Smoke Stop

Day 2 - 9am

I DIDN’T want to get out of bed this morning, which is very unlike me. It seemed as though I had nothing to get up for – except work.

I usually get up between 5am and 6.30pm, so a 7.20am start was quite shocking.

I slept well, but had some strange dreams. They weren’t nightmares, but I have been warned that nightmares are a possibility.

The patch I put on last night is still working well. I haven’t used the inhalator today – yet!

I’m wondering if these 24-hour patches actually deliver the same level of nicotine throughout a day and night period. The patch I first put on, on Tuesday evening, seemed to start running out of steam at around mid-day yesterday. I was fairly desperate for a cigarette late in the afternoon and, looking back, I think I did quite well not to light up.

Patch manufacturers advise people to start nicotine replacement therapy in the morning. Is this because users are asleep when their benefits start to weaken?

I’d love to hear from other people who have recently given up smoking.