Well I am making some small progress, but not really working very hard at cutting back. I really need to check in here more often. I was up to 1-1/2 packs a day (30 cigs a day) at one point, now I am down to about 22 cigs a day.
It is really hard right now, we are having cold weather, and it would make sense to not go outside as much to smoke (no smoking in the house). But I still give in to cravings.
Last night I was running low on cigs, but decided I was just going to chance it, and see if I could make the cigarettes last until this morning. Which I did. So that felt like a small cutting back.
The day I did my last "quit" I lasted from waking up at about 6 to not having a cigarette until 11:15. Unfortunately I spent quite a bit of time watching the clock, and didn't really have any plan about what to do with my time. I spent some of the time sleeping (my best way not to smoke). And I had created a "goodie box" of candy etc to use for cravings. Some of the stuff in it is not really very appetizing to me. I kept going for the chocolate. In any case I know some stuff now for the next cut back attempt/quit.
Like I said, i need to write in here more often. I spend a lot of time thinking about smoking/not smoking, and it will be helpful to get some of it out of my head.
