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Repost:  For the Strugglers Today

This is a great post.  Our quits are seldom linear - we have ups and downs as we progress and I remember being very upset when I would have a huge down past when I thought I should have one.  I often questioned if this process would ever get better- I can tell you from personal experience it does!
Have a good one.
Cara
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For the strugglers today
From zguy on 10/5/2007 12:01:29 PM

This means a lot to me. VegasHal qmailed me this on day 19of a former quit. I thought the old Nicodemon was gone, and let my guard down, and he jumped on my back, I was going crazy, and heading to the store for smokes. But I posted, and got a lot of help and support from the wonderful people on the Q.

Hope this helps you just for today.

You want a cigarette: Do I? What do I want? Specifically? What about the cigarette do I crave? Okay, fine. Maybe I want the "ahhh" feeling. But, wait, I'm through withdrawal. The first cigarette won't even give me the "ahhh" feeling anymore, because the "ahhh" feeling came from nicotine's ability to stave off the early withdrawal I felt after not smoking for 30 minutes or an hour. Now that I'm no longer in withdrawal, I'll only get dizzy and sickly from the first one, and that first one will be followed by the next one and the next one as I search for the "ahhh" feeling, and long before I ever get the "ahh" feeling, I'll realize I'm hooked again. Heck, I'll realize it after the first one.

You can handle just one: Can I? Why is it that in the past when I said that to myself, it didn't work out like I planned? If I could get by on just one, why didn't I smoke just one every now and again when I smoked, instead of smoking all of those other ones I didn't want? No. There is no such thing as just one for me, or the other greater than 90% of the smokers out there who smoke whenever their addiction demands that they smoke.

You NEED just this one: Do I really believe that I NEED to inhale hundreds of toxic chemicals into my lungs to get through this given situation? Do I really believe that I need to recommit to my addiction so that I can dull the feelings associated with this situation.

This crave is going to last forever, this crave is unbearable, quitting is just TOO DAMN HARD: Okay, what does this crave really feel like? How long is it lasting? Is it really lasting all day long? Or, is my fear of the crave, and my fear of failure, or my fear of success, making me THINK about it all day long? For how many seconds have I actually WANTED to put a cigarette in my mouth, light it and inhale, as opposed to just being anxious about my lifestyle change, and all of the things associated with it. Am I feeling anxiety? Or am I really wanting a cigarette? Will smoking a cigarette make me feel better or worse than I do? Furthermore, I KNOW from talking to all the former smokers around me that this isn't what being an ex-smoker feels like! I'm in the latter stages of withdrawal, and the early stages of reconditioning my life to NOT revolve around my addiction. Soon, I will be feeling a lot better, and I'll have a hard time remembering how hard this has been. It's only hard for a while.
Hope this helps someone. It saved me !!

Conrad

Repost: For the Strugglers Today

This is a great post. Our quits are seldom linear - we have ups and downs as we progress and I remember being very upset when I would have a huge down past when I thought I should have one. I often questioned if this process would ever get better- I can tell you from personal experience it does!
Have a good one.
Cara
D6824

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For the strugglers today
From zguy on 10/5/2007 12:01:29 PM

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