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I'm getting through day three remarkably well . . . maybe because all I want to do is sleep. As soon as I got home this evening I went to bed and slept for three hours. And I won't have any trouble getting to sleep again. Actually, I'm going back to bed right now. I guess my body needs the down time. Thank you all for your encouraging comments and suggestions. Good night! Blessings, Dharmagirl

It's day two and I'm a little shakey, but doing ok. The tough part was driving home this afternoon and passing the store where I usually buy cigs. But here I am at home, no smokes. I am so sick of being a perpetual quitter . . . and what that implies, a perpetual start againer. I am envisioning this quit as if I have morphed into a different dimension. It's quite nice here. Clean. Smells good. I know one very good way to keep myself on track is to focus on gratitude. I am so grateful that I am s… Continue

It has been a pretty good day. My problem in the past has been this: sometime into my quit, usually during the first day, it's as if something happens to me. There is a conflict between two parts of my mind. One part takes over with a decision to put this quitting business off until another time. One part resists this decision, but seems unable to be in control. It's as if the decision has already been made before any of this becomes conscious to me. Fairly quickly, the resistant part goes along… Continue

I just typed my first blod entry . . . and lost it. So I'm trying again. It's only been nine hours since my last smoke, and eight of them asleep. I'm wearing a patch. I have tried to quit this time over and over, sometimes with NRT aids, and sometimes without. I think this is better. I'll be back later to report.