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Day 80

Published by Nathan Powell on September 20, 2007 10:08 am under smoking

Here it is, 80 days since I had a cigarette.

Normally I would have been getting ready to go off the Chantix sometime in the next 10 days. However I basically only took that for a month. I started taking it for a few days into the second month, and then decided I wanted to go it on my own. I hasn’t been that horrible going off the pills early. I think I have had more urges than I would have if I had taken the pills. Even yesterday, I was stressed WAY out by work, and I could feel the urge to smoke boiling below the surface. I wouldn’t do it, there is no way, but it’s still there, still ready to spring back to life if I give it the energy to do so.

I have a few insights I have gained over these last few months, but I think I will save them for a 90 day post. For now, I will just post this as a reminder of where I was.

Happy breathing.

3 Comments so far

  1. Maggie on September 20th, 2007

    Happy Breathing, indeed! That’s awesome. Urges don’t have to lead to smoking, and that’s fabulous.

  2. Doug on September 21st, 2007

    Congrats! Keep it up!

  3. Josiah on September 21st, 2007

    90 days is just around the corner. 1/4 of a YEAR!

    Great job :-)

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