th, 2008 by Evil BeetI have to quit smoking. It’s seriously way past okay for me to be smoking. I started when I was sixteen, and I promised myself I would quit by 21. I was not going to smoke for more than five years. And now we’re going on year ten, and I wake up in the morning hacking my lungs out, and I get winded when I walk up a flight of stairs, and it’s really just unacceptable. Plus, the secondhand smoke is not good for Leo to be around. And I bet Greg Plitt wouldn’t date a girl who smokes. So I have to quit smoking.
I’ve tried everything, you guys. I’ve tried patches and gums and Chantix and meditation and prayer. I even once went to a Nicotine Anonymous meeting, but that was just a little too much for me. I was like, “Um, okay, the first step is to admit I’m powerless over nicotine and my life has become unmanageable. So, I get the powerless part, but I don’t really think it’s making my life unmanageable. I just want to quit.” And the other people in the group, who were old, tried to be very helpful. They were like “Don’t you hate it when you have to end a phone conversation quickly so you can get outside to have a cigarette?” And I was like, “Um, I haven’t talked on a phone with a cord since I was 8, and I smoke in my house.” And so they were like “Don’t you hate having to be late for meetings at work because you were taking a smoke break?” and I was like “Uh, I work from my living room. Where I smoke.” And then they were like “Well don’t you feel bad when your husband complains about your smoking?” And I was like “Uh …” Long story short: I left the meeting and lit up a cigarette.
So now I’m 24 hours into my not-smoking (although I’m using the patches), and I figure I’m just going to be accountable to you guys here. You’re going to be my support group. I’m going to be responsible for telling you at the end of each day that I didn’t have a cigarette that day, and you guys are going to be like “Congrats!” or “We don’t care!” or “MILEY CYRUS is hottttttt i want to put my penis in her boooooobs!!!1″ or whatever it is you guys say in the comments. But there are a lot of you, and I’m going to make myself accountable to you.
And if you feel like quitting smoking along with me, feel free to leave your own updates in the comments. Your ass can be accountable to me. :)
It’s been 24 hours so far. I haven’t had a cigarette today. Hopefully I can say the same thing tomorrow night!
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I dont know if anyone else gave you this link because I didnt read everyother comment but seriously go here Think Quit.
This ad is on TV all the time and it is hilarious because the guy reminds me of Kel from Kath and Kim. Just listen to the introduction down the bottom, I actually think that if anyone wanted to spend that much money this would actually work.
Good For you!!
I quit smoking for 3 days and I celebrated by lighting up and smoking my favorite menthol Cig.
Again I wish you much success.
lighting up a cig right now.
God , i am such a bad person.
You are my hero!!
seriously you are.
I quit just over 1 week ago! It’s so hard, really really hard, but really really worth it. Evil, congrats on 24 hours, that’s totally the hardest part, so already you are a success! woo hoo! I myself slipped last friday and had a couple grits and I thought to myself, why am I doing this, the cigg tasted absolutely disgusting, so the next day back on with the patch. Anyhoo, I’ll be rootin for you, me, & everyone else to trying to quit this addictive habit.
Beet, I am sooooo curious to see what you look like. Do you have a picture you could post? And not some glamour shot either. Just a club pic or something? It would really make my day.
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This is a vote of support. Just make the air clean for someone else! But you know you smoke because you’re neurotic. Your neurosis driven comments on the stars make me laugh for some reason. So when you quit smoking for real and for good, perhaps you will really be hysterical. So I support you on this move.
I started smoking when I was 11 and stopped at age 23. I was at Zuma beach on acid one night and every thing just turned so black and white and gray when I smoked a cigarette, so I never did it again. If things really get bad, smoke a nice fatty. If that fails there are other ways to auto stimulate yourself into another zone. I think you really just have to figure out what to do with your hands when you normally light up and go through that whole ritual.
Hey I quit 16 months ago after smoking for 18 years and I have to tell you it was the best thing I have ever done in my life. I literally feel like a new person. Also I tried to quit dozens of times before this and failed. I really feel that everyone finds their own time to just say enough and do it. I used the patch but I didnt follow the instructions exactly, I stepped down the dosage when I felt I could handle it. So basically I ended up being on them about twice as long. But hey, like I said everyone finds their own way. Good luck and I hope you make it.
Treat yourself to acupuncture.
You know what?.. I would like to quit smoking too.. But i have been smoking for so long that it’s like i don’t even think about it, i just lit up ciggies, one after another and i don’t even notice.. It’s crazy..
I’m happy for you, and i hope you can do it no problem.
Hugs
Tako
I just quit smoking too!! :) keep up the good work. you can do it:)
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Smokeless electronic cigarette
It gives you nicotine and nothing else.