Monday, April 6, 2009

4 weeks smoke free (or 28 days)!!!!

So as of today it has been 4 weeks 3hr 47min and 28sec... or 28 days.
I have not smoked 563 cigarettes (that's 20 per day or one pack a day)
I have saved $157.68
And I have saved 1day, 22hr and 55 min of my life. More time to spend with my children.

Now here's the great part. My husband quit with me.
So we have not smoked 1126 cigarettes or 56 packs.
We have saved a grand total of $315.36. (Just to let you know if at all possible we bought the ones that were on sale.)

Background on us. My husband started smoking when he was 13 years old. So he has smoked for 16 years.
I started smoking when I was 17 years old. I smoked for 7 years.

We both knew we needed to quit. But we didn't want to quit. So awhile back (28 days ago) we out of money and couldn't buy and cigarettes. and when the next paycheck rolled around we were low on extra cash also so we didn't even bother buying any more. So when people ask what kind of method we used I tell them I used the "were broke" method.

I do feel a lot better about not smoking.
  • I no longer worried if I could buy what I want (cigarettes) or what I need (food/diapers).
  • I felt so bad at night when the kids would cough I knew it was because I was smoking, there door was shut so the smoke would stay in there.
  • I Now don't have to have smoke breaks. I can start something and finish it with out stopping 2 0r 3 time to smoke.
  • My house, car, clothes, things, kids things, kids, myself, don't stink like cigarette smoke anymore.
I could go on and on but I think you get the point. Sometime I just want a cigarette but I know I wont pick one up. I wish good luck to everyone out there that wants to quit.

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