Day 3 continues

Well, its now after lunch. Had a good meal and could actually taste it. Glad I got gravy for the fries. Really popped with flavor.

Treating myself today by going to the barbershop. Have to leave work early to make my appointment, so that's just a bonus to me. Cravings still haven't been too bad today. Guess I'm a lucky day 3'er. Water is helping in a big way too. Drinking lots of it. Mind you, I'm using the Crystal Light juice pack things. That's fine by me. I'm still getting the water into me...right?

Read lots of the myths on the Patch and the mis-information that was given about 12 years ago. Apparently, and mind you it's not something I will do, but if you have a cigarette while on the patch, it's not the end of the world. You won't die from a nicotine overdose like they used to say. They actually now recommend, that if you feel like you're going to backslide, KEEP THE PATCH ON. They did some tests on this, and found that if you keep the patch on and end up having a smoke, odds are over 90% that the quit will work. If you take the patch off, have a smoke, odds are you're going to keep smoking at that point. Good to know, but as I said, I'm not planning on doing that anyway.

They also mention that using multiple methods will not seriously harm you. If you are on the patch and are having a serious craving that may make you cave (like I was having last night...but I worked through it), chew a piece of nicotine gum or something. It will take the edge off, and it won't do you serious harm.

I'm almost convinced that the patch loses some effect later in the day, like after about 12 hours (even though they are 24 hour patches). At about 6pm, I'm starting to get serious cravings. Maybe I'll keep some of the nicotine gum around (I have some leftover from my last quit attempt).

Well, getting ready for my haircut and shave...

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I have been quit for 2 days. I have saved approximately $17.72 by not smoking 44 cigarettes. I have saved 3 hours and 40 minutes of my life that would have been spent outside smoking. My Quit Date: 9/9/2009 7:00 AM