Changing- day 1.

Today is the day I am saying goodbye to nicotine, my constant companion for the past 25 years. The road ahead looks long, dark, treacherous, and lonely but I have packed my life up and have to set off in a new direction, towards freedom.
The fear is immense, crushing down upon me, enveloping all sense of light and joy. Fear of freedom? Fear of pain? Fear of change? I just don't know...