I'm Sorry Sir, this is the non-smoking section.

For the past 14 years I have been a pack-a-day smoker. I picked them up one day in high school and never looked back. All the cool kids were doing it, why couldn't I? Last week, after a friend of mine had successfully quit, and told me he didn't want to hang out with me as much because the temptation was too much for him, I decided to put them down. My wife has been wanting to quit forever, so she is doing it to. I've got the support of everyone that I know, and am going to be using this blog to make posts on how I am feeling, and what I am going through.

Day 1: Time since last cigarette: 11 hours, 2 mins. Physical Sensations: Head is hazy, Body wants to smoke, but no pain in stomach. The urges are not as bad as I thought they would be. Hands are shaking, but that could be from the OD of coffee this morning. Mental State: determined, but still wanting.

You do not realize, until you cannot smoke, how much of your daily routine is built around cigarettes. My morning routine usually consists of rolling out of bed, putting some clothes on, taking the dogs out and smoking while they are in the yard. I then come in, feed them, fix coffee and have another. I work from home, so when the wife leaves about an hour later, I come in, fire up the email, twitter and other things and go outside and have another cigarette while I am waiting on all of that. I come in, answer all of the emails I need to answer, do a little paperwork and then, about this time of the day, I have another cigarette while I am waiting on my boss to call.

You get what I am trying to say. The problem is that soooooo much of my daily routine is bound by what I am trying to quit. Right now I am getting my nicotine through other routes, easier routes for me to quit. I still want to taste a cigarette, but I don't feel the need for nicotine. I've heard the first few days are the hardest. I will keep you posted.