Giving Up Smoking

I’m still in there – 5 months without a cigarette and it feels pretty good. I very rarely get that ‘must have a cigarette’ feeling and if I do it’s pull is much weaker than it was.

I have continued to take an electronic cigarette with me to work because that is the most stressful place that I go, and because we sell cigarettes the most tempting. I might have 2 or 3 puffs at it during my 8 hour shifts and that’s usually only because I come across one of my workmates outside having a cigarette. I don’t usually touch them otherwise and a cartridge is now lasting over a month.

Annoying them can be fun! Now that the weather is worsening I see them huddled outside in the wind and rain frantically puffing away at a cigarette they are trying their best to keep dry. I whip my e cig out of my pocket, take a drag and laugh as I’m putting it away – all from the dry doorway! It really cheeses them off when they are struggling to light their cig in the wind and I can just take mine out of my pocket. Getting smug aren’t I?

I’m not allowed to go into the full details but I managed to pass the test when we had an armed robbery at work. Afterwards I joined the group of smokers outside and one of them offered me a cigarette because I was shaken up. I said “no thanks” without thinking and without feeling tempted whatsoever, but I got my e cig out having been reminded. Just after that the police sergeant asked if I had a spare cigarette, his face was a picture when I showed him my electric cigarette.

It took quite a while but my house has stopped smelling of stale cigarettes. I am still finding lighters all over and am wondering why I needed so many.

My total savings now taking into account the cost of patches and e-cigs is now at least £450. I’ve already used the savings to put towards a new Sony Viao laptop, it looks a lot better than a stack of 150+ cigarette packets that I would have gone through doesn’t it?

To view the rest of my giving up smoking diary click here

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