"The fact that I started quitting with a 3 day hangover that made me vomit every time I smoked likely helped too."
Yeah, I could see where that would be motivational.
So far, so good. I thought I'd go through 12-16 inhaler cartridges yesterday, but only went through six. So that's ~45 mg's of nicotine yesterday versus my usual 300. I'll cut back on the cartridges over the next few weeks.
No strong cravings to smoke, but I find myself going through the motions: reaching into my pocket, looking at where my pack of cigs would ordinarily be, expecting an ashtray to be on the table. When I realize what I'm doing, I just tell myself, "oh, yeah. I don't do that anymore."
I think getting the Welbutrin to build up for two months helps, as do the patches and inhalers. My wife is going with patches only, and she was ready to give up yesterday after being awake for just an hour. I'm trying to motivate her by reminding her of all the reasons we both need to quit: the outrageous cost ($1100 a month), the smell, the yellowing of everything in the house, our health, etc. And I use the "big one:" if she wants to fulfill her lifelong dream of moving to the South (eta spring 2010), we have to quit smoking in order to finish everything to put our house on the market.
When the urge hits me, I think about all of the above, but I also think about my brother, how he suffered for the last several years, and how godawful he looked when he died.
I expect my father to die at any time. It could be today, or it could be weeks or a few months. That's going to be a real test of my willpower.
