Crossed 180 days!

Yep, that's it, I've been smoke-free for over 6 months.

I "quit" on April 10. October 10 made it 6 months of not sucking on the demon weed. I use the quotes because I didn't really quit - I reverted to being a non-smoker and my sub-conscious accepted that and didn't try to push me to smoke again. Evil friends tried to get me back on but, I being a non-smoker, the darn ciggies they shoved into my mouth tasted awful.

That's that, then.

The voice is coming back. I managed bass in the choir last Sunday.

When I come back from my ten-day dramatic tour I'll test myself with cigars.

Deepak

The greatest temptation to smoke

I'm close to day 40 after having reverted to being a non-smoker. The usual cravings have either disappeared or weren't triggered at all by what I thought would trigger them.

The past couple of days have been frightening, though, because my body thinks I'm still a smoker and is producing massive amounts of mucous to replace the mucous dried out by the smoke. Only, there isn't any smoke so there isn't any shortage of mucous and I now have phlegm filling my lungs and sticking to my vocal chords.

My voice is my life and this is creating tremendous anxiety. I can't sing. The darn notes get smothered by the phlegm. When I go basso in a reading or a voice over, it comes out as a croak. The famous, "Deepak Morris resonance" is absent because there's a bucketful of phlegm clogging the pipe and barrel.

The temptation to return to the demon tobacco just to get my voice back is strong.

I need to ride it out. Sooner or later the body will learn that the poison no longer enters the system and counter-measures are no longer necessary.

Deepak