Quitting Smoking (the social way)

My name is Eryn Collins, and I WAS a smoker. I started posting notes about my planned journey to quit smoking a few days before my quit date. Well, I've done it (quit, that is); and now I'm hoping to not only keep myself on this path, but perhaps convince others that it's not such a bad idea, by hanging it all out there in the blogosphere! There are plenty of other ways to follow along, too. Check out facebook.com/NorthernHealth or @Northern_Health on Twitter!

Saturday, February 5, 2011

Unbelievable

I was having pretty good weekend... and then it turned into a pretty GREAT weekend!

Guess who just got a phone call from the BC Lung Association's Quit Now and Win contest folks? I'll give you a hint... she's apparently in the running for the Northern BC region prize!! It's not quite official yet, but I'm definitely on the potential winners' list.

Congratulations to Sharlene Lively, my support buddy... couldn't have done it without you!!! And to Julie Kerr - this was a pretty fantastic idea! And Dana - you're gettin' a free lunch out of this, don't worry.

Unbelievable. Really. I'll let everyone know when it's official!

Friday, February 4, 2011

Here's hopin'.

That I never have another cigarette
That eventually I stop dreaming that I have fallen off the wagon
That friends who recently decided to quit, stick with it
That friends who are thinking about quitting see that it can be done, and do it already!
That someone really deserving, perhaps someone who has had a really tough time of being tobacco-free for four weeks but succeeded, gets a phone call tomorrow from the folks at QuitNow that makes it all worth it
That everyone who doesn't get that call realizes it was worth it anyway!

Eryn Collins

Your Quit Date is: Friday, November 12, 2010 at 7:45:00 AM

Time Smoke-Free: 83 days, 18 hours, 11 minutes and 47 seconds

Cigarettes NOT smoked: 1508

Lifetime Saved: 11 days, 12 hours

Money Saved: $756.00

Northern Health's Nicotine Intervention Counseling Centre