Heeheehee. Okay....I am 175 days and I am still not "over it"! Quitting smoking has been the hardest thing I have EVER done. The quit process has consumed me, literally, for the last 10 months. It gets easier at time goes on, that's for sure. Anyone who quits has my utmost respect and I recognise that the quits are different and the duration of thoughts and smoking memories vary. Next time he wants to use terms like 'overreacting' and 'dramatizing', it's time to sharpen your kitchen knives! :eg: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 9/8/2006 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 175 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 8,792 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1400 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 14 [B]Mins:[/B] 49 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56

Interesting & Tutti, Here is a post about anger & quitting. Hope it helps. Danielle ______________________ The SSC Support Team - Anger & Quitting - Afraid to turn into a bear when quitting? Maybe you've quit and it's already happened? Explosive, quick to anger over little things? Unexpected outbursts? You are not alone, but rather one of many. What happens? People in recovery do have ups and downs, and sometimes more downs than ups unless they adopt new ways of coping, none of which happen overnight. We keep saying that quitting is a process. Anger may play an unexpected role for you in this process, and better coping skills need to be developed to deal with this also. When many smokers and dippers quit, they go through changes that require some unmasking. Take anger, for instance: As nicotine addicts, we might have swallowed our anger, or lit up/chewed rather than make a scene when something really irked us. It might have been easier and less stressful than engaging in confrontation about some problem. I'm confident that most smokers and dippers who were "put in their place" can remember exhaling the smoke slowly at some time or other to decompress. They puffed or chewed away for dear life rather than say their piece and end up getting fired from a much-needed job, to offer one example, or be in an in-laws bad books forever, to name another. In such anger, a nicotine fix became the crutch, the comforter and the savior of sorts, and quite a coping mechanism! (Or so we thought anyway.) Get my drift? With the giving up (and loss from our lives) of that lifelong 'all-round friend' the cigarette, we literally go through mourning with all its stages, including the stage of sadness and anger. Quitting is a major loss, both physically and psychologically, and in addiction, a quitter will naturally mourn that loss for a little while, until they freely accept the quit and adopt it, just letting go of smoking or chewing. But besides that mourning, there are also things that can naturally trigger an angry response in a quitter: For instance, typical little things such as finding an empty roll on the toilet paper dispenser, discovering someone's dirty laundry on the floor, coming across dirty dishes in another part

Me too....Me too.....Hugs and Kisses. I am so emotional today. I know it's my little addict. I think I will sit on him and crush him with the extra weight I have gained!!!!SPLAT!!!! There he goes! Love to all :eg: [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/31/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 30 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 908 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] �225 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 3 [B]Hrs:[/B] 22 [B]Mins:[/B] 45 [B]Seconds:[/B] 53

I hear you Jan! I am (or was) the queen of overreacting and dramatizing. Funny though, since I've quit I have only had one episode about 2 weeks ago. What I realized is that irrational thinking was causing it. I wasn't seeing and hearing accurately and thus reacted to the thousands of tapes that continually played in my head. The loudest one was the "angry" tape. Angry at myself, just angry, angry, angry. Since I quit I have found that the angry tape doesn't play. I am happy. It is much easier to think (and hear) more clearly. I keep my mouth shut until I have analyzed things correctly. In fact, the best thing is just to ignore, ignore, ignore. I have completely confused hubby, who has gone from living with the devil to an angel. He doesn't turn his back, afraid the devil will jump on it (a learned survival mechanism for him). All I know is I don't want to go back to being that person. Quitting is the right decision for me. (and hubby) [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B] 1/10/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 51 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,029 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $586.5 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 5 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 30 [B]Seconds:[/B] 56