I didn’t really have much time to write yesterday-day one of my quitting smoking-because I found lots to keep me occupied. I meticulously cleaned our bedroom and bathroom. I would have meticulously cleaned our living room and kitchen but, unfortunately, that’s where my husband was working so I couldn’t really manoeuvre around him as easily so I left it. I also did his laundry and when I finally sat down to relax I had a bag of popcorn to keep my mouth and hands occupied.
All in all it wasn’t too bad. After a couple of hours I did get to thinking ‘gee a cigarette would be nice right now.’ But I fought it with the lozenges, water and gum. Oh, and a pen in my hand helped quite a bit too.
Today is the first day in work without smoking. I find it’s been rather easy so far. I don’t get too stressed at work anymore so that shouldn’t be a trigger. I’ve got my gum, my lozenges and a nice bottle of yummy M&S peach and raspberry flavoured water. If I really have to have something sweet, there are some Irish truffles in our fridge which I will allow myself to have one of just to satisfy the craving. The mornings are supposed to be the worst but at the moment I’m coping quite well I think. I’ll let you know if there are any changes to that!