I am happy to report that I have nothing to report in terms of giving in to temptations! Well, of the tobacco-related variety, at least. After all, there was a Grey Cup game to be watched, and I find that is best done in a licensed establishment.
More than a few people have theorized that, in order to be successful at this quitting thing, I’d be avoiding alcohol as well… and come to think of it, a lot of the advice you read or hear about quitting smoking does suggest avoiding activities or situations that you associate with smoking.
The thing is, I don’t seem to be having any difficulty with having a few drinks (I can actually see all my friends rolling their eyes as I type those words) and not lighting up.
I started giving this some thought when Sharlene Lively offered to go on her own “wine-diet” during my three-day incarceration at her house for the first three days of my quit journey. She explained that she wanted to make things as easy on me as possible, and so she would give up wine, lest the presence of booze make my tobacco cravings that much stronger. That, and misery loves company.
But I came to the conclusion that all those smoking regulations that I lamented at the time (no more smoking in bars or restaurants, in particular), appear to have had a positive impact after all! While they may not have prompted me to quit (at the time), they did force me to separate the behaviours of drinking and smoking – at least to the point where I can happily still do one, without needing to do the other.
I will now turn my attention to being able to have a pint, while not having to eat the sun-dried tomato crab dip.
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