Just wanted to let everyone know I survived Hell Week and wanted everyone to know that It seemed to be a very long
week full of ups and downs and changes in between. Every minute became my focus and so this last week felt to be the longest in quite some time. I kept thinking to myself did I really only quit for only a week with what all I've gone through.
Some of the highlights were:
1) Got to enjoy my taste a little better without that tingly feeling from nicotine coming out of my taste buds (yuk).
2) No more flashes of heat that I experienced the days up to and right after the quit.
3) Was able to get into an exercise program of walking, running, and yoga. Every time I did the Yoga I realized how important it was to have a good breath to sustain myself and it's now one of the strongest reasons I've observed that I don't need any more smoke down my lungs.
4)I went to a yoga class followed by a meditation class. Both were 1 1/2 hrs and 3 hours respectively. I realized after doing both of those together and not wanting a cigarette that I have come a long way from a week ago. I also know that my smoking would probably have prevented me from the meditation class because I would have been so wanting a cigarette that I would have left and avoided it all together. One of the reasons I wanted to quit smoking was to do what I want to do without having to be reliant on the nicotine addiction. That day proved that things have changed.
5) The best part of the last week was the interaction of people working with me on getting better. Because I am reaching out more doing different activities, I find that there are many people who have been very helpful in reaching out in return to help me. During all the Yoga classes for example people would help me in my dire attempt to move parts of my body I have disowned since I was a kid. They don't know that I was once a smoker but I'm seeing how being free of the nic. weed created a separateness from the world that was a lonely experience. I am now able be more of my true nature and to reach out and be more of a part of the world instead of closing myself off and wondering where the specialness of life was at. My habit had closed me off from it and it was all because of my own actions of choosing to let nicotine control my life.
Thanks for all the support of the members here. People like Moss, Karren, DL, ICL (happy 2mo), Astrofan, and many others who have offered great wisdom to understand the feelings I had when I began my quit this last week.
Now on to the next week to see what that will have in store for me, hopefully Heck will be easier than Hell!
Ron
My Milage:My Quit Date: 6/17/2008
Smoke-Free Days: 7
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 126
Amount Saved: $31.50
Life Gained:Days: 1
Hrs: 2
Mins: 28
Seconds: 12
