Author Archives: Noah Lugeons

Days Without a Cigarette: 19. 58333 Days Without Nicotine: 0 Dollars Saved: $29.02 Time Saved: 27 hours, 44 minutes Since the day I quit, I’ve lived in terror of finding cigarettes. And it started pretty much right away. On my first morning as a nonsmoker I was heading out to the dentist’s office when IContinue reading “Day Twenty”

Days Without a Cigarette: 18.54791666 Days Without Nicotine: 0 Dollars Saved: $23.62 Time Saved: 26 hours, 16 minutes Last night I went out to dinner at one of those events where I was with three people I liked, three people I didn’t, and another half dozen I’d never met. I find those things exhausting asContinue reading “Day Nineteen”

Days Without a Cigarette: 15.75 Days Without Nicotine: 0 Dollars Saved: $7.42 Time Saved: 22 hours, 18 minutes, 45 seconds Holy shit, we’re measuring this in weeks now, aren’t we? First of all, I missed you too. I’m not planning on keeping this blog a daily thing going forward, but it occurs to me thatContinue reading “Day Sixteen”

Days Without a Cigarette: 12. 55902777 Days Without Nicotine: 0 Dollars Saved: -$8.78 I’ve got a big test coming up today. If I’m playing the “Noah Quits Smoking” video game, I’m about to face off against my first boss villain: The Long Drive. One of the big advantages I’ve had over most people in myContinue reading “Day Thirteen”

Days Without a Cigarette: 11.51597222 Days Without Nicotine: 0 Dollars Saved: -$14.18 (had to buy a second box of patches today) Word of warning: Most of this post is just gonna be me bitching about a shitty trip to Walmart. I’m not likely to get a better candidate for the day I give up andContinue reading “Day Twelve”

Days Without a Cigarette: 10.64930555 Days Without Nicotine: 0 Dollars Saved: $21.81 I’m a numbers guy. I’m pretty sure the way I open these posts gives that away. I should clarify that this does not mean that I’m good at math. I suck at math. But I like to quantify stuff and see the numbers.Continue reading “Day Eleven”

Days Without a Cigarette: 9.70347222208333Days Without Nicotine: 0Dollars Saved: $16.41 At this point, every day is still a milestone and every activity is still an accomplishment. When I got off work last night, I went downstairs and got about halfway through dinner before it occurred to me that I didn’t even crave a cigarette afterContinue reading “Day Ten”

Days Without a Cigarette: 7.85625 Days Without Nicotine: 0 Dollars Saved: $5.61 Tonight would have been the perfect night for a cigarette. So here’s the story – here’s the astronomical confluence of events inviting me to smoke tonight: My house is old. Shit doesn’t line up just right. And if you don’t latch the deadbolt,Continue reading “Day Eight (Part Two)”

Days Without a Cigarette: 7.56041667Days Without Nicotine: 0Dollars Saved: $5.61 There’s some part of me that’s pissed off that the nonsmokers are gonna win. I know this is stupid, but it’s also human nature – I spent thirty years of my life on “team smoker”, looking to my teammates and saying “can you believe theseContinue reading “Day Eight”

Days Without a Cigarette: 7.03541667Days Without Nicotine: 0Dollars Saved: $0.21 Alright, so it’s barely after midnight, and I didn’t quit at exactly midnight last week, so this really isn’t day eight. Hell, I didn’t even bother adding in the money for the pack of smokes I didn’t buy this week, but it’s still worth gettingContinue reading “Day Eight (Technically)”