You are doing really well! Cinnamon sticks are great. A quit buddy of mine from way back swore by them....same sort of shape as ciggies, no nicotine and helps with the hand to mouth thing. Whatever it takes!
I used iced water too......pain in the neck at night as you say, but it works.
When I think back at some of the things I used to stick in my mouth to compensate for lack of ciggies, I am horrified.........no rude remarks please!!!.......eg. a ball point pen holder with the ink cartridge removed......I sucked air through it, bit down on the plastic and so on. Whatever it takes!
Stay Strong my friend, and whatever it takes, just don't smoke!!!
Many people have found quitting to be like a death in the family. Perhaps not everyone can express it as well as you do with your analogy about a Russian funeral.
Often people find losing their dependence on Nicotine is like losing a friend. Maybe it is good to see it as a death. While death can be seen as a negative thing, the way you put it makes it positive.....you can move on from the loss of the 'friend' and eventually feel you finally can feel content to say goodbye.
You are right to suggest that it will take more than one time of sorrow, but that time will come. When I began quitting, I was looking forward to writing that letter of goodbye. I posted it sometime between 3 and 6 months into my quit, but everyone reaches that point in their quit at a different time. As Tiana said, the ritual seems to be very powerful.....enough to beat the Nicodemon.
Your personality is not lost at all, but will return to its former strength as you can move ahead with determination, which you seem to have in abundance!
Well done! Stay Strong! NEVER LOOK BACK. THE FUTURE IS AHEAD!!!
Congratulations Lance on reaching your first year quit!!!
I bet you are so glad you had the strength to hang in there when it was so hard a the start! You now have moved ahead and have that new, great self-esteem that a successful quit can bring.
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