I wanted to give an update to this post after a brief conversation I had with my other half last night. When I had written the post, it was really not about quitting smoking at all and I had not really given much thought to the time span of my quitting. After speaking with my other half, he corrected and mentioned that I had officially quit in January, if you do not count the occasional brief failing. For me, I’m still quit if I don’t have a pack that I own. If you are a quit smoker you probably know exactly what I mean. If you have no had trouble quitting smoking or have never smoked it might be a little bit more difficult to understand, I know I had to recently try to explain it to a friend. (Perhaps, I should write a post about it in the future).

I don’t really count “since January” because there was one week in abouts late January or early February that I had bought cigarettes, only to quit a week after. This for me was what I would call a failure, but quickly redeemed.

Since that one time in February, I have had a few cigarettes since, I’m guessing less than ten in total. Each was with one particular friend that likes to have a smoking buddy after drinking tequila. She has no idea what withdrawals are like, and I have only mentioned it gently. It is wonderful spending time with her, so I enjoy the moments knowing full well that I will be dealing with withdrawal symptoms for approximately three days to a week afterwards. Is it worth it? The answer really would be different depending on if I’m in the middle of feeling withdrawn from nicotine or not I know I am strong enough to quit the next morning so usually I’m just fine with it.

I do have some thoughts as to an upcoming trip I may take. This will be around an army of smokers and there will be some familiar stress around. This could be a tough one…

Well, that is the full deal. For those of you out there who are quit, remember… if you fail, just quit again. No big deal

– Dharma Voyager