Groundhog Day!
Friday, February 3rd, 2012
…was yesterday. A day late ain’t so bad.
Aaaaand, we are quit for EIGHT (8) YEARS! (Plus a day.) Hard to believe. We have now NOT smoked over 34,000 cigarettes, and NOT spent over $102,000. (Oh haha! Months later now, and I realize I have that backwards. It’s 102,000 cigarettes and $34,000. And the only reason I noticed is that I finally did the math and couldn’t recall ever smoking a $3 cigarette.)
It might seem a little weird, commemorating the anniversary of something that really shouldn’t matter much anymore. Except: it still matters. We still both notice on a regular basis how much better life is without the addiction. I was just talking the other day with an acquaintance who is trying to quit, and we both agreed it’s like changing who you are. Not easy! And I’m totally not bragging — at least not about my ability to quit. I certainly tried a lot of times before it finally worked.
I am bragging about those stats, though. I love those stats.
Go to silkquit.org for the quit meter, which I have really enjoyed using, as you can see.