03/10/2011

First day of being without smokes. I am wearing the patch and it cuts down on the cravings, but it does not help with the habits associated with smoking, like stepping outside, or walking around,or just having something in my hands.
The itch is normal. I think I had it last time and it is not accompanied by a rash. Don't know why it happens but it does. Not a big deal. I think maybe I was just tired the other night because I have not slept any better the last two nights, just a coincidence I think. I am sleeping like I normally do though, hard to fall asleep, sleep well for a few hours, wake up, toss and turn for a few hours, sleep again for a few hours. Weird sleep pattern but it has been that way for awhile now.
I will let you know how the rest of the day goes later tonight, when I have been without a cigarette all day.
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It's later, 9:30 pm and I have not had a real cigarette all day! I had a few puffs off the E-cig once or twice today but that was all. The hardest thing for me today was not doing the normal tthings I do when I smoke like going outside. I actually gave up and took the E-cig outside with me once tonight because I just couldn't stand it any longer, I just had to get up and follow the normal routine of going "out for a smoke". Habits are so hard to break, not just the addiction to the drug part, but the addiction to the action part.