….technically it was yesterday, but i felt that is was worth mentioning …
…yesterday was the first anniversary of me stopping smoking…
…this blog has been, and will continue to be, brought to you by the ensuing nicotine withdrawal…
…and the lack of sanity that that entails…
…busy hands…always keep those hands busy…
…I’m into my third A5 visual diary with doodling…
…and my second for finished pieces…
…that’s..um…400 plus pages of scrawl and nigh on 150 finished ‘toons…
…the most creative I’ve ever been…
..and before you congratulate me on my “achievement”….
…give me a f**cking cigarette or I will cut you.
Bored with a record shop. 
Congrats on the one year smoke free ….
I quit in 2004, after 20 years of smoking, so next August will be 10 years for me. A word of advice — don’t listen to all the liars who tell you “you’ll feel better, things will taste better, etc. etc.” It’s all lies. I feel no different, I just smell better. I gained ten pounds, but not because food tasted any different, but, because I needed to do something during withdrawal. I breath better, that’s about it.
And, after ten years … at least once a day I still have a craving for a smoke … they’re not always strong cravings, though, there are moments when I really feel like I’d fling folks the hell out of the way in order to get a smoke.
But, I suppose it’s worth it. It’s an expensive habit.
Good for you — happy one year!
…cheers john….so…have you got a cigarette?….
I bow in your general direction sir…
…is there a cigarette involved with that bow???….
lol… I have a stash of pure tobacco around here somewhere.. you might have to knaw on the leaves..
…after a year I’d happily gnaw on the container!…
Amazingly prodigious… but what are you going to give up once your nicotine withdrawal is a thing of the past?
….um…blogging?….
Now THAT would be madness.
…have been concerned that as normalcy returns that I may not be able to write so prolifically and have found my brain trying to convince me that I should start again…so that I can give up again and be nuts once more…. ahhh, brain…nice try, but no cigar…
…did someone say cigar?….
With any luck you’ve done enough damage to your cerebral cortex to keep you going for years to come!
…by “cerebral cortex” you mean “have a cigar”, don’t you?…
Hang in there! I still remember the first day I quit, both times, it’s tough but look how productive you already have been! Just keep doodling and it will get better and remember idle hands are the work of the devil. If it doesn’t work this time around try the 5 step program. Cigars, pipe, nicotine gum, nicotine patch, medication… :0
…I’ll be honest…I’m very over the cig’s, probably joke about wanting one more than the urge to smoke comes on me….but going back on the patches would be fun…they’re solo psychedelic if you wear them when you sleep…
Damned impressive body of work. Publication as a book next?
…cheers Clive…no plans to publish…done a fair bit of that in the past & this is waaaayyy more cost effective!…
THIS IS JUST YOUR DOODLING?!!! Maybe I should start smoking and quit? HMMM. Keep away from the fags (hee hee) if it keeps you doodling at this level!
…haha…have been slowing down…and considering starting again to get back on the nicotine patches…24/7 stimulant….mmmmm…24/7 stimulant….
I’ve got a spare ciggie for you any time too tone.