Smoking

So some smart-ass at work points out to me that the Smoke-O-Meter is not entirely accurate in it's count.

So let me explain: I STOPPED smoking, this is true. I have had 4 instances when I have thrown good sense out the window. Two months into my non-smoking I did what customarily happens to people after their initial success with cessation: That is, they get over confident and stop using the strategies that have worked thus far. So, I stopped carrying water with me and muching on this and that, and giving myself license to have one too many chocolate bars (hmmmm...chocolate...sorry).

Altogether, I think I have had about 12 cigarettes in the 71 days since I stopped. Normally, I would have had about 700 cigarettes in about 70 days, maybe a little more. That would be 35 packs of cigarettes, costing about $315.

So, yes, mea culpa. But me-a-not-doing-too-badly, either.