So here I am at night number 6 niccotine free. Feels great but scary at the same time. We finished dinner tonight - at the table with the children. Not
smoking has made me organised enough to clear all the clutter from the dining table and eat with my kids like real families do. In days of old I would be
hustling myself off outside right about now for a smoke. My husband is in the rumpus room now playing the piano and having a smoke......but he has cut down.
And I am hitting him with facts from here whenever I think he is open to listening.
I want the ahhhh but I prefer the AHHHHHH of knowing I am healing my body and not being a slave to my addiction. My tongue is pink and not grey and furry -
anyone else notice this? I am coughing less but my chest feels tighter. The big ol' gross coughs of crud ykwim? stopped at about day 2 (thank the
universe) but the chest tightness feels weird.
Weirdest thing for me so far is how everything smells. In fact, it is frightening. I am 39 and have smoked for 20 years. The smells I am smelling now I have
never smelled before. I can smell the air-con at my work and it smells *dirty* and mouldy. I was with a student this morning who had strong perfume on and it
made me dizzy and breathless. The smells are freaking me out the most. Chemical smells are getting to me.
I am enjoying better sleep. Also here as often as I can and reading reading reading.
Btw, I downloaded Joel's book for one of my students the other day. She is 17 and smokes cigarettes. She knew I had quit (heck everyone at work does
I'm very much out there about quitting) and so I showed her this site.
Thanks everyone and Joel. Thank you thank you thank you.

