I'm so excited! 7:45 a.m. this morning makes two whole weeks without a cigarette! WOW! I'm soooooooo happy I've been dancing around the house all morning! I can hardly believe I actually did it! :)
If you're new here and just starting out with your quit please spend as much time as you can reading some of the post. There is truly a lot of wisdom on this site from people who have been where you are and are ready to share their struggles, to lift you up. I credit the SSC community for helping me to stay focused on my need to quit and for helping me find the way. Reading the post here (sometimes over and over) helped me in my darkest hours to see that others have been where I was and survived without giving in to the craves. I kept telling myself if all these great people could do it then maybe I could do it too... My first week was the hell that they warned me about... but, I survived and the nicodemon (gorilla) on my back is getting easier to manage every single day... The first 3 or 4 days were the battle of all battles. I cried for no reason, I got angry with the whole world including and especially myself, and thru it all the nicodemon whispered in my ear nonstop giving me every excuse in the world to light up. I was such a basket case that first week! When it got really bad I posted here and was amazed by all the support - they helped me to turn my thinking around and to embrace my quit instead of fighting it.
I let smoking control my life for most of my life (starting when I was a kid about 10 yrs old rooting Pall Mall (without the filter) butts out of my grandpa and dad's ashtrays - just for fun, I thought... I started buying my own at 13, quit in my early 20's then started back again after a few years cause I thought it would help me lose a few pounds (how dumb was that!?)... So, I'm 49 yrs old now and I've smoked most of my life - I thought it defined me...I thought it made me stronger, nicer... it was who I was... I was soooo wrong! This isn't my first quit but it's the one that will stick! I am sure of that!
Thanks SOOOOOOO MUCH to all those who have helped/encouraged me these past two weeks and to all those who have just begun the journey - it really does get better and if I can do it anybody can do it. Good luck to all of u