Attempt Two: Day Six

Here we go... another week with giving away the smokes. My moods... well... let's not go there. After the weekend I may or may not need a new TV after being tempted to throw the xbox controller at it. Reports that I beat a man senseless as a result of saying "Good morning" are grossly incorrect. He was senseless before I touched him.

I never realised just how itchy nicotine patches can be. The desire to scratch it off if just phenomenal. For those who have chicken pox and remember how much that itched - this is more intense and in one centralised spot. I would start scratching at it but I worry that I may gouge a hole in the patch and shred the skin underneath.

On the upside, my acidic tongue has lessened. Now I can make people wilt at a glance. Not even the paint at work is immune. That's a good thing. The building really does have ugly colours overall.

The other surprise that I found is that not only has my energy increased but also so has my libido. I never knew that smoking affected the sex drive. I realised that it affected lung capacity and prolonged heavy breathing can be a bit detrimental in the bedroom but not that the actual drive itself dropped.

Another side effect is I have had an increase it acne. Yeah, gross side effect but it's another side effect that I wasn't aware would occur. These are the things they don't tell you about when you decide to quit smoking. This is easily solved by taking an extra 30 seconds in the morning rituals but using a facial scrub daily rather than 3 times a week and using a loofa in the shower.

Weekends are always going to be the challenge for me with smoking. I'm so used to walking outside and having a smoke, I need to find something else to do during those times. I've found that going downstairs and changing where the knives and forks sit in the cutlery draw just doesn't fill the void. Even with my housemate's OCD. This weekend I think I'll just change the order of the draws.