Step A
x hrs:00mins
Light up - that's better! As I inhale the first few times I feel the drug getting to my brain. Wonderful!
(add Cost of Cig Pack / 20 to running total titled: 'Money Wasted')
x hrs:03mins
Have smoked half the cigarette. Had enough I guess, but hey, these things are expensive, must smoke the rest
x hrs:06mins
Put cigarette out and think I should do something other than smoking
x hrs:15mins
No recollection of having smoked last cigarette
x hrs:15mins-40mins
Behaviour as for a non-smoker. Just living as normal.
x hrs:40mins
I am starting to get stressed because I haven't had one for ages! There are things I need to do but they will have to wait
xhrs:50-55mins
Look, I really need one now. Sorry I need to find a place where I can smoke....
If the time is less than midnight, go back to Step A above.
Otherwise, go to bed and start at Step A in morning.
Repeat each day for the rest of your life. (You may find that the 'rest of your life' is a shorter period than you previously thought)
... so next time you see somebody light up in the street, outside work, in a bar etc...
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/13/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 226
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,803
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] �1695
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 37 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 18 [B]Seconds:[/B] 8