I justed wanted to say thanks to everyone for all the helpful posts and I also wanted to tell everyone that I am GREEN!

I've discovered that I have a huge appetite throughout the day that I never knew I had. I've also found a new appreciation for being outside in the sun (today was our first sunny day of spring). I can smell the life in the air around me. My mint plants are coming back after the long winter and they smell SO good. I also have a little plant called a "lemon balm" that also smells incredible. Of course just the freshly cut grass by itself is worth it!

Another unexpected change has happened: I am no longer depressed on a day-to-day basis. I suspect that much of my depression stemmed from my anxiety...anxiety caused by having to maintain an addiction to nicotine. I am indeed a far calmer person than ever before.

I'm finding that I have a better handle on my surroundings. I feel more "in my own head" and more in touch with my own body. In some ways, I think I was very detached when on nicotine - I was always lost in anxiety, wondering when I could get nicotine. This would make anyone detached. I would be talking to a close friend about something important...but my thoughts were constantly only 50% there...the other half of me was saying "when and how are you going to get outside to smoke?"

I'm so glad that, after a very long month, this seems to be going away.

For anyone else that is still getting cravings...keep your quit going! I guarantee....you will love the feeling of calm you experience after your brain reorganizes itself.

I am GREEN. Thanks Freedom.

I have been quit for 30 days.
I have saved $123.81 by not smoking 619 cigarettes.