Share your quitting journey
I guess some of us know about anxiety and depression in the beginning of a quit.
I'm going to cover the four topics in the title for you.
Spaciness
When we are smokers, our bodies introduce more oxygen into our blood stream to compensate for the carbon monoxide smoking introduces. When we quit smoking, this extra oxygen can make us feel spacy or lightheaded. Our bodies readjust over the first month. (I ran over a lot of curbs at the corners when I first quit LOL.Thomas' blog today said that the carbon monoxide particles can cling to the red blood cells for days.
Overt Brightness Outside
I noticed that sunlight seemed much brighter than normal to the point of being uncomfortable after I quit smoking. This too adjusts to normal over the first month.
Constipation
Honestly, nicotine makes our digestive system work better so without it, it takes some time to readjust but usually about a month after you stop using nicotine.
Clearing your throat
As soon as we stop smoking, the cilia that line our breathing apparatus become unparalyzed. Their job is to use a sweeping motion to bring out the impurites from smoking and anything that gets past the hair in our nose.
Some people cough. Some don't.
I didn't cough but i remember clearing my throat constantly because the impurites tend to collect there while we sleep The stickiness tends to make us need to clear our throats. I believe this is why when people wake, they tend to think they are actually tasing a cigarette. (please be careful that you don't get stuck to the seat. LOL) This throat clearing lasted just over a year for me.
Bonus Information
After you clean out your car., cut an apple in half and put it cut side up in a short margarine type container and put them under the front seat (s)
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