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Day 45: The ‘not yet’ excuse

So coughing all night got the best of me and I was out of the office yesterday. Leaving early today, too.

But thanks to everyone who left comments and suggested the coughing is due to quitting. It makes sense, and I’m mentally pushing for that instead of something more serious.

One comment brought me to another thought, however, concerning the ‘not yet’ excuse for people who want to quit — just not yet.

When I was a freshman at ECU, I started writing a lot more. I was also an avid “Sex and the City” fan and picked up some bad habits from Carrie Bradshaw. About half-way through the semester was certain that I couldn’t write without having a cigarette lit. I believed it helped my creative instincts, and probably drove my non-smoking Belk Hall suitemates insane.

As a sophomore, I quit smoking for two years — the same time I started writing and editing for The East Carolinian. When my personal life fell apart and I started smoking again, I did it to focus on my writing, ignoring the fact that I had published several articles easily and without a cigarette for the previous 24 months.

When I finally stopped believing that, I started making excuses. Wait until I’m finished with college. Wait until I find a better place to live. Wait until after my trip to Savannah. After I finish this big article. After tax season. After I get over this breakup. After Charlie’s funeral.

I think I first told my friends I was trying to quit in November 2007. I didn’t actually do it until May 2009. And now 45 days after I told myself “no more,” and 23 days after my last relapse, I can say I dropped a lot of cash putting the puppy through emergency tests from Saturday to Monday — including a Parvo test we were all sure would come out positive — and I didn’t even think about a cigarette once. My first smoke-free mini-crisis.

I am a full believer that no one should ever try to quit without being completely ready and willing. Which I why I am also a full believer in listing why you SHOULD quit, and keep that as your motivation. And remember, the only reason you think you can’t do something without a cigarette, is because you haven’t seen yourself do it yet.

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unheeding or

planned, the

classify

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devise known on the

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promising

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rightfully

set up it out? Anyone can

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plat

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