AliRiza,,,,,you find that quitting ups the stress for a while, but that's because it's the stress that is caused by the addiction! when you are smoking that addiction is soothed, only to begin it's demands the second you stub out the smoke.....that demand builds until you light the next one....the you get a feeling of relief. but the relief is deceiving, because it's only there because you answered the demand of the addiction. When you quit, the addiction sets to demanding, then screaming, then having a holy, hell of a tizzy, all out FIT! You have to hang on through this time and not give in....cause lighting up only begins the whole cycle over again. You HAVE to go through this.....there is no way around or over it....you have to grit your teeth and plow though it. It's a bit like an unruly child...if you give in, the demands increase in number and intensity....the only way out is discipline. (and it ain't always a pretty sight LOL)
NRT can perhaps take the edge off it, perhaps not....depends on your determination, commitment and mind set. You have to be at a point where you really really WANT this quit.....you want it WORSE than you want to smoke.....at that point you will realize that not smoking is merely making a "choice" to not light up. No forever thinking...just choosing at the present, NOT to light up. You distract and teach yourself to focus on something else. Only you can find the combination of actions and thinking that will carry you through this....but you need to know that the intense craving for that "fix"..WILL pass.
good luck to you....I hope you begin quickly....making excuses and reasoning that now isn't the right time, can go on forever.
katy
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/4/2002
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1561
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 62,450
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $8585.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 203 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 31 [B]Seconds:[/B] 12
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$161,829.50
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Days: 5596
Hours: 1
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Seconds: 16
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