I'm about an hour and a half into my 8th dof. I did my pre-employment drug test on Monday morning. At that point, I had been nicotine free for 5.5 days. Everything i've read online says cotinine is out of urine by 3-4 days. So, fingers crossed.
Hell week was, somewhat hellish, but not unbearably so, surprisingly. I find I crave more the longer I go, which isn't all that unusual, I guess.
So, I'm just waiting on results, which has me nervous. I haven't even resigned from my current job yet, because I'm afraid I will, then the new job will come back with a, "sorry, you flunked, no job for you". Ugh. But, I have to resign this week in order to provide them enough notice before the new gig starts on 1/2.
Fingers crossed for you!! And CONGRATULATIONS on surviving hell week! It really doesn't matter what got you to take the first step. What does matter is that you did and now you've got a week behind you!
To me, the craves seem to get worse on the second week because we're no longer fighting the physical addiction so much, allowing the mind to latch onto those craves for longer than before. Once the nicotine is out of the system, then we still have to learn the mental part of freedom. This is the part that takes time but it also gets easier with each passing day. You're on your way to a brighter future!
ONWARD TO FREEDOM!!!
Chuck