Committed Quitters

I got my custom program from the people that make the lozenges. It's called Committed Quitters. Reading through it feels like an AA meeting, or at least, what I think that would be like. Thankfully, I don't have a drinking problem other than having two hands and only one mouth.

I guess it is essentially a 12-step program, except that it doesn't have 12 steps. Darn! I'm not making any sense...I think this is starting to affect my brain function or something. Anyway, It basically says for me to think about the motivation I have to quit. I reminds me that this is a very, very , VERY hard process (as if I weren't aware of it) and tells me to contact my support person (my wife) any time I have a bad craving. It even has a letter addressed to her on how to help me without jeopardizing her life (since quitters get extremely cranky).

The funny thing is that it tells me that it's OK to relapse as long as I get back on the program, which I immediately took to mean that I could have a smoke. Don't worry, I didn't. But my brain did a somersault until I told it to calm down before it hurt itself. No nicotine for you brain! Well, at least none from a cigarette since I get it from the lozenges.

Anyway, it's good to know that I will be saving about $2000 a year by not smoking and may live to have a cute nurse change my diaper in an old folk home. Maybe I'll do like my baby boy's bound to do and pee as soon as the clean diaper comes on.