I loved your note about "not burning down the house". I am so paranoid about fires that I always go back downstairs at least once after getting in bed just to double check that the ashtray is in the kitchen sink. That's one obsession I can check off my list.....LOL
OK! I've selected tomorrow as my "Quit" day. Been here before but I can only believe that this time will be different. I absolutely have to quit - for health reasons. I am not looking forward to the way I know I will be feeling for the next three days. I know I can survive it, but it won't be pretty. Wish me luck and please - please share your strength with me as I know I will be online tomorrow seeking "sympathy" and "support". God Bless all who are in the midst of this terrible struggle.
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I am new and have been downloading all the info available on this site. However, I wanted to log on to Instant Messenger and got a msg to download .NET framework files. I did that but whenever I go to SSC Instant Messenger I still get the same msg. Any advice?
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Oh Navigator,
Thank you, thank you, thank you........ That article really did it for me. That's exactly what I've been feeling but couldn't get into words. I quit smoking last year - and I now can't even remember the event or whatever that made me begin again after 8 months, but I started up again this past Spring. Even tho it made me feel horrible, not just mentally but physically too. I just feel back into it. Then yesterday I was sitting here smoking and having a cup of tea, berating myself for being so weak thinking how awful it tasted and it was like a light bulb was turned on. I simply realized that I needed to be more proactive, get control and pitch the pack........
Ok here I am today feeling quite lousy, really bad actually, but I know it will pass and I know this time will be different because I am different. I'm not feeling as tho I am loosing an old buddy. I am glad to be rid of that thing that controls so much of my day. I am more confident, I already know I can get through these initial cravings and I know I want to and actually have to for health reasons.
I'm so glad I found the SSC site. Almost no one that I know smokes. YOu would think that was a good thing and in the long run it will be. However, for today no one really gets what a challenge this is or how terrible I feel.
I am having cravings, I have a headache and a stomach ache, I am extremely irritable - and I am going to take a nap and try to sleep through it.
Sorry to be so lengthy - just babbling on when I really just wanted to thank you all........
Catch ya later!
cj
Well, I've made it thru 26 hrs 56 minutes....... Today was a lttle touch and go. Kept busy working most of the morning. But after lunch I was at a loss. So, I just went back to bed. I'm hoping I can sleep a lot in the next two days because I know the first three days are the wicked part. Went out for a sundae tonight - the chocolate helped. But, I am trying to stay away from sweets. So, I found celery and carrots to be a good grab and go replacement. I have them all ready in the fridge - cut up and in containers so I can just grab a handful. I found that whenever my mind thinks its time to light up, I just get up and do something else - change the scene, change the activity, whatever it takes to move my thought process along in another direction.
I feel like I know all the "right" things to do and for the most part I am doing them - what's right for me anyhow. But this is still difficult and I really feel like &*$%.
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Hi Lady Salmon,
Thx for the tip.... I do the same thing with blueberries - except I roll them in cinnamon and sugar first then freeze..... Yummy snack
CJ
OK Folks! I'm well into my second day. Ugh. I am dealing fairly well with the withdrawal - the physical ones anyway.... It's the mental ones that are driving me nuts. First off I feel somewhat depressed. Actually not somewhat - just depressed. I didn't really want to get out of bed this am and since I didn't have to work I could have stayed right there. But, I talked myself into getting up and facing the day. Then I just kind of wondered around the house. Had a few good crys. Then I picked 8 quarts of cherries from our tree, walked 1 1/2 miles to the neighbors for fresh eggs, walked back home and made 4 cherry cobblers..... STOP me before I eat them all..... Just kidding, only 1 is for us the rest are for neighbors.
I have a headache, which I know is from withdrawal and I feel like I am a basket of nerves. I know this will get better in a few days. Along with being depressed though I feel angry. And that's the one thing I don't really understand. I didn't feel this way before when I quit so I guess that goes to show "every quit is different". I really thought I would feel sicker today than yesterday but I actually feel better than I did. I suppose all of these symptoms aren't as bad as last time because I was only smoking for a few months. Anyhow, I'm babbling. It's just that I can't call anyone to talk because the phone is a big smoking issue for me. Besides I don't know anyone else that smokes or has quit so there is no one to talk to anyhow. My family is great but they don't really understand the emotional turmoil of quitting.
cj
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