I read that it's about a 12 week time period for a brain to return to normal, in terms of the nicotine receptors, after quitting smoking. I've been looking forward to this milestone!
Yup. I'm at 93 days and not one single puff. I'm not gonna lie, there were a few times where I considered it, but then didn't want to lose all of this mileage I feel like I've gained and have to start counting all over - for me, the counting is a very, very good thing. I actually had a dream one night that I was smoking and woke up with this, "**bleep** did I do...? I have to start my count all over!" Then, "OMG - it was just a dream! Yay!"
We had a little get together this past Saturday - the first since covid, actually. One friend went out to the back porch to smoke and another friend leaned over and said to me, "When did that happen?" I said, "What?" He said, "When did she start smoking again?" It really made me pause and 1) Reflect on how many of us at that gathering were former smokers and had quit. More than half and I'm the most recent. And 2) I wondered, how many people were noticing me when I still smoked?! Jeesh.
Regardless, I'm happy to be over the 3 months, I'm having way less cravings and my confidence is starting to go up - meaning, I not struck by fear every 10 minutes that I'm going to go buy cigarettes. Now I'm only struck by fear every 30 minutes that I'm going to go buy cigarettes. 😁
I think it's an improvement!
