Besides all the normal positives about giving up smoking such as: not smelling like crap, not having burn holes in everything, not spending all my extra money on cigarettes, not worrying about having a car accident as I light up a cigarette in my car, not having to worry about where I can smoke, when I can smoke and have I got a lighter and a cigarette to smoke, I have discovered two more positives. There are many more positives such as good health etc but I want to talk about the two things I’ve noticed just this week alone.
I have discovered that when I touch my face (I have been avoiding that ever since the virus has shown up) it feels fantastic. I have been washing and putting cream on it but really not focusing on how I can feel my face again and I don’t remember ever being able to feel my face like this. I actually love touching my face now, it feels sooooo good!
I have also noticed how when I start laughing at something and find it funny that I am laughing more than I’ve ever laughed before. I don’t know if I’m developing a better sense of humor but I just really can get into a laughing fit which I also think is pretty cool.
This makes me very excited to see what else is going to be happening as I go on this journey. I think I still have another 27 days to get out a no man’s land and at times it makes me a little nervous, but at the same time I just don’t think I’m gonna have a real intense craving or anything like that. Because if I do I am prepared and I really feel so much of it is the fact that I see the other side of the cigarette now and how I can’t find anything good about smoking anymore. It never relieved my stress, it only caused my stress and now I have freedom which I never had when I smoked.
