What's been best about not smoking is that I'm more in touch with myself and I love the freedom. I don't have to constantly think to see if i have enough cigarettes or where the matches are. I no longer wake up in the middle of the night and have to smoke a cigarette before I can get back to sleep. I no longer have to make sure I can stay for a whole movie without smoking. I'm beginning to feel better now, health wise. Mentally, I feel different too. Not having to smoke gives me more time to myself. At first that was real hard for me. For instance, I couldn't just sit down and watch it snow. I had to keep moving. Now I can do that, but it's in a different way. I'm watching the snow; I'm not just sitting and smoking. I'm much more in touch with what's around me.