Wednesday, August 02, 2006

Oxymoron

I've quit smoking again. Haven't had a smoke since last night. Here's a rundown on this quit's Day 1 symptoms:

I'm averaging a mood swing every 2 1/2 minutes. No harm has come to anyone yet, mostly because I'm taking off to a bathroom stall to meditate about every hour. Emotional detachment is proving valuable here. It's kind of entertaining to have a friendly talk with the department admin about the afternoon staff meeting while simultaneously watching yourself have a sick fantasy about force-feeding glass to the mail room guy because the correction fluid he bought last week is utter crap.

I'm dizzy and kind of high. I think this is from extra oxygen. Hence the title of this post.

I bought some good stuff at the Body Shop last weekend. I still smell it on my skin from my shower this morning. With no tobacco to cover it up, I do indeed smell yummy.

I'm having tremors. This hasn't happened before. I can barely pick up my damned sunflower seeds.

There are also hot and cold flashes. Time is passing oddly.

Last week, I went on an all-produce diet for a few days to prepare for this. Today, when I would normally be craving chocolate and crap to deal with the withdrawals, I've been wanting strawberries, sunflower seeds, and broccoli.

Oh yeah, I'm bored so I'm blogging. Expect much pointless crap in the next few days.

3 Comments:

At 12:34 PM, Blogger Katrina said...

Congrats on quitting! :)

We could get together and be snippy and emotional together. Woo!

 
At 12:46 PM, Blogger Gavagirl said...

Thanks!

The moods have all been on the interior, thank god. Haven't hurt anyone so far.

 
At 2:34 PM, Anonymous Evil da Pig said...

Actually, once you've quit about 20 or 30 times, you get used to the mood swings, the jitteryness, the "holy crap...what is that...OMG I can smell and taste again!" shock.

Be ware though, around day 2 or 3, your lungs will be expelling all that crud that's been building up in there and you will be Ms. Hackey McCougherson. I would suggest keeping some cough suppressant handy.

 

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