The CREATION of the Nicotine-Craving Monster

Note To Reader: I very much enjoy the use of  etc dots and the word 'AND'.  If you are bothered by that, then this is NOT the blog for you!

Once upon a time, I was a perfect little angel (mostly). I was a good student, good daughter, good friend, good girlfriend, good Methodist, good...good...good...

And then came college, and boys, and alcohol, and...well, you get the idea. I went a little crazy for exactly 6 months. My parents found out, and all the raging fury of hellfire and damnation came raining down into my life...and I was a good girl again! I walked the straight and narrow (mostly).

The next part is long and messy, so here's the short version:
*Met a boy
*Got married
*Wished I hadn't
*Started partying again
*Discovered SMOKING!!! HOLY COW IT WAS FUN!!!
*Filed for divorce
*Kept SMOKING!!!
*Divorce finalized
*Still SMOKING and loving it!!! 

 (GASP....Big breath...Okay, we can continue...)

*Met new man, Paul (he LOVED smoking too!!!!!) = Match made in Heaven!!!!!
*Quit drinking, partying, and all the other rebellious stuff that goes with it
*Kept SMOKING!!!
*Became a responsible adult, got married again, graduated college, got an amazing job
*Kept SMOKING!!!
*Got new vehicles, went on a cruise, went back to grad school, bought a new house
*STILL SMOKING!!!

So what is the point of all this? The point is that 2 days ago I found out my best friend, who is only 28, has emphysema. On top of that, yesterday I found out that I have pneumonia!!!!! For the first time in over 6 years, I have tangible proof that smoking is really going to destroy me. And it scared the crap out of me! So now me, my husband, and our friend are all tackling the task of quitting once and for all. We've tried in the past and always failed, we'll see how it goes this time around.

This blog will be my outlet for all the randomness I deal with throughout this experience. Most of it will be humorous, and if you do get a chuckle from anything I write, odds are that it will be at my expense. :)