14 Days

Day 14! I'm 26, smoked for four years. I smoked <5 day for the first year and it steadily increased until last christmas or so. i dont think ive ever smoked an entire pack in a day but there have been streaks in the last 12 months where i was buying a pack every second day consistently. strangely i didnt even consciously identify myself as a smoker until about a year ago and didnt admit i was addicted until last september or october when my girlfriend pointed it out. i had been contemplating quitting for about a year but never felt that i was ready to quit something thats such an enjoyable part of my life especially as it was something that originated as a coping mechanism during my early 20s. besides occasional minor anxiety attacks i didnt notice any health consequences till about a year ago when i realized i just didnt have the general of feeling of well-being that i used to have. last october i started vaping went back to cigs early this year last month finally started making an effort to cut down when my anxiety really started to bother me at work. one week i cut out my pre-work smoke. the next week i cut out my lunch break smoke. next one of my after-dinner smokes. pretty soon a pack was lasting me 5 days. after having cut back down to 4 per day i had no choice but to make the next pack last me 6 days. i smoked the pack in 5. i couldnt go back on my commitment so i went the entire sixth day without smoking. and guess what that leads us to today 14 days smoke-free it feels great. i have to say though the difficult part was working up the resolve to quit not the quitting itself. as soon as i knew i was ready to cut down and had a plan it became a game and just another form of self-improvement. the quitting just happened naturally as an extension of the progress i was making in cutting down. i havent coughed at all since quitting. my lungs feel a little weird but breathing is easier and i know the weird feeling is just the healing process beginning. my sense of smell is back too besides that the only other slightly uncomfortable things have been that my abdomen has been feeling really bloated but seems to have largely subsided as of today and there is weird pressure in my ears eyes and head that reminds me of flying. my ears even pop when i swallow. can any of you relate is is going to get any worse was my smoking light enough that quitting is going to be relatively easy for me and as one final question my lungs dont feel too bad but when will they feel back to normal as in back to non-smoker normal>