Day 22: “It takes 21
days to break a habit.” That’s the saying I never heard before, until I started
this journey. Stacy brought it to my
attention and once she brought it to my attention, I have heard it from several
other people and I have also read it several different times. Is it true?
I’d imagine it’s true for many people.
I also imagine it’s not 100% true for everyone. As for me, I think a lot of the habits that I
started to help me quit chewing have been “broken” already. It’s been five or six days at least since I’ve
had fip,, which I thought would be the hardest habit to break, besides real
dip. However, I do still have some hard
candy while watching TV in bed and I like to have some sunflower seeds. Does that mean I need more than 21 days? Or was me chewing the ACTUAL habit? All I know is this, I haven’t chewed tobacco
in 21 days and that’s ALL that matters to Stacy, me, and my support group! Right? (In case you haven’t noticed yet, the
readers are a HUGE part of my support group!)
We just went to Walmart to get some things, pretty much like
every other day lol. I’m pretty sure we
single handedly keep that place in business. I’m also pretty sure EVERYONE says that, which
is why that place is a multi-billion dollar company. We went mainly to get the ingredients for
Sushi, which we’re making on Saturday.
We’re having a stay at home date night! (Insert sexy whistle here). Yes, home made sushi photos will be posted!
Then we stopped over at Boyer’s, which is our local family
owned grocery store. Every town has one
of those, right? I like Boyer’s but it’s
expensive in there. We stopped there because their produce section is much
better than Walmart’s. We don’t care
about the price when it comes to good produce.
There is nothing better than fresh produce! Anyway, while we were there
looking for healthy veggies, Stacy tripped, and then fell into the ice cream
isle and she found these things! They
are AWESOME! More please! Great find
baby!
I assume only ex chewers will understand this next part, and
Stacy because she sees the cheesy smile on my face every time I do it. The rest of you will probably think I’m a
complete whacko. Either way, I don’t
really care because I’m about to tell you something that makes me feel good
about being a quitter. Every time we end
up with empty bottles; juice bottles, soda bottles, Gatorade bottles, etc. I
LOVE throwing them out in the recycle bin!
No, not because I love our Earth and want to preserve it for our great,
great, great grandchildren. I love doing
it because it feels great to throw empty bottles away, instead of storing them
in the corner of our kitchen so I can spit in them! It probably sounds VERY silly and simple to
most of you, but to me, it’s a sign of victory.
No, I haven’t won anything yet, but each time I do something like that,
it reminds that I am winning.
Speaking of winning, have any of you seen the movie “End Of
Watch,” yet? First and foremost, it’s
one of the MOST intense movies I have ever seen! The movie stars Jake Gyllenhaal. He and another guy are super cops in the
LAPD. In other words, they are best cops
in the division. Some of the movie is
filmed like a regular movie; some of it is filmed through a camcorder of Gyllenhaal’s
character. I’m not usually one for the
camcorder affect but for this movie, it worked great! Anyway, my point is, although it’s seriously
one of the most intense movies I have ever seen, I laughed several times during
the movie. Not because it was funny, but
because Gyllenhaal’s character chewed tobacco!
I laughed because in my 16 years of chewing, I can count on one hand at
how many characters (minus huge exaggerated rednecks) actually chewed
tobacco. Usually you see them smoking,
but not chewing. It just cracked me up to see a main character chewing tobacco
less than three weeks after I quit! I am
proud to say it didn’t make me want to chew.
I can’t say it wouldn’t have tempted me had I watched a day earlier or
day later though. All I know is I found
it funny, but not tempting at the time. Oh,
and if you’re looking some intensity, bad ass scenes, no holds barred violence,
love, and some comedy, check it out! I can
assure you though; it will shake you up, unless you have no heart or feelings.
I’m tired…Good night all…
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