Day 2

I made it! I made the first day without smoking. I feel like I'm going to bite someone's head off, but I made it! I did use the patch, and we even went to a friends house for dinner last night, drinks included. I am hating my decision to quit, and I want a cigarette so bad I feel like I'm having an anxiety attack. I am so tempted to smoke, I'm afraid to leave the house for fear of stopping at the gas station for a pack or ten. I would love nothing more than to go outside on my patio, and smoke an entire pack of cigarettes today. I hate that smoking is bad for you. I also hate the fact that it's so expensive to quit. In the short term, it's just as expensive as smoking if you do the patch, or some other nicotine replacement program. Now, if you get on the medications, it can be way more expensive. I don't think that any of those medications are covered by insurance companies, even though they are now sharting to charge higher rates to smokers. Funny, how they will just charge you a higher rate every month/pay period, than just pay a portion of the medication cost for a few months.