It's been a long journey that I have acomplished. I am proud of myself. It has indeed been difficult, but I have stuck it out. I started out with the patch, which I believe really helped in the beginning. It's been more of ... "I want to do this with added determination blended in" ...than anything else. The one thing that makes me happy is that my two sons are proud of me. That matters so much. If I slipped, the guilt would overwhelm me and the first thing I would think of would be my boys. So, I have made up my mind that I will never smoke again. Know what? That scares me sometimes, and I guess that is normal since I still am relatively a new quit.
My husband still smokes but is considerate enough to smoke outside, most of the time. When I am upstairs for the night and it's late he smokes in the kitchen and I find the odor to be very offensive. I never thought I would ever write that. My sence of smell has gotten so much better.
I still have cravings ... I do hope they will go away as time goes by. I am sticking with it, and appreciate everyone's encouragement on this site.
