I QUIT SMOKING , YOU CAN TOO. I QUIT SEPT 27, 2012, SUPPORT EACH OTHER HERE

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Way to be, you totally got this handled now...

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Yay Danger!! Way to go!!!

CHL... I know... that anxiety depression thing... it "will" pass. :)

DF: You'll be like a new person once that surgery is over! Clean inside and out :)

41.... I had to check the calendar :)

Good work everyone! Keep on keepin on!

Geeze I hope so. DF

"Whether it’s daily, weekly or monthly, our recovery needs care. If you don’t have a detailed log to regularly review when faced with adversity, upon each anniversary of your quit or at each birthday, do your best to create one now. Talk to those still smoking and ask for help in revitalizing your memories. Encourage them to be as truthful as possible. Although they may look like they’re enjoying their addiction to smoking nicotine, the primary joy they get is in keeping their body’s blood serum nicotine level within the comfort zone, so as to avoid the onset of the anxieties and craves of early withdrawal. Show them your pen and paper and invite them to help you create your list. You may even cause a spark in them. Be kind and sincere. It wasn't long ago that those were our shoes.

Also, try envisioning the first week. What was it like? Can you still feel the powerful craves as your body begged and cried to be fed? Can you still feel the pain? Do you see yourself not being able to concentrate, having difficulty sleeping, feeling depressed, angry, irritable, frustrated, restless, with tremendous anxiety, a foggy mind, sweating palms, rapidly cycling emotions, irrational thinking, emotional outbursts or even the shakes? Do you remember these things? Do you remember the price you paid for freedom? Do you remember why you were willing to pay it?"

[link to whyquit.com]

Nice Grumpy....

Here is the other link

[link to media.wix.com]

Oh yes we can.

And we are.....

DF

day 18 i think...lost count

my brains are scrambled but i am doing pretty good otherwise.

lots of anxiety, lowered self-esteem which is odd cause i'm one cocky mofo usually, lol. i can tell it's chemical...

Wonderful, just bear with the bullshit and you will return to your usual cocky self soon. Your self esteem should be high, you are winning, you no longer reek. Stand tall friend. DF

Salt, your brain is getting less dopamine. It's going to sap your belief in yourself, because you're getting less of that neurotransmitter of pleasure. Use your cockiness as an Alpha person to kiss, massage, and have sex, for that will also trigger a massive dump of dopamine.

Strange how we are all going through basically the same things but at different points in our quit....

Anxiety, depression, self esteem, motivation, sleep issues and so on and so forth

Tells me for sure that it's just the emotions getting back to normal but we've been smoking so long that we have no idea what a real emotion is supposed to feel like.

Or mayhap I'm way off......lol

No, I think you are right on.

WANTED, new people desiring to quit cigarettes.

18 days for me, congrats to all who are succeding.

19 for me.

Good work guys and girls.
keep it up.

Thanks for checking in. DF

Just checking-in.

Put on a gorilla suit I had around the house this evening and told my wife I was an Alpha who needed to kiss, massage, and have sex because my dopamine level had decreased. She stared at me a moment, ruffled my hair, and said, "Ah, you crazy dope a mine."

47 Today

All good things to all.

When the apocalypse comes, I want this guy^ in my corner. His wit, humor, and strength of character are enormous assets.

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:)

Yay to everybody!

Congrats to all quitters, we are really doing it aint we?

42 and feeling much better today than the last three......except I woke up this morning with a facking splitting neck ache...........ouch!

Better than anxiety though...lolz

who knew we could do it!!!

but we are...

must be the right combination of people on here you think?

:)


It is liberation not punishment.

Yes, but we need some new contributers as we are prolly boring the shit outta folks with our ramblings and musings....lol

DF