Well, day 3 of no cigarettes, but ashamed to admit that I'm chewing nicotine gum (only about 1/3 as much as before, though).

Went to work stone cold turkey on Monday - was dizzy driving there the whole way (too much oxygen to my brain I guess) but otherwise ok. Throughout the day, though, I became progressively more "out of it" - I felt like I wasn't there, or was having an out of body experience (more like a psychotic break, probably!). Then at about 4pm I burst into tears while talking to one of my coworkers. Everyone was concerned, telling me to go have a cigarette, calm down, etc. But I stuck it out, made it home at 9pm, and jumped into bed. Slept very poorly, kept waking up all night. The next morning I decided since I have to work, and can't do so effectively if I'm in the midst of a nervous breakdown, I had better chew the gum, for a while, at least. So I'm only a SEMI-failure this time!