Day 17. I am feeling pretty good today. I still find that I am needing to sleep more than I used to. From what I understand, though, this is still common of nicotine detox. The first three weeks are really the hardest physically on the body.
It is strange because most of the day passes by now and I do not think of cigarettes at all. The first week or so, I thought about cigarettes constantly, but now hours and hours seem to go by without their passing thought.
I want to vomit everytime I get inside my car because I can still smell the stale smell of smoke in the upholstery. However, I will not be buying my Mustang until July 7, so I have several more weeks to get by in this car. On a positive note, the smell of cigarette smoke absolutely sickens me in the car (I never noticed it before). I take this to be a good sign. Also, when I pass someone on the sidewalk who is smoking, I am reminded each time of how awful the smell is. Funny…17 days ago, I would have hardly noticed the smell at all.
I am eating so many good and whole foods…I feel that every molecule of my body is happy.
It is Dave, my bass player’s, birthday party on Saturday and I am going to try to drink one drink there. I am very nervous about this because I have both smoked and drank since I was 18 and both have ALWAYS gone together. This will, quite literally, be the first time in 11 years I have ever drank and not smoked. However, by this weekend, it will be 3 weeks since I quit smoking, and though I did promise myself that I would not drink for 3 weeks in order to make the quit as easy on me as possible, I do know that I must face this hurdle/trigger at some point.
Today is a good day. I am a little tired, but for the most part feel pretty good.
I still have some lows in my mood, but in general, it seems to feel better than last week.
Updates will follow.