Hello everyone. I last smoked last night at around 10:00 p.m. My fiance, Mike, and I are quitting together. He woke me early this morning to put on a nicotine patch, and then I went back to sleep for two hours, which was perfect, because that provided time fo the nicotine patch to begin working (it says on the box it takes two hours to fully work). After waking, I read the information on this site about how my first day will be. So far, even though I've only been awake an hour, it's going really well. Mike called several times and is having a rough time because he works as a warehouse manager, and even though it's against the law, all of the workers smoke in the warehouse and office. I don't know if I could handle being around smokers all day, especially on my first day not smoking, but I applaud his efforts and braveness in going to work today, knowing the people would be smoking in his face all day.
I am going to use the mindset that I AM a non-smoker now, instead of my usual "I'm TRYING to quit." As someone pointed out to me, there is no trying. You just do it. I'll just repeat the mantra "I am a non-smoker" over and over whenever I may want to smoke. I have some literature from Nicotine Anonymous to read, and I found that very inspiring during my last quit, so I will use that too for more inspiration.
Thank you all for showing me that it can be done, no matter how long you have smoked or how many times you have quit or tried to quit in the past. After I went back to smoking last year, I really didn't think I had another quit in me, but there is always hope, and I'm proving that to myself right now as the seconds without smoking tick by. I'll write again later. Thanks for all of your help!
