Quit Smoking – 22 Things I Hate About Smoking

As part of my effort to quit smoking, I came up with 22 things that I don’t like about smoking. The idea here is to list everything I don’t like about it, and keep the list in my pocket. When I have an urge to smoke, I will recall I have this list and review it to remind me of all those things I don’t like about smoking and myself when I smoke.

1. I stink like an ashtray when I smoke. Even though I enjoy sweet smell of nicotine on my fingers after I smoke, I realize it’s just me that enjoys that smell. I smell horrible to others, especially those hot girls that don’t smoke that I’m hitting on…I’ll never get them in bed smelling like this.
2. I’m losing money to a habit that isn’t paying me back. At about $4.50 a pack and $35 to $40 a carton, my cash flow runs negative. I have some bills I’d rather pay off, or perhaps even take another cruise someday.
3. I grow short of breath faster than ever before. As I age and continue to smoke, I am beginning to feel much older than I already am. I tire more quickly.
4. Limp Dick? What? The hell they say! I will not let my John Thomas be brought down by smoking. That flag will fly high until the day I die. Even if a little blue pill is in my future. Hell, if it makes you stiff, what’s the diff?
5. I’m sucking a little white stick(inject your own euphemism here), and I’m not gay.
6. I’m tired of the ashtray being around.
7. I’m tired of feeling like a slave to the death sticks. I’m in charge here, not them.
8. I could use the space in my pocket for something other than a pack of smokes
9. I’m tired of constantly having to hit the liquor store just for a pack when I run out.
10. I’m tired of having the ‘quit monkey’ on my back.
11. I’m tired of my truck having empty cigarette packs in the back seat (that’s where they get thrown…)
12. I’m tired of littering the earth with my butts.
13. *smoke break*
14. I’m tired of being interrupted with my own smoke breaks.
15. Waking in the morning and communing with the kitty’s over a smoke has become worrisome. Why do I wake and smoke? I shouldn’t.
16. I feel like an outcast amongst non-smokers.
17. My teeth are starting to turn yellow.
18. My fingers are starting to turn yellow.
19. It won’t be long until my goatee turns white, and then yellow.
20. “I’ve got pinhole burns down the front of my favorite satin shirt.” (Name that tune anyone?)
21. Each cigarette I smoke is about 5 minutes wasted. Total estimated time wasted per day: About 2 hours. Wow!
22. I would rather choke my chicken for 5 minutes than have a cigarette. Really, I would. (Here’s my flag…)

So there it is. 22 reasons that I could come up with, and quite plenty to remind me why I want to quit.

Is there anything you would add to the list?

Note to my subscribers and everyday readers: Yes, I’m straying a bit from the Blogger help, but I need to get over this hurdle. I also wanted to take a break from the help articles to figure out how I might liven them up a bit and not break the consistency I’ve built so far. I am enjoying all the encouragement and support you all have shown so far. I think this time is going to be “the” time I git er done. I know you can understand this, so thank you for hanging in there with me.

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