It's official...

It is now officially more than a week. It has really gotten pretty easy. I have 5-10 fairly strong urges a day, and a few more little ones. For the first time, I can see things from a non-smoker's point of view. Don't misunderstand me though, I still believe people should be allowed to smoke in privately owned businesses that wish to allow it, but I can now see why some non-smokers would not want to go to those places. The government telling a private business owner that he cannot smoke in his own store, or allow anyone else to either, is a flagrant overstepping of their constitutionally mandated powers, but that is for some other rant, on some other day. Anyway, I see now how bad these things stink, and how annoying or possibly offensive their smell can be to some people. So week one is in the bag. Not to go too 12 step on you or anything, but I am going to just keep on going, one day at a time, and next thing you know, it will be a month, year, lifetime.