Atta Girl Pen Everthing is quite normal thank you very much.It appears you have'nt lost your humour about it ?? Get your hubby to cook dinner better still have him take you out for dinner. ;p [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]3/20/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 82 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,476 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $820.00 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 18 [B]Hrs:[/B] 19 [B]Mins:[/B] 57 [B]Seconds:[/B] 3

I am about to enter week 7 of this quit. Those of you who have been around here awhile know I've done this quitting thing a few times, publically on this site. What I am learning and would like to share is that there is a definate process to this quitting business. There is phases that we go through. It is different for everyone... how these will be experienced. What I know is that these same things have happened to me every time....maybe not in the same order, same duration, same complexity, or same severity...but I know I have felt this way before. If you are feeling these things...know that it is normal, and don't get discouraged. I keep saying to myself...it is going to get better. Being smoke free is what I want for myself (even there is times I try to tell myself differently), and I putting all my money on those that have gone before me, when they say, It's the best thing they have ever done. There is, at the beginning, a euphoria...HOORAY...I Am Doing it...I can't believe it. Then there is the phase....YEAH, SO WHAT...BLAH, BLAH, BLAH." For me, the next phase....I DONT WANT TO DO ANYTHING, (OR I CAN'T). Next is the "I CAN'T CONCENTRATE", phase. Next will be the WHOOHOO, I FEEL GREAT phase, and so on. Right now, I am in between the I DONT AND CANT DO ANYTHING phase and the I CANT CONCENTRATE phase, (so don't ask me to do anything). A few days ago, I was wallowing in despair (nicodemon's words) because all I wanted to do was stay curled up in a ball under the covers. I, of course was listenting to the 'JUST GO BACK TO SMOKING' lecture from you know who, when through the trees I heard a whispering....remember what Golferman said...."if you can't get over the mountain....go around". Ok, so I didn't feel like going around either, but I did start digging a tunnel. I came out the other side yesterday, but today have dug a little trench again. I have been reduced to a blithering idiot...had to ask hubby for help on how to make supper tonight...because I could't concentrate long enough to figure out how to do it. Just a phase, I said...keep going. Inside I'm sad because this is not me...but, I realize that it is just one day...(OK, 2 weeks) out of the rest of my life. The real me will show up...one day. I willing to wait it out. I know it's going to be worth the wait. [B]My Milage:[/B] [B]My Quit Date: [/B]4/30/2007 [B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 41 [B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 820 [B]Amount Saved:[/B] $471.50 [B]Life Gained:[/B] [B]Days:[/B] 4 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 42 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0