Well, 2 days, 17 hours. Hooray! I finally got *some* sleep last night, but it was hard to get there. At about 7 pm, I started to have extremely strong cravings. It was odd. I had such a good morning and afternoon, and then all of a sudden - BAM! Wasn't expecting it.
I treated it like a giant hurricane or huge waves. I hunkered down and felt them hit me. I literally lay in bed last night squeezing my eyes tight against invisible waves. The physical aspect of the cravings was strong. My entire body was restless - writhing and uncomfortable. "This will pass" was the mantra. Eventually, I fell off to sleep.
Woke up this morning feeling much better. I finally got some un-interrupted hours of sleep. I used to be a very deep sleeper - hard to wake in the morning. For the past 3 days, I have woken up when the furnace kicked on! Crazy. But at least I only woke up one time to it this time.
I guess it was a bit of a reality check - the hard part isn't over. The wavy part is starting now - the first two days were just pure hell, but now I get moments of clarity intermixed with moments of pure hell. *sigh*
Still feeling confident - I'm past 2.5 days. They say all the nicotine is out after 72 hours. Looking forward to that!
