Day 3
FINALLY!! It's getting a little bit easier not to smoke. It's still hard, and I still think about smoking almost every minute of every day. This is, by far, the toughest *mental* challenge I've ever had take on in my life. But I'm doing okay. :)
I dont have that "high feeling" anymore (kind of miss it, actually! LOL) The cravings are becoming more clear to me. Before, the cravings were 24/7. Now, i can actually tell when im having a craving or not. 1 minute, i'll be fine...then the next, i'll get an image of smoking in my head and my body starts to crave it. But i just take REALLY deep breathe breaths and drink some water, pop in some hard candy or gum and then within a minute or two, the craving passes. Yayyyyy!! 1 less craving, 1 more badge of honour :D (wear your beat-cravings as a badge of honour!!)
Now, I do wanna stress something (for those smokers reading this), i found this on that quit smoking site(
Quitnet.com ) :
Slips VS Relapses
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Slips= when you give in to a craving and have a few puffs or a whole cigeratte.
Relapses=when you give in and start smoking more and more (alot more than just 1 cig!).
When you have a "Slip", DONT GET HARD ON YOURSELF!!!!!! That will make you relapse!!!!!
Find out WHY you slipped, and prevent it from happening again. You should feel a little quilt of course, but only for a few minutes and then BECOME STRONGER and wiser on what made you almost fail. Use a "slip" at as learning experince.
Now, the only thing I didnt like about "Slips" is that it almost gives a craving smoker a good excuse to try that "1 more cig" or "just 3 or 4 more puffs and i'll be done"......
SLIPS ARE NOT EXCUSES FOR YOU TO TRY "JUST 1 MORE CIG"!!!
And remember, your first time smoking didnt make you a "smoker", and neither will 1 "slip". So, get back on track and KEEP going (you dont have to start over from a "slip" but it will be harder to kick your habit).
Okay, back to me now lol
Yesterday, I wanted to go out to eat at a Resturant. I wanted to throw myself in a situation of "the real world", with smoke and smokers around me. So, me and the boyfriend got there, and they only had a table in the SMOKING SECTION lol i thought "greatttttt.....this is going to be a real test for me!"
I spent a few seconds looking around, seeing packs of cigerattes on tables, and ashtrays laying around. Somehow, it didnt bother me, to be honest. Not one bit. :)
The only thing that honestly came to my mind was "a pack of cigs looks like someones "crutch" "
It was weird to think that. I've been using a crutch all these years........wow! :
Anyways, so we get a waitress who turned out to be a complete bitch. My boyfriend just said "Oh boy..." , as if to say "you pissed off the wrong bitch!" LOL :P
This waitress was rude and dumb. She refilled my boyfrineds drink, but not mine (even though our empty glasses were at the edge of the table together), she "forgot" my nacho cheese for my dinner and brough it out 5 mins later as my food got cold..how long could it take to grab some nacho cheese?? Come onnnnn.....
Then, in the middle of us eating our food, she comes up to us and says "You guys need boxes??" i was like "Umm...what?? We're still eating!!!!!" I mean, we had food in our mouths and hands LOL We were clearly eating.
THEN, she comes back a minute later with our check.......THE WRONG CHECK! She gave us some other tables check. Then, she comes back and gives us OUR check....BUT the check had 3 cokes and 1 coffee added to our bill, which we never got. Oh, and she told us to "pay at the cashier".
So, my boyfriend told her the check is wrong, she goes and fixes it, i take the check up to the cashier and no one is there. I stop another waitress and ask if i could be rung up. She said "you're waitress is supposed to cash you out, not you." I was like "well, she told us to pay at the cashier"....the waitress looked shocked and grabbed my check and said "who was your waitress??" and at the same time, the bitch-waitress of mine comes up and says "I'll take care of it!" and frantically grabs my check and money out of my hands.
When she came back with the change, she said "have a good week." and i simply replied "fuck off." :)
That was a true test of my nerves and patience and i passed! :D Yayyyyyyyyy! lol Okay, this is enough for one day. I'll write back tomorrow.
~Jamie~