Wow, thank you all so much for the kind words of encouragement!!!!
Yes...I did it! 15 days free from smoking and my sense of smell is already showing signs of getting sharper. I've so missed the way some things smell...like a freshly cut field of hay, or the fresh smell of a Spring shower! Nothing like it, so help me!
I had cravings and I used the under the tongue Stop Smoking spray for the really tough spots, maybe three times used. Otherwise, the days were so filled with fun and activity that I didn't have a whole lot of time to dwell on the fact that I was in the process of withdrawing from Smoking.
Then came the dreaded drive home. I'd been really REALLY afraid of this drive. In the past, if I was all alone, like in a car driving a long distance, I would stop and pick up a pack of cigarettes. By the time I got home, if it was a long drive, I would have smoked at the very least a 1/2 a pack if not nearly all of it.
I prepared myself by having water and coffee, (yes, I drink coffee and it wasn't something I even thought about giving up while quitting smoking,)and psyching myself up for getting in my car. I started my breathing exersizes and I kept saying...you only have to make it for one more minute...or one more mile. 4 1/2 hours later, I was home and I made it without a cigarette!!!!
It is now a quarter till 8 PM, and I've still not had a cigarette. There are smokers in my house and they are being quite good about smoking outside away from my window.
So now, its one day at a time, one moment at a time to success. And I am so very happy that the worst part of it is behind me. The withdrawal from the Nicotine, especially the fourth day, is awful for me every time. Now, it's the day to day fight in my head against the nicotine monster voice beguiling me to, "just take a drag off one, and it won't hurt a thing!" Yeah right...I've talked myself into smoking just one so many times and immediately am back to smoking one cigarette after another!
So thank you everyone and I am now here for the duration. I promise that when I am feeling that urge, I'll write. When I feel in any way weak against this incidious addiction, I will write. And again in advance, Thank you for being here!
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[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 3/29/2006