Looking back

Today I'm going to do a bit of reflecting.  It's time to look back on my quit attempt this time around and see where the trouble spots are.  This is what is normally done after someone caves and starts smoking again, but I think it can be healthy for me now that I've gone this far.

Today is a landmark day.  I have officially hit 90 days.  This is day 91.  Tomorrow at 7am, I will have officially been quit for 3 months.  The 3 month mark is supposed to herald in a new set of challenges, but I think I'm good to go now. 

I've done lots of work during this quit to help me stay quit.  I removed a few stresses from my life which were starting to push me over the edge.  I've started working on hobbies for the sheer fun of having a hobby.  Keeping busy is a good thing, and having down time is another good thing.  I'm happy about both of these things.

Getting through a birthday weekend was a miracle for me, but I'm glad I did not smoke the whole time.  I had a fabulous time for my birthday, and not being able to smoke at a spa and subsequently not WANTING to smoke while I was there was a nice thing.

I've heard lots of things during this quit, like "you're not really free until you stop counting the days".  Bite me.  Does that mean you never age if you stop counting birthdays?  Hell, people call 3 year olds "Oh look, he's only 36 months old"...No, he's 3!  Pretty soon, I can start counting my quit in years.  Hell, let's start now.

I'm 1/4 of a year non-smoker.  Nah, that does sound silly.  But after the 12 month mark, it's a year damnit.

Anyway, I'm off topic there.  There were people that stated that I would be happy as a non-smoker, until I started smoking again, then I'd be truly happy once more.  Not so.  I'm quite happy not smoking.  It's getting cold outside now (into the negative temperatures) and we're expecting a snow storm tomorrow.  Glad I'm not out in that puffing away.

Also, I've had the comments lately of "you smell good".  I wasn't sure if I should take that the wrong way.  LOL.  But it is true.  Nicotine is not leeching out of my pores like it probably used to.  I'm happy, those around me are happy, what's not to like these days?

Do I miss smoking?  Maybe once in a while, but it's getting more and more rare to miss it.

I'm good with where I'm at.  I'm at 3 months.

Oh, and I got my PS3 with the money I saved.  Had enough to buy a few games to go with it too.  Yay me!

Oh, stats time.  Then I'm done blogging for the moment.

I have been quit for 90 days. I have saved approximately $721.16 by not smoking 1,802 cigarettes.  My Quit Date: 9/9/2009 7:00 AM.