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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3131

Come to think of it Eve you have just helped me realize that my stress level is down since I quit it's true I'm more relaxed most of the time except in times of cravings witch are getting fewer now Thanks again for the insight Marie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/13/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 22 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 339 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $88 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 2 [B]Hrs:[/B] 23 [B]Mins:[/B] 41 [B]Seconds:[/B] 18

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 481

When I think about it, what was frustrating about smoking was that it didn't really help with my stress. I really expected that it did. So I was waiting for it to help. I thought it did help so imagine what the stress would be like if i didn't smoke. Now that I don't smoke, I'm like well...that's the same as if I'd smoked. I am kind of surprized about that. mama [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/18/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 16 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 673 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $91.2 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 1 [B]Hrs:[/B] 18 [B]Mins:[/B] 50 [B]Seconds:[/B] 57

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 261

Dear Eve, Thankyou for this thread. I feel exactly the same. Since I've stopped smoking my stress levels are way down and my concentration levels are way up. I love all your threads Eve. Don't stop! cheers alison :) Kick the Herb to the Kerb [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/16/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 51 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,538 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $637.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 17 [B]Seconds:[/B] 59

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18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 8760

Thank you for sharing this with us Eve! Very insightful, sounds like a few lightbulb moments have come out of this quit. Danielle __________________________ The SSC Support Team

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1070

I 100% agree with your post! I think a lot of stress is an illusion and is directly related to your attitude towards what is happening. I never would have agreed 52 days ago but now I think you are on to something! [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/15/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 51 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,020 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $229.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 15 [B]Mins:[/B] 8 [B]Seconds:[/B] 18

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 547

When I smoked my stress level was unbelieveable. I mean I flipped out over the slightest hair out of place. I could not believe how scared I was of quitting knowing my stress level, and how bad it was already. I thought for sure I was going to go off the deep end. The first 24 hours of my quit I was doing well. I stumbled upon the SSC within 5 hours of my last smoke. THANK GOD I DID. That is how I have been able to retain my sanity while experiencing withdrawl and cravings. I have learned now that my stress level was actually another ILLUSION. Smoking was the cause of my stress you see...'when am I going to have another one, what do I do about this situation, what do I do about that, oh I need a smoke to figure this out, oh I will just have a smoke and think about what I have to do today, Oh I need to pick up smokes I am almost out, and on and on and on it went, neverending excuses. These were the cause of my stress. NOT what was going on in my life. Now that I have been maintaining my coping skills and I am coming along, my stress level, well, I really don't have one anymore. WHY? Because I QUIT SMOKING. Life is rather pleasant and very enjoyable without that constant nagging stress of when your next smoke is going to be, or how much you have left, or the illusion that you can't cope with anything without a cig in your hand. It really is a bunch of BS. We are buying the big LIE when it comes to smoking, believeing that it helps and the only thing that it helps to do is KILL US FASTER. So there it is, my illusive stress level revealed. I really didn't have a high stress level at all. But smoking made me believe that I did. There are days that I get frustrated now, but the frustration comes very far and few in between and is also a far cry from what I used to be like. :scared: I hope you will think about the myth of stress in your life and what is actually happenning. You are fine without smoking. There is nothing that you need to put in yourself to cope with anything, you have all the answers within you already. Many Blessings, Eve :) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 4/8/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 87 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 702 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $261 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 16 [B]Seco

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 388

I have noticed that my stress level has dropped wayyyyyyyyyy down also since I quit.....I have a very stressful job and now things just don't seem to get to me or bother me as much as they did when I was a smoker. Guess I'm just better able to handle the situations better now with a clearer mind that isn't clouded up from the smoke.. [IMG]http://img382.imageshack.us/img382/6451/sweetpea8bk.jpg[/IMG] [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/29/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 310 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 3,730 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1391.9 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 37 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 36 [B]Seconds:[/B] 18

~Sweetpea~

18 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2027

Excellent post, Eve. I've found that at work and at home, one thing that used to really bug me about smoking was having to stop what I was doing to have a cig. I just couldn't delay it and that was quite annoying. But not anymore. Now I can just sit down and do something uninterrupted. That's another stress gone. :) Shevie [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/23/2005 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 408 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,168 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1550.4 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 76 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 12 [B]Seconds:[/B] 40

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