I was talking to my daughter last night about the subject of the malodorous gas that seems to have developed since I stopped smoking. She had stopped several months ago and then restarted and I remembered her complaining about gas and I actually remembered experiencing it in the past when I quit. I am fairly sure that it comes from the changes in my diet, I am trying to eat more healthy things but I AM eating more often to push away the urges. I also suspect that nicotine acts as a gastrointestinal stimulant and when it is withdrawn, there are some side effects. In any event, I asked her when it ends and I really thought everyone here would, once again, love her sense of humor, she said, “It doesn’t end, it’s just that now that you don’t smoke anymore you can SMELL it.” I laughed until I cried, along with her suggestion for a reality show for people who stop smoking.
I am pretty sure that this is a temporary annoyance but I am thinking that I am going to have to not eat when I am working for obvious reasons. I never used to eat when I was at work because I would go out for a cigarette at what would have been my lunch time. I never took more than a five minute break and now I just don’t take a break but I do nibble on stuff. I work in a café…we always have freshly baked items and soups and fruits, a well stocked salad bar, etc. I must say that I find it really unpleasant and I want it to go away. Now that I don’t smell like smoke, I have replaced it with something either just as bad or worse.
It’s clearly not enough to make me smoke…as I get closer and closer to NML. I am not letting the NicoDemon get me this time.
If anyone has any advice, I’d really appreciate it and if I have, in any way, offended anyone, please accept my apology.
