Broken chains

365 days ago I woke up in the morning and decided I wouldn’t smoke that day. I didn’t. Or the next. Or the day after that. Today I’ve been tobacco-free for one year. It was hard. I didn’t get bitchy, but I did cry a lot when the cravings [...]

Anniversary

As of today I’ve been 6 months without a cigarette. I think I can finally throw away the 2 in my “in case of emergency” stash.

100 Days

They say the first hundred days of a presidency makes or breaks an administration. I think that’s true of other things, too.
This is my 100th day without a cigarette.
To reward myself, I’m getting a manicure this afternoon. Maybe I’ll even buy myself some flowers. Then it’s back to work and [...]

One month

One month ago today, I quit smoking. I know I’ve still got a long way to go before I can consider it conquered, but this feels like a milestone. The anxiety attacks have settled down and most of the intense cravings have passed, except for first thing in the morning, which is still [...]

Day 9

I’ve made it a week plus. The cravings have mostly gone away, as well as the physical withdrawal symptoms, but the one thing that hasn’t disappeared is the newly arrived sans-nicotine anxiety. I’m starting each day with a major anxiety attack that runs until mid afternoon, and it’s wearing me down. I [...]

I’m quitting

Not blogging. Smoking, although it may look like the two are one and the same for awhile. It’s taking all my energy to Not Smoke, so blogging will continue to be light until I get my brain back. Hopefully the fog will clear up soon.
It’s day 5 ….