I have made it almost through two days. Hasn't been that hard so far, as i have been applying Allen Carr's ideas. Thinking of wanting a cigarette as a little nicotine bug in my body that wants to be satisfied no matter what. So I talk to it and tell it that its not going to happen so it may as well take a hike.
I also took to my bed early last night because I have never smoked on the second floor of the house. Also, I have been keeping very busy by cooking a complicated meal, emptying and refilling the dishwasher, etc.
Truth be told, I wish I could have a cigarette, but I have to beat this addiction because of the risks to my health. I want to be like other people who do not have to smoke. So I just have to keep going.
I had a CT scan over the weekend as a lung cancer screening based on my smoking history, but no symptoms. Thankfully, it is negative. But meanwhile my best friend for 40 years has just been diagnosed wiith stage iv metastatic lung cancer and he is suffering mightily already, even though he was just diagnosed at the end of June. So smoking is a bad scene and is very dangerous. Even though it seems like you want to do it, you just can't or risk this kind of outcome at a pretty young age.
So onward.
