Chalk it up to indecision and let's forget this ever happened

I had a cigarette today.

A whole one.

And it tasted damn good.

I think I was just looking for an excuse to have one, because I ended up getting really mad about something and just had to have one. (In retrospect, it was probably a really bad idea to keep the near-full pack in my coat pocket. Which is why I think I really didn’t want to quit.)

I know, I know. I’m dumb. I should have just tossed that pack and kept going. Being sick tends to really make things simple: smoke and feel worse, or stop smoking and feel better sooner.

I don’t know. Obviously I don’t really want to quit. I mean, all the nicotine is out of my system so I’m not addicted anymore. It’s just that physical dependence now that’s probably gonna fuck me.

Anyway.

I had all sorts of fantastic ideas for today’s post but now I can’t remember what they were. (Which is another reason why I need a Blackberry, ’cause then I could either turn my ideas into posts right away or save them in a neat little list. It’s so annoying using my thumb to key through all those letters on my silly regular phone. Sigh.) So instead, you get the craptastic “I may or may not have quit smoking and then I may or may not have started again” post.


I know I owe some of you interviews, but my brain is absolutely blank right now. I promise I’ll get them to you soon, maybe even this weekend!

I think I quit smoking

I haven’t really been smoking much lately. I actually went a whole week without smoking at all. Last weekend, while my throat was all sore and swollen and I thought I was going to die, I just stopped. Smoking seemed to make it worse and it also made me dizzier, so I just didn’t bother. I didn’t have a cigarette at all last Sunday and up until last night didn’t really think much about it. I thought, I’ll figure it out later and I don’t really feel like it every time I wanted a cigarette.

Then last night I smoked two, about an hour apart from each other. I didn’t really even finish the second.

This morning I took a smoke break and didn’t get past three drags. It tasted absolutely disgusting.

I haven’t really made a conscious decision to quit. I just don’t want to smoke. Does this mean I quit?