Well, I passed the test. I never got the results but I am working for the employer and have been for the past two weeks. I was a very heavy user of nicotine (I was unemployed sitting around watching movies and playing video games all day for a year so dipping went hand in hand with all that). I was shocked that the 30 days of cessation was enough. Still, I'm happy to still be free of nicotine.

With the test behind me, I'm occasionally having to fight the urges without having that as ammo. With my quit, i realize that for me the first month or so is not difficult mainly because I'm bracing against the hardship and I know its there. It gets difficult for me around the second month. It's then I seem to let my guard down and get influenced by my urges. I'm hoping that this recognition will get me through these next few months. I can say that the constant barrage of urges is gone, but now they are acting like guerrilla warriors. They sneak out of no where when you least expect them, when your not ready for them, and surprise you. I do have the benefit of having quit for 7 or 8 years so I know for a fact that there will come a day where the urges will no longer be a part of my life. I truly believe I owe the great fortune of this job, and the switch in my life, to quitting and in a large part to this website. I no longer have an option to choose not to be a nicotine addict, but I can choose not to be a nicotine user.

Edited 1 time by Thunderpaw Jun 19 10 1:57 PM.