…not to wear these patches for too long. I just wore one for about six hours too long, and it always leaves a tender rash. Plus, my nic levels get dangerously low.

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Hey, it’s been forty-eight hours since my last smoke! And I only had three (maybe four?) that I bummed off people when I went out Friday night.

Tomorrow: a review of Hulk, and news of a new job?

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Well, I ended up going out last night, I went with every intention to not smoke. Didn’t take the cigarettes, didn’t take the lighter, slapped on a fresh patch before stepping out the door. But everyone there was smoking, and I’m used to smoking while drinking, so I ended up bumming three cigarettes. Still, three in a day is my personal best.

Haven’t had one today, and I’m staying in tonight, so at midnight I’ll have my first twenty-four hours smoke free.

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Had three cigarettes yesterday, which was pretty impressive. I ran out at that point, but didn’t buy anymore for hours. Then late last night I started to crave a smoke (I was having a drink, which makes it hard) so I bought two packs. Then I went to sleep before I bothered to open them.

So today is the first day in months and months that I’ve had no cigarettes at all.

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Ok, maybe someone thinks that the twenty-four hour a day patch is a good idea, but I’m not used to being up this late. Jebus, will it not let me sleep?

Ok, maybe I shouldn’t smoke while using the patch, like it says on the package, but what the fuck?

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Smoking, that is. I’ve decided to go ahead and bite the bullet and quit since I don’t have a job to stress me out, and I could really use the money. I’ve tried to do it cold turkey before, and it never worked for more than a few days, usually a few hours. So today I bought a set of patches for the next two weeks.

Of course, that means I don’t save any money at all. It’s gonna continue to cost about fifteen bucks a week for at least eight or ten weeks. But after that, I’m free and clear.

Now if only I can pull it off. So far the main problem is that I like the actual physical activity of smoking. I think one of the reasons I really got hooked on smoking was that I’m naturally a very fidgety person, and having a cigarette gave me something to do with my hands. Maybe I’ll get a stress ball and start chewing toothpicks, other people have said that worked for them.

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