JoJo Welcome back. Sometimes I think about returning to smoking myself. I visualize it, I also visualize how sick it will make me, how foul it will taste and how bad I will feel starting all over with the craves all over again. Each time I have slipped in a quit before, the cig always seemed to add to the craves I had to suffer before I got back to the level of craving I was before I slipped. It helps me not slip again.
Perhaps the rewards you set for yourself were a bit too lofty. It will take a lot of unsmoked packs to get a house. I set smaller rewards for myself. I bought a pair of expensive shears to cut dog fur with. I had been dreaming of these shears for two years unable to afford them until I quit smoking. With the money from the savings in not smoking it was easy. I gave myself a reward of going to the movies as a non-smoker and enjoying the film instead of wanting to leave all the time to have a cigarette.
Small rewards as you go along are very important, at least to me. My next goal is a new more powerful clipper. Not that expensive, but it means a lot to me. Small rewards at regular intervals makes the quit more real and more personal.
Smoking adds nothing to your happiness, life or well being. Smoking only adds to the addiction and takes everything else away from you.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/27/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 36
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,094
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $360
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1