Hey all, hope everyone is staying strong. It's been 10 days, 14 hours, and 40 min since my last cigarette. I made the decision yesterday to take off the 21mg nicotine patch I've been using and try to push through the 72 hours it will take for the physical nicotine addiction to be gone. It's been kinda rough, not gonna lie. I have a nicotine patch on me in case I go completely nuts, but I really want to be rid of all of it: the cigarrettes, the nicotine, the whole deal.
The cravings today have been rough, and I preemptively apologized to a couple people in my office that I'm going to be one moody mo-fo today. Thankfully I've taken out most of my frustration by yelling at my computer when it doesn't instantly do what I want it to do. I've avoided flipping out on people (at least not in front of them, but there's been a couple times I've had to run back to my office and shut the door, wig out for a moment, then carry on).
I bought a ton of candy to get thru the next few days, and I have chop sticks at the ready to knaw the crap out of. I partly feel like I'm quitting all over again, even tho I haven't had an actual cigarette in about a week and a half. At least if I "cheat" on this one, it's just by putting a nic patch on and not actually smoking!
