I'm on day 50. My last cigarette was on October 20th at about 9 PM. I still have the last (unopened) pack of cigarettes I bought. I tell myself that as long as I never open that pack of smokes, I'll never smoke again.
Before this time, every other time I quit was for someone else. This time, I quit because I wanted to.
The first two weeks were tough. Mood swings, inability to concentrate, etc.
The worst was on or about the 12th day, I was installing a pedal cluster in a 911. For those of you who have not done this before, the clutch pedal is spring loaded and will snap down with a good seal of force with little provocation. After it snapping down on my hand for about the 5th time (see inability to concentrate above), I lost it.
Yelling, swearing, I think I sent a stool flying across the shop... - nothing was worth this, why am I making myself so damned miserable?? It is just a damned cigarette!! I enjoy smoking goddamnit. I'm an adult and if I want to smoke, by god I'm going to smoke....
Then it kind of hit me... It was JUST a damned cigarette. I was making myself this miserable over some leaves in a paper tube??
Sounds pretty stupid, doesn't it?
I turned a corner at that point. After that, it has gotten progressively easier. Like I said, it is been 50 days.
Anyone who wants to quit, feel free to PM me, I'll give you all of the pep-talks I can.
I do chew a LOT of gum now though...
AFJ