Day 3: Fighting addiction

First things first, happy new years to all of you! I hope your holidays were exactly what you wanted them to be, and that the new year has gotten off to a good start. I have a good feeling about 2009, it’ll be the year all of our dreams come true for certain.

Of course, dreams rarely come true without any action to set the wheels in motion, and right now I’m going through withdrawals to make one of my on resolutions a reality. Well to be honest, I would hardly call them withdrawals, rather just “wants”.

And to those of you wondering what the heck I’m on about, I’ll explain. I have this habit, a bad one. It’s a nikotine addiction, just like smoking, only instead of smoking the tobacco and nicotine, you put it up under your upper lip. It might sound weird, but it’s actually just as normal as smoking here in Scandinavia (at least Norway and Sweden). You can read all about it at Wikipedia.

While the health issues related to Snus are still being debated, the fact of the matter is that it’s an expensive, silly and pointless habit that I’ve had for far too long already, and I have decided to get rid of it. As of right now I haven’t had a snus (or any nicotine at all) in three days, or 72 hours:

It’s then that the anxieties associated with readjustment normally peak in intensity and begin to gradually decline. (WhyQuit)

I don’t think I’ve experienced any anxiety myself so far, but it’s good to know that the actual physical addiction is starting to decline from now on and out. Once I get through today, the fourth day, I have a feeling that that worst of the worst parts are over and done with.

Now, off to eat a healthy breakfast and then work. I’ll be sure to keep you up to date on my war.