Life without the patch (Day 87)

Day 87 - Life has been good without cigarettes and the patch.  Now I am not spending money on either one and it feels good to be able to start saving all the money I was wasting on smoking.  Summer is almost over where I am and Fall will soon begin.  It gets cold here in the Midwest and this year it is going to be nice not to have to spend time outside smoking.  This will be the first year in 25 years that I will not be going outside to have a smoke.  I never smoked in my house, so I would go outside to smoke, at work, I would have to go outside to smoke.  This year is going to be nice, maybe less of a chance of getting sick.  Now is a great time to quit.

Life without the patch (Day 79)

Day 79 - I had a great week without the patch and I am enjoying the time I spend not smoking.  I would like to note to anyone finishing the patch, you will have days where you urges are very strong after the patch use ends and you just need to tell yourself the reasons you decided to quit.  Nobody said this was going to be easy.  The patch I will admit help to curve the cravings for nicotine, but now I am on my own and with the exceptions of sometimes throughout each day, I am going strong and I feel great.  Good luck again to anyone else trying to quit.