Quitting.... again!

Since this is the place to let each other know how we're doing, I thought I'd let you all know that this is my 7th day without a cigarette. Yeah.

I'm using the patch this time. It is so much better than doing it cold turkey. Not to say it doesn't still have the same effects I end up with every time I quit.

Today, I wanted to throw large, heavy, metal objects at people's heads all day long. They didn't even do anything extra annoying today, but I was overly irritable the minute I woke up this morning. Those of you who have quit smoking at one time or another know what I'm talking about.

One of my co-workers said that I handled myself really well today considering how tightly strung I was, but at one point when we had about 7 people in our small office and all were trying to be louder than the rest, I really thought I was going to take off my shoe and beat the shit out of someone with it. It didn't even really matter which one I hit, I just needed to do it. She said later she could tell I was about to blow, so I quietly got up and left the room for a bit.

All in all, it's going fair. I won't say it's going well because quitting smoking never goes "well." The good news is I haven't had a cigarette, so I'll just take it one step at a time and hope I don't maime someone along the way.