Today marks the beginning of my fourth attempt to quit smoking. I hesitate to make a big deal of it here because of my previous attempts, which were blogged here, and which did not succeed. Perhaps, though, the pressure of having everyone know that I am trying will be good for me. The first couple of days are usually difficult, but the third day for me has always seemed to be the worst, so I am bracing myself for Wednesday’s bloodbath. I am wearing the patch again, my most successful attempt to date was with using the patch, and I did make it a full year before relapsing. I’ll blog more about this later, but so far things have been just mildly uncomfortable. I may try to work more hours this week in order to shield myself from temptation.