It is so nice to see ya shadow and I love Shevies advice. I am sitting around the house almost 24/7. I usually go somewhere once a week and on weekends. I now realize that sitting in this friggin house seeing all that needs done, thinking about smoking, and feeling the quit, is driving me crazy. My house is surrounded by woods so I guess a nice walk in the woods would suit me fine. Maybe even help with this whole weight gain that I have now noticed becoming a problem. It just seems to be a never ending, uphill battle that I choose to win. Just keep in mind shadow that we may be psycho but at least we don't smoke! ;p Chicken without stix. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 21 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 215 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $78.75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 10 [B]Mins:[/B] 40 [B]Seconds:[/B] 17

Is it me or does everybody wake up in the morning and say, "I am gonna pluck a friggin feather off the chicken today!" Or in other words piss me off so bad I just want to club them...unfortunately this is hubby included. We always pick and tease and are usually borderline a**holes to each other (in an awesome way) but now I am in no mood for any kind of humor. I am just so irritated by the absolute slightest of things. It's horrible!! I really feel like I am being mean and he tries to make me laugh but I am an a**hole to him. I am going to go watch some pay per view with him and try to be nice....I never had to try to be nice to him before...I can't wait until this passes...I don't like being such a mean-spirited person and lately its seems all I am capable of being. I try I really do to keep a positive attitude and pay close attention to make sure I don't bite someones head off and then BAM it happens! I just keep saying "This too shall pass!" over and over again! I can't wait until hubby quits it will be so much easier on me :( Wow that was so selfish...See what I mean!! UUUUuuUUuUuGGgGGGGggHHHHHhhhHHHh...... N.O.P.E. No Smoke, No Choke, No Croak! Chicken without stix [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/12/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 20 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 209 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $75 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 44

I don't understand. I feel like I have been in some sort of slump this week and it sucks. I will hit week 3 this weekend and I just feel like I have been hit head on with a Mac Truck no I think more along the lines of getting rolled over by a friggin steam roller. I am just blahhhhhh....I have been in the worst of moods the majority of the week. I am a housewife...my house is a disaster....I am so lazy. The laundry is piling up and I (who usually couldn't stand a disorganized home) am making paths through the rooms for walkways!!! I don't get it. It's like something has sucked all the me. UuUuUuGgGgGgHhHhHh..... I don't feel like doing anything but laying around. I feel like I get annoyed to even do that. Why now. I thought the worst of the mood changes have happened. I have been told alot that I am snappier or bi*chier since I quit. Always ready to jump down peoples throats. I don't even realize I do it. I know I did it to my husband the other night. I was looking for something in the car and in the glove box I found an old pack of cigarettes. I wanted one so damn bad that I lost it. I could not even control myself it was like I was hysterical. I went off on my husband like I just met his girlfriend ;p or something. Luckily he ignored the yelling and realized I was just having a fit. After exploding I just cried and cried. Its like I curled up in fetal position and sucked my thumb. (Maybe thats what I should do!) I was so upset that night. I needed an intervention. It was just beyond horrible. I am rather unsociable (?) as well. Everybody gets on my nerves...(I know I must be driving them insane as well). I don't want to smoke, I know this but I believe my body is working in overtime lately to tell me that I do. Its a constant uphill battle that is absolutely taking up so much energy. Luckily I quit smokin and have alittle extra energy to exert but it doesn't mean I want to! I want to crawl in a friggin hole and stay for a few days. I hope, like everything else, that this too shall pass...It's kinda like I am a new person and I havent decided if I like this new person or not. Maybe this new person just doesn't like me. :eg: I think I will go take a nap because I cannot come up with any energy to do much more than that! Why n

The lack of motivation isn't very fun. It is good to hear that others are going through it too. I'm not as bas as week 3, but still don't have the get up and go that I am used to. I'm especially lazy on the weekends. I can get through my work days, but have a tough time getting going on my own time. This is such a drag since that is usually my gym time and spa time and such.. Now its my lay around like a lump time. I wonder how long this lasts.. I try not to be too hard on myself around this issue, but I really want my "get up and go" back. I keep threatning to go to the gym, but I haven't done it yet. I know I would feel much better if I went, but so far it hasn't happened. How strange, I went to the gym more when I smoked.. there is always tomorrow, right? [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/5/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 31 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 933 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $217 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 44 [B]Seconds:[/B] 1

My week 3 was just terrible. You'll see one of my posts during that week that ended in "whine, whine, whine." Week three was just the worst for me. I didn't feel like smoking but I felt yukkie. Hang in there, week 4 was much better for me and hopefully will be for you too. It WILL GET BETTER SOON :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/5/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 30 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 900 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $210 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 10 [B]Seconds:[/B] 46

Wow chickenstix... I am glad that you are not going to smoke.. My God you are right.. it did just sneak up on you after doing so darn great. Now, I'm scared.. I wonder if I will go through this soon. I have heard person after person go through it.. I'm sure this is temporary (the others have been) and you will recover once it runs it course.. until then.. just take it easy.. you deserve it.. you have been working on something so important for you and your family. Hang Tuff... Knight Christine [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 2/1/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 30 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 771 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $105 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 23 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15

This is to edit my last post. I too am like ChickenStix. I'm at home, and my housework is piling up around my ears too. I guess I just don't care one way or the other if it gets done or not. When does this end?

Its been a little over 50 days for me and I'm still feeling it. The past couple of days have not been good ones. Have wanted to smoke a few times, but didn't. But my moods have been very bad. Frustrated for what I don't know, down in the dumps and very sad too, and yet feel fairly *****y too. I'm usually not like this, when I was smoking I was in a good mood most of the time, didnt have many mood swings. You'd have thought I'd have been over most of it by now. Whats going on?

Hi Nana, it looks like we're both in about the same time frame of our quit. I'm wondering if this is a common stage we're all going through. I've about had all the "fun" I can stand and am ready for my life to go back to normal. Whatever normal is. Hope things change soon, or I don't know how I'm going to handle this anymore. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 55 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,004 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $192.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 41

Hi ya ChickenStix. I hope things are better for you now, I did manage to get some housework done today, so I guess its an improvement and made a decent dinner for my wonderful hubby. Plus I went out to the dr. yesterday and food shopping, so I didnt have much choice in whether or not I leave the house. But if I'd had my "druthers", I'd have "druther" stayed right here at home. I guess I'm too much of a homebody and I really don't like going out. I've really been so keyed up and frustrated, I didnt know which end was up, I guess. I just hope that whatever "stage" of this quit we're in, will be over soon. Don't know how much more I can manage. Hope its better for you!!! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/11/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 55 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,004 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $192.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 20 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12