Todash,
Thanks for writing this! It's now in my bookmarked collection.
It's all very true (except for maybe the easy part?). After a week I feel that in order to start smoking again I would have to be doing something new (albeit a long term, familiar, former habit). It would be a deviation for the norm, the routine course of my days. I'd have to go through being dizzy and semi-nauseous the first few butts, I'd have to overcome the MASSIVE guilt and disappointment in myself. In short, I'd have to REALLY WANT to smoke. Make it a conscious choice. Why, in God's name would I WANT to do something THAT STUPID!! So, you're right, the tables are flipped. Not smoking is the norm now and smoking would be a change, a new thing. The "cravings"? They are misfirings of my brain's neural network due to my former drug (nicotine) addiction that just have to be dealt with on those terms.
To do list for today: don't steal handbags, don't rob a bank, don't shave my head (not that there's anything wrong with that :) ), don't glue my fingers together, don't eat rat poison, don't smoke cigarettes.
Thanks again!! Excellent post that I'll read often!!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/11/2007
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 6
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 128
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $21
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 1 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 40