Giving up Smoking

I made it through my first full day of not smoking yesterday, and so far I am doing ok. I have moments when the cravings get to me, but as my G says it is habit. I am in the habit of taking a break during the day with my bosses to have a smoke. It is habit to smoke while I am watching TV. It is habit to smoke after meals. It is habit to have a cigarette in the morning with my coffee.

I am not feeling the cravings out of need, I am feeling them because I am used to doing these things. It might be a different feeling if I wasn’t using the patch, and I am not willing to take that chance, so the patch will stay on.

This weekend will be the hardest test for both of us though. The kids are at their dads, and we don’t really have anything planned. Which means plenty of time sitting at home, thinking about the cigarettes we would normally have. I guess we are going to have to come up with something to do instead. This morning we had sex, that seems like a pretty good substitute for smoking.

I hope G is up for the challenge.