Milestone.
I’ve been cigarette-free for an entire month.
I’m taking two Commit lozenges a day, roughly eight hours apart, typically at noon and then after dinner at 8pm. According to the Commit program schedule I should still be taking nine of them per day, uhmm, no.
Oddly enough, this most package of lozenges actually seem to dissolve within the prescribed period of time. As much as the hour, and up to an hour and a half, dissolving time was annoying, I’d grown rather used to it; now that burst of nicotine is overwith rather quickly.
I have become addicted to licorice flavored starlights (like the mints, but obviously not minty). I suppose that isn’t quite so bad in comparision.
No matter how much I might occasionally want a cigarette, which isn’t really very often at all, I can’t possibly imagine ever being a smoker again. The fact that I could shovel out the driveway entrance without being seriously out of breath is amazing… that is strenuous activity afterall.
The house smells so much better, I have more energy, I’m happier, I have very little sinus congestion… I sleep better. Thus far I’ve not gained any weight, perhaps a pound or two, but the constant eating from week one went away. The constant use of hard candy can’t be all that good, but… I have been munching on apples and continue my drinking filtered water instead of sugared drinks, so I think I’m okay.
The only thing that has worsened as a result of no longer smoking would have to be my allergies. While the congestion is mostly gone and I can breathe quite clearly through my nose, any little bit of dust puts me into a sneezing fit. I suppose my body was so used to air that could be seen, heh, it can’t handle even the smallest bit of dust now.
I’ve also been a bit more ditzy than usual, as in… I have moments of confusion that normally wouldn’t be there, sort of like a haze or a pause in the ability to think at all. Matthew said he’s experiencing the same thing, he’s now at five weeks not smoking. I’m attributing this to not taking that ten to fifteen minute break to sit and smoke… instead of allowing the mind to slowdown it’s constantly in high gear, so it just goes “poof” when heavy thought is required. This could explain why sleeping is easier, I just get in bed and within a minute of shutting my eyes I’m out. I guess I’m overworking myself?
I fully understand why non-smokers get so agitated with smokers, it really does smell terrible.