After quitting smoking, a lot of us blame our quits for things that happen afterwards. And that's completely understandable. Afterall, quitting smoking often causes such things as excessive gas, irritability, insomnia, weight gain, feeling "spaced out" and being downright angry and mean. It's only natural that we will associate quitting with these things. However, I have seen many people, even people late in their quits, blame their quits for things that they do. This can be very dangerous.
[b]Blaming your quit can cause resentment towards your quit.[/b]
When you smoked, did you have people in your life who you didn't smoke around? Maybe they didn't even know you smoked. So, you wouldn't smoke around them and as soon as you left, you couldn't reach for a cigarette fast enough, right? I remember being that way with my parents. And subconciously, I found reasons to not stay very long when I was there. I didn't even know that I was doing it until after I quit and starting seeing my parents a lot more often and for much longer spans of time. I secretely resented them for making me not smoke around them, even though they didn't really know that I smoked. I know that doesn't make much sense, but that's really what was going on. The same thing happens when we quit smoking if we constantly blame our quits for the things that happen.
I have seen so many people blame their quits for their weight gain, only to go back to smoking and not lose a pound. Blaming our quits for symptoms of quitting often gives us a reason (excuse) to go back to smoking. Why give the junkie any ammunition? Yes, the quit may have caused the symptom, but resenting your quit and constantly blaming everything you say or do on your quit can be very damaging, not only to your quit but to your life in general! Look at each symptom of quitting as one step towards freedom from smoking. Each symptom is your body healing. Be proud and be thankful to be having these symptoms! I'm not saying you will always enjoy them... some of them are rather unpleasant... but be thankful that you are having them now, instead of continuing to smoke and remaining a slave to the addiction!
[b]Blaming your quit causes a lack of responsibility.[/b]
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