Dang it! I forget to activate my quit meter every time. Meister, I am on day four and have been this road before. I just need someone to remind me that life does get back to normal.
Thanks, Josie! I appreciate your support. I will be okay. Like Luna (who I would love to talk to), I am a mental health professional and have worked with addictions (mainly D and A, never nicotine for obvious reasons). I know all the "tricks" and all the junkie talk. But this is ME!!! The difference because I am the junkie here!
By the way, the self talk I mentioned above would mainly come after leading groups of addicts and me thinking "They really believe that life has no beauty without those drugs" Well, I can relate, I guess.
Don't get me wrong, I am not kicking or screaming (yet). On a scale of 1 to 10, today was a 5. But I want to look forward to never thinking about smoking again or at least only having it cross my mind.
Dee
Tell me when can I expect to start thinking that my life can be engaging and fun without cigarettes?
I am not a drinker and I say to myself "Dee, think of all the alcoholics who think they cannot have a life without a drink. That's you! You think that life without a cigarette can't make you happy. How ridiculous is that?" Now, since I am not a addictive drinker I know that I can have a full and complete life without a cocktail, so logically the same must be true of cigarettes!!!
I know that eventually, life becomes interesting again (I quit for two years) but I really can't remember how long it took.
I don't want to read (my passion), I don't want to be home (where 90% of my smoking took place) and I don't want to be in the car alone (the other 10% was there). That leaves work and sleep.
So at about what mark did you realize that life was really good without the cigs?
Dee
I wanted to say hello. I do not post much but I check in frequently.
I am down to the 10.5 mg patches (I cut the 21 in half) and doing good! Yes, I still miss it but I really want this quit!
Jan and Sparky, how are you???
And I noticed there were a lot of quitters that day, in addition to us. How is everyone?
Dee
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/16/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 26
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 349
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $91
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 48 [B]Seconds:[/B] 20
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