Good morning Me. I hope you are feeling better after your rest and ready to take on another day smoke free. A lot of us turn into crying machines when we quit. I always felt like Superwoman, could handle any obsticle until I quit and then I would cry at any given moment for no reason at all. I think the first couple of months I cried more than I have in my entire life.
Quitting is an emotional rollercoaster. Think about it. We smoked for every reason. When we were happy, sad, lonely, needed a break, stressed, bored, celebrating, mourning...every emotion you can think of was followed by a cigarette. You have taken that crutch away from your brain and it doesn't quite know how to adjust yet.
Lose the negative talk. You are not a loser, you are not skitzo, stop saying you can't do this because you can. You have made the best decision you can for yourself. To quit smoking. Replace it with possitive thinking. I can do this, I am a winner, I am taking my life back from the enslavement of smoking.
Quitting may be one of the hardest things you ever do but it is worth it. It takes time to adjust but I promise you that once you work through all these emotions you will emerge a better, happier, healthier person.
I never realized until I quit smoking how much control it had over me and my life. Once I realized this I got ticked off and decided it wasn't going to control me any longer. Take back your life from the addiction. It belongs to you.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 7/1/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 263
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 5,267
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $920.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 23 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 16
