My dude at the counter no longer starts reaching for my favorite pack of ciggies when I walk up.
For the first time in 25 years, I can move at a faster pace than a slow walk...I have even taken up a sorta shuffling jog on my way home from work! THIS IS A MIRACLE! It ain't running, but it's a step in that direction.
I am drinking more water than ever, I am not eating like a pig, I am losing weight, and my clothes are looser.
My blood sugar level is lower, my cholesterol is lower, and I am not taking as many pain pills. My ears aren't ringing near what they used to.
I am sleeping better, ditto on the hair thing (softer, smelling better, growing) too.
I can concentrate at work. No more living to each break to escape to smoke. If I need to
vape, I take a drag and move on.
My teeth are whiter and I am not even trying! For the first time in years, the little chip in one of my front teeth that has a resin fill? It's darker (and rather yellow!) and my teeth are white. It used to be the other way round! I may actually go get it replaced it's that discolored from the
tobacco staining. Ditto on the gums, they are pink and healthy again, and moving back into place.
I can now grocery
shop without pressure to break and run outside to smoke halfway through (huge comparison shopper, read all the ingredients type, takes a couple of hours to get through the store) I am not grumpy, I am not snarling by the time I get to the counter.
Emotionally? I feel like a whole new incarnation of the person I used to be pre-smoker. I am happier and my dating world has opened up to a whole nuther group of dudes...the non smokers! I am stronger mentally, I can think clearly now.
Thing is, it just keeps getting better and better!
It feels good to breath clean air without having to hack something up in between breaths. I'm also really happy that my fingers don't always smell horrible like they used to!
