Two weeks into this mess, and amazingly, all is going much better than anticipated. An occasional craving, here and there, but nothing overpowering or even close to it. I’m quite surprised and very happy. I attempted to quit smoking early last year and lasted a month. That is my 1st goal this time around and I’m halfway there. Now, it’s time I get ready for work. I’ll leave you with this tweet I ran across yesterday.

A person would die if all of the toxic ingredients of one cigarette were directly injected into the bloodstream.

— What The F Facts (@WhatTheFFacts) January 9, 2012

No, I’m not going to become some annoying variation on the truth.com commercials and stupid crap like that. It’s just a bit of information I found interesting. The last thing I want to be viewed as, is a holier than thou type of person. The long and short of smoking and quitting smoking, for that matter, is regardless of whatever imagery is thrust in your face, people that want to quit, will quit when THEY are ready, not when some shock value laden commercial or scary statistic is posted for the world to see. Quitting smoking isn’t easy, and that’s ok. It just makes it that much more meaningful if and hopefully when, we succeed.

A stressful day. I slept like crap because of it and still have to go to work in a few hours. Badly wanted a cigarette earlier. Actually, I didn’t want it, as much as I thought I needed it. Fought it off though, and I’m better now. As things go, this was the first difficult day and making it through without caving in makes me feel better. I really need to fully let go of the stress or I’m going to keep having cravings. Will have to wait until tomorrow evening, when I can take out some aggression on the bowling pins.

All good so far, 4 days plus and counting. I’ve noticed a slight uptick in my eating habits, which is somewhat concerning as that was biggest worry when the thoughts of quitting began creeping in my head. Other than that, I can’t complain. Veronica is quite happy with me, as well. I’ve found that I don’t think about having a cigarette as long as I keep my brain occupied. A real test will be this evening. See, I work overnights and happen to be off tonight. In trying to keep my sleep schedule the same, I will be awake all night. Veronica works days and as such will be going to sleep at a semi regular time. Meaning, I will be up all night, by myself, with only the World Wide Weird to keep me company. Guess I’ll be watching some movies and catching up on some web design stuff. Maybe take a short nap too, who knows.