I haven't smoked for 9 full days. That's after smoking almost 2 packs a day (avg. 35 cigarettes/day) for almost 17 years. It's being hard, but definitely not impossible, and every day seems easier than the last one... so far I've "not" smoked 315 cigarettes, and already saved almost 60€ (in less than 2 weeks!).
My breathing feels quite better, I don't cough half of what I used to, and everything seems to taste and smell better... after these 9 days, I hate thinking that I actually smelled like those who I can smell now (and didn't before). My clothes don't stink by the end of the day, and I generally feel better (except the harder withdrawal moments, which make me feel like shit... but I know that's the nicotine addiction playing games with my mind, so I just fight it over a few minutes and everything gets back to normal).
After a few attempts of quitting smoking in the past (most of which didn't last for over 12/24 hours), I was already thinking of getting pills or anything, but I decided to give it a last chance on my own... I realized something: I quit smoking everytime I finished a cigarette... it was all a matter of not lighting up another one... and so I haven't :-)
Let's hope this time I'm not stupid enough to go back to smoking... the disadvantages of smoking are way too obvious, and the advantages are far from clear to me right now.
Regards!
