GUS (Gave Up Smoking) is a self-sustaining community support diary for Kossacks in the midst of quitting smoking. Any supportive comments, suggestions or positive distractions are appreciated. If you are quitting or thinking of quitting, or have quit, please -- join us!
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Good morning, faithful GUSsacks! I have missed you dreadfully. I am crazy-busy between school and other projects at the moment, and I have not been free to check in as much as I might like. However, I’m here this morning, waxing snarkily poetic about my quit smoking experiences. Should I feel the muse strike, I might edit this diary—and I would be happy to edit to add contributions from like-minded, pre-coffee GUSsacks who also have no business touching a keyboard before the caffeine hits.
In my quit news:
I was four weeks smoke-free on Saturday.
I managed to avoid cigarettes last week despite a huge fight with my stepdaughter and the death of one of my dogs.
I managed to avoid smoking this week despite a huge fight with my checking account and the death of my car.
If the Yankees win the series, all bets are off. The ensuing depression could kill me anyway.
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On Watching My Beloved Smoke On The Deck
It looks cold out there.
I huddle on the sofa.
It sucks to be him.
On The Cost of Smoking When You’re An Unemployed Single Mom
Two hundred dollars
every month for cigarettes?
No wonder I’m broke.
On My Post-Smoking Wardrobe
Behold: a t-shirt
without scorch marks and burn holes.
I am stylin’ now.
On The Return Of My Taste Buds
So, as it turns out,
salt is just a condiment—
not a way of life.
Return of the Cost of Smoking
Not to belabor,
but fifty-five a carton?
Where did I get that?
On Oral Hygiene
Huh. My teeth are white.
And my mouth tastes like a mouth.
Wonders never cease.
On Television Viewership
I no longer pause
between every commercial.
An hour is just that.
Return of Return of the Cost of Smoking
Sorry. I’m stuck here.
How did I justify this?
I’m not that crazy.
On My Improved Longevity
Cancer looks scary.
I now plan to enjoy
shaming my grown kids.
Return of Return of Return of the Cost of Smoking
For crying out loud,
what remains of the mind reels.
Five plus bucks per pack??
Courtesy of Glower
The next cigarette
is the only cigarette
I will never smoke.
Here's the list of GUSsacks and GUS buddies (people who quit before GUS or who never smoked but whose lives have been affected by smoking) as of October 28, 2009 (pipe up if you should be on the list and we somehow missed you!):
1BQ, 3rdGenFeminist, Abra Crabcakeya, addisnana, AfroPonix, alstradamus, amk for obama, andsarahtoo, Anne933, aoeu, arcadesproject, Archie2227, ArthurWolf (in memoriam), awkawk, Ballgame9, bamablue, barnowl, bgblcklab1, Bike Crash, BirderWitch, bkamr, bleeding heart, blue husky, BlueinKansas, Blue Intrigue, bluestatedem84, BoiseBlue, Brahman Colorado, breedlovinit, BrowniesAreGood, bsmechanic, burrow owl, Cali Scribe, Cen Den, Chocolate Chris, ChurchofBruce, coppercelt, dadanation, dangoch, demkat620, Dexter, DiegoUK, Dingodude, donnamarie, DRo, droogie6655321, duckhunter, EdgedInBlue, Everest42, fhamme, Fineena, Flea, flumptytail, FrugalGranny, Garrett, gooners, greylox, gchaucer2, Geiiga, grndrush, High Tide, Im a frayed knot, Indexer, indyada, Interceptor7, inventor, itsbenj, Jahiz, JamesEB, Jeffersonian Democrat, john07801, jmadlc55, johngoes, Jyrix, jvolvo's Mom, jwinIL14, kai99, kailuacaton, Kelly of PA, kestrel9000,kfd313, khloemi, Khun David, Ksholl, labwitchy, Lady Kestrel, ladypockt, langerdang, LarsThorwald, Last Starfighter, Laurie Gator, Lipstick Liberal, litoralis, lmdonovan, luvsathoroughbred, maggiemay, magicsister, marknspokane, mdemploi, michael1104, Mikeguyver, Minerva1157, MinervainNH, Mother of Zeus, mskitty, nannyboz, ncsuLAN, Nick Zouroudis, nottoosureanymore, one pissed off democrat, Ordvefa, OverTheEdge, paige, PaintyKat, Pennsylvanian, phrogge prince, Positronicus, post rational, psycho liberal, PvtJarHead, red mittens, relentless, revelwoodie, rkex, roadlion, rosebuddear, Safina, SallyCat, Sark Svemes, seenaymah, Scrapyard Ape, sgary, sheddhead, smartcookienyc, spmozart, SpotTheCat, Tay, theatre goon, TigerMom, triciawyse, trueblueliberal, Turn VABlue, Turtle Bay, uc booker, Unduna, Unforgiven, Vacationland, webranding, weelzup, Wes Opinion, willy mugobeer, Wood Dragon, x
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