As many here know, life has been very difficult for my family and I during my quit. While I remained positive through a lot of life's challenges in these last 4 months, I have not had anything that I was overly excited about. Well, this week my husband starts his new job and I register for college this month. Today I went down to the college to get the paperwork rolling. I have been so excited today about all this new stuff that is happening. And feeling this much excitement was a first for me in this quit & it guess what ... it caused a trigger which I allowed to turn into a crave before I even realized what was happening. Once it turned to a crave, I was like ... WHOA! Let's back up here buddy!!!! Then I recognized it for what it was adn why it happened. It was the excitement. So I whipped out my coping skills: deep breathing, chew sugarfree gum and ate mints all day.
I have been able to eliminate emotional triggers like frustration, anger, sadness because I have experienced many of these feelings over the last 4 months and I have worked through them without smoking time and time again. But who knew that a positive emotion like excitement would get to me?! LOL! Well not for long ... as I embark on this new chapter in my life ... I see many exciting days headed my way. I can't wait for the excitement trigger to pop up again ... each time I am going to squash it ... and eventually it will know better to even rear it's ugly head ... but it is going nowhere with me. Next time, if there is a next time, I don't even plan on letting it get past the trigger stage. That's right! Because now I know and now I am prepared!!!
Get in tune with those triggers, be prepared, then kick their a$$!!!
Fondly,
Free
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 5/12/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 143
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 4,315
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $572
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 12 [B]Hrs:[/B] 2 [B]Mins:[/B] 25 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13
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Quit Meter
$54,741.60
Amount Saved
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Days: 5982
Hours: 5
Minutes: 32
Seconds: 33
Life Gained
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45618
Smoke Free Days
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136,854
Cigarettes Not Smoked