Good evening! For those of you getting ready to quit, or just quit. This is a great website! This is actually only the third time I've written anything, just did a LOT of reading blogs. I had set a "quit date" but quit a week earlier because I was psyched and didn't want to lose the momentum. Tomorrow night, it will be THREE weeks!!! The longest I've quit in almost 20 years! My house now SMELLS clean, all my laundry has been now washed free of smoke, my car smells fresh, and what REALLY hit me today was when smoking co-workers walked by me after their cigarette break....... it was gross! I don't mean THEY are gross, but instead of the smoke reminding me what I miss, it reminded of what I hated the most about smoking... the SMELL. (Following closely by tight chest and hacking.) It does seem a little strange, but after reading hundreds of blogs it makes sense. After the first couple of days hacking, I hardly coughed these last two weeks, but I seem to be coughing more the last couple of days. I think my body is finally trying to get that last store of crud out. It still feels so much better! I easily work around 60 hours a week, and this week I started night courses to boot. Today I took four flight of stairs to my class instead of the elevator. Not one single wheeze. WHOO HOOOOOOOOO! I think that's what feels like the most significant moment in my quit to date. AMAZING........... Stick to it, and start amazing yourselves!!!!
