Good luck jon! I will send good thoughts your and pips way!

I am sending good thoughts your way from Stynx's apartment, which is very close, so they should reach you shortly.

You can do it. And you'll feel much better.

Hey, where are you posting from, hon? Are you here in the apartment and I don't know it? *checks under sofa*

I mentioned your resolve to the cute, chubby, hungover-from-her-birthday-pub-crawl, bodega girl and she said she's gonna refuse to sell to you. And you know that's the only place to get cigarettes in the city, so you're outta luck. ; )

Love you.

Stock up on Pocky!

And celery sticks!

It's 7pm. How's it going?

I'm cheering you on with season 3 of Northern Exposure.

good on ya!!

Eat a lot of sugar. In crunchy forms. Like toffee and peanut brittle.

Ooo... Northern Exposure. I love that show, chewy. Jon bought me Seasons 1 and 2 for my birthday.

I'm back home, and holding steady, although whenever I leave a building, I notice my hand fluttering towards my shirt pocket whenever I leave a building (seriously) and I having images of myself smoking, but I've got a can of Ranch Flavor Cashews, a box of White Cheddar Cheez-It's, a pound of peanut butter M&M's, and a lot of beer, so I should be OK. and big and fat. which is OK, I need to beef up.

Twizzlers are awesome. Long, skinny, and chewy.

Pistachios also help, because they're so fingery-fidgety.

Having stuff to do with your hands is important. Even though I haven't smoked for six years, I fidget all the time - smoking was just a convenient way to direct the urge to fidget. So make sure you have a lot of little doodads, pens, pencils, snacks that are fun to open/unwrap, Silly Putty, whatever.

I having images of myself smoking

Me too, even after years, but they are not serious. Just a habit of the synapses. They don't have any power after a while.

big and fat. which is OK,

Absolutely. I gained about 20 pounds after my quit - but took it off by the time a year had elapsed. It's a lot easier to lose weight (if you need to) than to quit smoking. The thing is, even if you get fatter, you're still way ahead of the game in the health department. Use this an excuse to explore and indulge new snack food horizons!

Yesterday was four weeks since I've bought a pack, and I've only bummed a couple here and there at parties since then. Good luck to you...it can be done.

good luck, dude. if you succeed at this, i may actually have to quit one day.

by the way, that was me who said hi to you the other day at the store, when you were like, "huh???"

White Cheddar Cheez-It's

Oh, they are DA BOMB.

PUT SOME POCKY IN THAT POCKET, DUDE.

And here's an extra incentive for you...all those people who voted for Jesse Helms all those years?

They grow tobacco. Think of them if you are tempted to light up.

(I hate to hate on conservatives, but I am wanting to help you as much as I can. I figgure that would help.)

Way to go! Good luck and lots of strength to you.

Hey, I missed this earlier.

Cheering over here too.