So I havent quit yet, Im in the separation stage still and there is one thing I know I will have to do first. I LOVE Sex and the City, I have the DVDs and usually watch them abount once a year in huge marathon sessions. There is always constant smoking in them till about the last season and it never fails that I want one too! I think I will have to watch them all before my quit day and get it out of my system. So I have a good long time before I feel the need to see them again and hopefully have more fortitude by that time! I also watch alot of BBC stuff and the newer things are better with this but alot of the European stuff has alot of smoking too. Does anyone else have this problem? I feel like its twofold, you are watching someone (usually sexy or glamorus) look like they are really enjoying a smoke, you are relaxing, unwinding and not involved in anything at the moment and the feeling just consumes you!? Since we havent been able to smoke in a bar in NY for a few years now I think this one will be worse than drinking for me!
Amazingly, I have watched a few movies recently where people were smoking and it didn't bother me. Thought it would, but for some strange reason it didn't.
Just remember...to be successful, you have to be willing to make some chanegs in your life in order to up your chances of success. One of those changes may be giving up that Sex in the City maranthon for at least a few months (if you can't get through it all before your quit date).
Good luck Haeley!
I am a recovering alcoholic - haven't had a drop in 16 years. I remember sitting in the rooms of AA, with newcommers of maybe 30 days or less; along with people who had been sober for 20 or 30 years !!! One meeting there were about 40 people present; and this guy started talking about how frustrating his day was - - he overslept, knew he was gonna be late for work; and then his truck wouldn't start !!! And he almost went out for a drink !!! People who had lived through divorces; deaths in the family; their house had burnt to the ground...and they stayed sober...told this guy to get his priorities straight -or he didn't have a prayer of staying sober !!!
The moral of this story is...get your priorities straight....you're worried about watching Sex and the City and wanting a smoke ??? You're 27 years old...don't you think it's time to act like an adult now ???? JEEZ !!!!