Fizzgig household tries practicing self control (again)

[BattleHymn]

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Fri Sep 11, 2015, 10:38 PM
fizzgig (23,404 posts)

day two of no cigarettes. i'm bored and restless, husband is super pissy

he went with the patch, i went with a vapor pen. this is the husband's fourth attempt in the last six years and my second in the last year, so we'll see what kind of success we have this time around.

i worked a booth at a festival all day and spent 2.5 hours in the car today, so i'm pretty wiped out and don't feel like leaving the house, but there really isn't much for me to do here. i really want to play wii, but the husband might rip my face off if i ask him to hook it up right now.

so here i am on the patio, enjoying the 63-degree temperature and a local brew and trying to occupy my time.

happy weekend, lounge

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:17 PM
fizzgig (23,404 posts)
4. thanks!

he was the one who wanted to quit last year and i just went along for support, but i picked it right back up when he did. i want this time to be different.

Sat Sep 12, 2015, 03:38 AM
Star Member HubertHeaver (1,436 posts)
12. What was the crisis that caused him (and you) to re-start?

Think through it ahead of time. Life continues to happen while you are vulnerable and those cigarettes seem so inviting. Have a strategy ready to implement when that crisis happens. And no, you can not have just one and then put them down again. That does not work.

My last attempt to quit was in January of '75. I still occasionally dream about smoking.

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:06 PM
PennyK (717 posts)
2. Good luck to you both

I quit a year and a half ago with the e-cig. I still use it and it has saved my life! May I recommend Ahlusion, a wonderful juice company? I love the fruit flavors, all tangy, but many people love their tobaccos and sweeter flavors.

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:19 PM
fizzgig (23,404 posts)
5. i stick with mint

fruit or sweet flavors just seem really strange to me 

it's encouraging to hear it's worked so well for you.

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:14 PM
Star Member Tobin S. (7,942 posts)
3. I quit cold turkey over three years ago.

You know what got me? It wasn't my health, or the smell, or the social stigma. It was the cost. Since I've quit, I've saved $10,364. That's 30 cigarettes a day at about $6 a pack.

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:26 PM
fizzgig (23,404 posts)
6. it was a purely financial decision

it's been a lean summer for my husband at work and i decided last week we just couldn't afford it anymore. we have some of the cheapest cigarette prices in the country and we were still paying 50 bucks for a carton of camels. i can pay the phone and credit card bills with what we spend a month on cigs.

it's just a good idea all the way around.

Another lean summer at the fizzgig household.  Life's tough when you've got a hash bill to pay each month.

[Big Dog]

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Another lean summer at the fizzgig household.  Life's tough when you've got a hash bill to pay each month.

I noticed fizzy didn't say anything about quitting the reefer.

[BattleHymn]

I noticed fizzy didn't say anything about quitting the reefer.

Well that's smoke smoke, and this is just plain old smoke.  There is a difference.   

[Ptarmigan]

DUmmies have self control? Only when pigs fly.

[GOBUCKS]

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:26 PM
fizzgig (23,404 posts)
6. it was a purely financial decision

it's been a lean summer for my husband at work

No good merchandise to pilfer? He was bringing home lots of neat stuff..widescreens, laptops, other electronics.

The local pawn shop was financing their weed stash.

Fizz depends on it. There's nothing to shoplift at her call center.

[DUmpsterDiver]

Just like the ***** in Schrodinger's box, you don't know if it's alive or dead until you open it.

[Delmar]

No good merchandise to pilfer? He was bringing home lots of neat stuff..widescreens, laptops, other electronics.

The local pawn shop was financing their weed stash.

Fizz depends on it. There's nothing to shoplift at her call center.

Also some stuff not so neat, but still useful:

Sun Sep 28, 2014, 12:54 AM
fizzgig (23,404 posts)

my husband brought home 120 rolls of toilet paper yesterday


good stuff, too. and he spent exactly zero dollars.

i'm not going to have to buy toilet paper for a year.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1018670711

[obumazombie]

Fizzy is a liar, or Fizzy's messiah is a worthless president who didn't fix the economy like he said he did...

Fri Sep 11, 2015, 11:26 PM
fizzgig (23,404 posts)
6. it was a purely financial decision

it's been a lean summer for my husband at work and i decided last week we just couldn't afford it anymore. we have some of the cheapest cigarette prices in the country and we were still paying 50 bucks for a carton of camels. i can pay the phone and credit card bills with what we spend a month on cigs.

it's just a good idea all the way around.

So much for all the "summers of recovery".

[JohnnyReb]

Fizzy is a liar, or Fizzy's messiah is a worthless president who didn't fix the economy like he said he did...


So much for all the "summers of recovery".

I'm confused....is this the 5 th, 6 th or 7 th summer of recovery?

[franksolich]

I noticed fizzy didn't say anything about quitting the reefer.

Yeah, I think thunderthighs'd be surprised, how much she'd save.

She might also lose some of the lard that's been padded on herself because of it.

[Boudicca]

Just like the ***** in Schrodinger's box, you don't know if it's alive or dead until you open it.

That's what Mr. Dummy says when he prys open Mr. Dummy's ....eyes.

[DUmpsterDiver]

There is such a thing as just Plain bad and this one fits it ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcWFQZkstpE