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Giving Hoggie His Medicine And Quitting Smoking~Trial and Error.

JonesCarpeDiem
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      I gave it to him the first day (two different syringes)  I was holding him down. while I tried to hurriedly inject it into his cheek. He spit most of it out and was foaming at the mouth.

      I gave up for a couple of days.

      I was frustrated and cursing the fact there might have been a one time injectable that would have saved me from this task twice a day for two weeks.

      Yesterday I tried sitting on my legs with him in between but he just worked his way out the back.

      What I didn't count on was our trust in each other.

      This morning (after I cussed at him for not taking his medicine) I had the two syringes ready) I picked him up in my arms like you would normally carry a cat while you're walking across room and he was facing my chest and with the hand of the arm I was supporting him with, I grabbed the scruff of his neck gently and was able to inject both of them with my other hand without a fight or being clawed to shreds. (I was only wearing a T-Shirt and I don't cut his claws because he goes outside every morning.)

Third option worked. First two didn't.

This is what you have to do when you quit smoking, find the right option. 

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Hello, My name is Dale. I was quit 18 months before joining this site and had participated on another site during that time. I learned a lot there and brought it with me. I joined this site the first week of August 2008. I didn't pressure myself to quit. HOW I QUIT I didn't count, I didn't deny myself to get started. When I considered quitting (at a friends request to influence his brother to quit), I simply told myself to wait a little longer. No denial, nothing painful. After 4 weeks I was down to 5 cigarettes from a pack a day. The strength came from proving to myself, I didn't need to smoke because I normally would have smoked. Simple yes? I bought the patch. I forgot to put one on on the 4th day. I needed it the next day but the following week I forgot two days in a row I put one in my wallet with a promise to myself that I would slap it on and wait an hour rather than smoke. It rode in my wallet my first year.There's nothing keeping any of you from doing this. It doesn't cost a dime. This is about unlearning something you've done for a long time. The nicotine isn't the hard part. Disconnecting from the psychological pull, the memories and connected emotions is. :-) Time is the healer.