Regained smell senses

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unfaithful

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I just got my smell senses back after 3 years of smoking! Went to the shop this morning, and a woman walked past me absolutely stinking of cigarettes, yuk! I've never noticed anyone who smells of smoke when I smoked analogs. I live near water and on the way back I swear I could smell water and grass all around it! I almost cried :). I can't believe I am a non-smoker! I remember myself a few months ago, after numerous attempts to quit smoking, feeling so stuck... like I will forever be a smoker and there is no way out for me :(
 
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ShannonA

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Whoopie and congratulations. That's the first health benefit I noticed. I remember going in Wal-Mart and thinking I never knew this place stunk like this. Don't remember which section I was in.

OMG me too except I do remember I was in the dairy section made me want to go to Brookshire's....but Brookshire's has a strong fishy smell now.... sense of smell is a double edged sword for sure.
 

Linden

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Oh goodness yes, the sense of smell. A newfound delight or absolutely disgusting. Once mine came back it was in hyper-drive, though I think it is starting to calm down now after almost 3 months smoke free. That first couple of weeks when it came back, I could smell a smoker (not smoke, but the smokers smell) from across a large room. Today I threw out 4 steaks because I could detect a slightly fishy/rank smell. They were probably fine but my sniffer said no :cry:
 

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Hey, some of us have to live with that Brookshire's museum... in our backyards

I work retail, and we sell the "OMG satans" at reasonable prices, so I have several customers a night that I literally have to hold my breath around now. The smell of cigarette smoke rolling off of them is just appalling. I seem to have a brand-specific repugnance, though. Camel smokers smell WAY worse to me than Marlboro smokers, for instance.
 

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That's awesome. Getting back that sense of smell is a wonderful feeling. I remember visiting my parent a month after I quit smoking, my mom was making apple pie. The smell from that pie literally had my taste buds melting. Good for you. It only gets better from here!

Think it's time for a trip back home
 
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