So far the plan is working - although I am already finding the daily ration insufficient. Today's ration is eight smokes which means some lengthy (for me) breaks between each cigarette break. It is leaving me feeling quite restless and while I am trying to keep busy, I am not being very productive and not thinking very well.
I haven't even quit yet, but I'm already feeling the pain. I wonder whether tapering is a good idea for giving up smoking? It did work for me on my first attempt at quitting drinking early this year, but I know many say that tapering is a bad idea. Maybe I am experiencing why tapering doesn't work for many - it is just as hard as cold-turkey and very tempting to give up trying for the quit forever outcome?
I will suffer through this and stick to my plan. I will be able to say I am a non-smoker (or ex-smoker) in four and a half days time. In the interim, more reading on the smoking stuff, more filling my time with projects and more eating far too much.