i'll remind you that i was completely cold turkey from mid-2018 to mid-2019. it was ten months....

in those ten months, there was no drinking, no smoking (anything.), nothing.

and, yes, that 26er of vodka is still in there. it's now five months, and it'll sit there for five years if nothing happens.

further, i've been posting about this now for weeks - months. i've broadcast this; you knew it was coming. when i say i have no intention of smoking tobacco ever again, there's a very high chance that i actually, really won't.

i'm not going to smoke the raspberry mixture or the peppermint tea bags in the cupboard on their own, i'm pretty confident of that. i'll get some green tea and throw it in there, and i don't expect to smoke that either (although i'm sure i'll give it a try as a caffeine boost, just to see - and i am a little worried that i'm going to take a hit of the green tea, stay awake for a week and get hooked on it. but, we'll have to experiment.). but, so long as it's in there, there'll be no reason to buy cigarettes.

and, if the edibles work well enough, i won't even need to keep the tea around at all - so i'm going to wait to buy the green tea.

i've been very, very serious about this in the past, and have gone very long periods with zero nicotine, but there's always been some reason...

there's no more reasons.

it's happening. permanently.