the Ripening

It's safe to assume that my lack of posting means that i fell off the horse.  I'm not going to try and make posts for the final few ...

The past two days haven't gone as expected. It's just too easy to drop the ball. I can be good for 23 hours and 59 minutes a day but...

I succeeded today in that i did not smoke before work or during lunch.  It helped that i woke up only 25 minutes before i had to leave.  I w...

I was being productive today so i used that as an excuse to smoke as i pleased.  I was supposed to have a couple of baseball games this afte...

The weekend brought with it new challenges and new disappointments.  During the week i have the "luxury" of being at work for 9 ho...

So i realize today that it's still an uphill battle!  After a decade of smoking regularly, it's just normal to me.  I'm used to ...

If you've been following along, you've probably been waiting for me to cave.  Today is that day.  I broke down and bought some smoke...

I have a feeling that this challenge isn't going to last for 21 days.  As i mentioned before, this isn't something i feel like i eve...

I'm not going to lie.  I don't want to do this anymore. I never really wanted to quit smoking.  I started this challenge in hopes th...

Still on some bullshit.  Now i'm just replacing my habit with other vices.  I consumed a 12 pack of some decent beer in the last two day...

Drinking --> smoking.  Fuck, damn, shit, piss.  I'm going to end up smoking on more days of the "smoke free" challenge than...

Yesterday's post was a little premature.  Although i had "gotten rid" of everything, i didn't empty the ashtrays.  I could...

Day 3 was a smoke free success!  I'm not going to pretend it was easy but the satisfaction of a small victory will be enough to make it ...

I wish i had better news on Day 2 but that isn't the case.  I'm a human not a superhero.  I've been smoking for over a decade, i...

Last night i enjoyed a few final smokes before packing up the lighters and ashtrays and shoving everything into a closet.  I removed all vis...

I've been a smoker for over a decade now.  I started when i was 16 and got my driver's license.  Having a car made it easy to leave ...