Day Two of a smoke-free house! Yay!

So yesterday I FINALLY made a firm commitment to something I've been wanting, needing, planning and trying to do for a while.....I took my nasty cigarettes outside!

I washed and put away all of my ashtrays except for one which is now on the front porch on my little table beside my 'smoking chair'.

During a normal workday, once I get to work I may smoke 6 cigarettes tops. During a normal day at home I can easily go through 1 1/2 to 2 packs and not even realize it. It's SUCH a habit sometimes you don't even realize you're doing it!

I finally grew a brain (and some balls) and said to myself "Hey! You have been doing this smoking outside thing at work for years! You can do it at home too!"

It really hasn't been that bad and it has EASILY already cut my at home smoking by at least half if not more!

It's so nice not to have the ashes all over the desk and everywhere. It's so nice that I'm already realizing the savings!

It's good for me, it's good for Hailey not to have the second-hand smoke and it's even good for my cat Fatso, who has a slight bit of asthma and sometimes has a hard time breathing.

I hope I can stick to this. This is the first step in an effort to quit. I'll get there.

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Procrastinator
You will get there! It's for your own benefit! Goodluck!!
8gurl
Thanks! The support helps a lot! I almost caved last night when I was on the phone with AT&T trying to work out a deal to get my daughter a new phone....I was getting aggravated and felt myself reaching for a cigarette...but instead of bringing the cigs inside I took the phone outside!
Cornish Piscie
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Well done you! I used to smoke as well. I smoked rollies (you know the make your own sort!). I then was pregnant with my first daughter and that was it. I just thought "no way" I can`t do this anymore and just stopped. I couldn`t smoke at work either back when I smoked. I used to have about 4 or 5 rollies a day.

My partner stopped smoking and then he hired someone to help him with the milking down on our farm and she smoked. He subsequently started again, she left, and he is still smoking. His health is so bad though at the moment and he really needs to stop. I have asked him to, but he needs to give up for himself!

You are heading in the right direction though by only smoking outside! Keep it up! :D
8gurl

Thanks and congrats on quitting yourself. I've smoked since I was a teenager. When offices first went 'smoke free' back in the early 90s it was REALLY hard. Can you believe, back in those days I could actually keep an ashtray on my desk and smoke, smoke, smoke all day long? Boy times have changed. Once I got used to the smoke-free office it was no big deal. These days most all public, indoor (and even some outdoor) places are 'smoke free'. I'm glad that society is making it more difficult for people to smoke and also MUCH LESS ACCEPTABLE. It is definitely having a positive effect on our youth. Kids are picking up smoking as habit in the high numbers they were when I was a kid. Heck, when I was 13 years old I could walk in a store and buy a pack of cigarettes. Nobody thought a thing about it. Times have changed considerably!

In the past 3 days I have easily smoked 1/3 of what I would have during my hours at home had I been mindlessly smoking indoors. I'm amazed at how easy it is! This makes me plan my smoke breaks the same as I do at work instead of just mindlessly smoking one after another. And I can already tell my house smells better! Yay!!

Hope you can convince your partner to quit. It's DEFINITELY bad for your health and gets worse the older a person gets and the longer they smoke.

Cornish Piscie
Yeah I can remember that happening in the early 90s as well! I left school in 1991 and went straight out to work and did a day a week college thing. It was kind of like a training scheme back then and we got paid peanuts! I had to run my little Vespa as well so I coulod get to and fro work :) I was only 16!

Yes I shall have to get on to him some more I think.. some serious nagging :D
Purplesque
Great going! Hoping you can stick to this until you get used to not smoking inside. I've never smoked, but I've seen people struggle with giving up..and succeed. Good Luck!
8gurl
Thanks, it is now Wednesday night and I haven't smoked inside the house since Sunday morning. Tonight it's kind of tough because 1st, it's pouring rain outside and 2nd, because I'm seriously involved in something on TV, so I've resorted to standing in the doorway with the door open so I can see the television LOL! But I'm not going to give in. This step alone has easily cut the amount I smoke in half. I wish I had done this a lot sooner!

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