Day 211.
Crazy stressed out with school and my car. Chevrolet has something called a Pass Lock security system on some of models of their cars. Guess who owns one of those models? This guy! The bottom line is that my car will not start. I have a tow coming in the morning to pick it up and take it to my mechanic. I have read online that a dealer would probably charge me upwards of $600, but my guy has dealt with this Pass Lock b.s. before. He will be much cheaper and the problem will be fixed, but in the meantime I am without my car. Not much fun and such a joke.
I also have assignments for a college class that I hate. I actually enjoy most of my classes because they are about subjects that I care about, but this class blows. The teacher is so anal about every little thing. It is enough to drive you crazy.
Anyway, I gotta deal with these things one at a time. A year ago, I would have been rushing to the can to deal with all this noise. Not anymore. I know that nicotine will not make my problems go away. It actually makes me mad that I used to think that I need that cancer shit to live my life. Not anymore. I will never be a slave to nicotine again. I am so much stronger than a fucking chemical.
Thanks to all of you that support me by keeping their promise to stay quit every day. It is through this accountability that I know I will stay quit. I would never dream of letting my brothers down. Just writing all this down has helped quite a bit. Just gotta get these frustrations out of my system. Thanks guys and stay the fuck quit.
I drive a 2001 Chevy Malibu and spent over $1500 dealing with that pass lock shit. Four tows over a three year period, replaced the anti-theft system, multiple computer re-sets... Don't know if your car is anything like mine, but I was told by three different mechanics that the pass lock is malfunctioning/activating because the computer doesn't recognize the key in the ignition and believes someone is trying to steal the car (because most thiefs steal a car by startying it with the wrong key ????). Anyway, after the fourth mechanic told me "we couldn't figure it out so we just re-set the computer again," I finally asked, "how are you resetting the computer." When he told me I almost killed him right there on the spot. I had wasted $1500 for a fix I could've done myself (and have done myself twice since as the pass lock still randomly activates). Here's how to re-set your computer, it is annoying but it beats paying for a tow for a mechanic to essentially do this exact same thing:
Set the ignition to the "on" position for ten minutes, or until the theft system light stops blinking. Then turn the ignition to the "off" position for five seconds.
The mechanic told me you have to do this three times before the computer resets, thus allowing allowing the car to start, but mine has always started after the first time. Good luck! God I hate my Malibu...
