Deep breathing

Blog Post created by Daniela2016 on Mar 8, 2018

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Deep breathing saved me today.

The drive home from work seems to be one of the most challenging things the addict in me has to face. And if I leave work at earlier times, sometimes 2-3 PM, it's all good. But if I have to drive in heavy traffic, at pick times, like today, then it becomes challenging to say the least.

I do not drive and text, keep the talking on the phone to a minimum, so my mind starts wondering. And I thought about the time my furry girl and I have left to love each other, we are already on borrowed time...

And then I was missing something, I felt it deep in me, in the pit of my stomach, and it took maybe 10-20 seconds until I realized what I was "missing".

Luckily the road was far from a business complex or a gas station.

And my brain finally gave me signs it was still working: I started deep breathing, I opened the window on my side, and started looking around to the other drivers.

This is what we are: addicts who have to keep the guard up at all times, and use the tools which work for each of us the best; deep breathing saved me today.

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elvan Mar 8, 2018 9:27 PM
We have to be vigilant forever...it's worth it. You would have felt so horrible if you had smoked, I am proud of you. I hope you are snuggling with your girl tonight and feeling her loving you back.

Love,
Ellen
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JACKIE1-25-15 Mar 8, 2018 10:11 PM
I live by it. Breathing that is. I can take it anywhere I go. It is my automatic stabilizer. FREEDOM oh how sweet to breathe the FREEDOM. Gosh I could make a song. So happy.
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YoungAtHeart Mar 8, 2018 10:07 PM
Your experience is what we have to pass on to the newbies. Forever is not what they have to fear - it is only what they have to remain PREPARED for.
You were prepared! Just deep breaths!
Just remembering to BREATHE!
You learned your lessons well.
Happy for you.
Nancy
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missellen Mar 8, 2018 11:40 PM
This is a great reminder. I sometimes forget to do the deep breathing and it does really help.
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anaussiemom Mar 9, 2018 8:26 AM
Missing something? Smoking a sick stick? My question is, does that feeling go away? I feel it as a constant current on my shoulders, drives me crazy. Motherly instincts come into play, like oh I forgot to do this or that. or Kim dont forget the baby!! lol just sayin.
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- Daniela2016 @ anaussiemom on Mar 9, 2018 9:37 AM
  Yes Kim, it'll will get to the point of this "missing something" you experience, and you know what it means, it doesn't stay with you anymore. It goes away, and just comes "visiting" from time to time. It is not taking over your life, like the nicotine addiction does for a smoker. You forget about it most of the time; even when you see someone smoking, you can look at them, maybe have that thought "what if", but you don't experience the "missing" feeling.
  This only comes to you from time to time, out of nowhere, and all you have to do is acknowledge it, tell it to go away, breathe through it. Because eventually you become the master of your thoughts, and not the nicotine receptors, they won't have a say on what you "need" to to, you will be the one in control. You will tell it, "I know what you are, but you are not controlling me anymore, I can just breathe through the feeling you are creating in me, and you will go away. Because I don't do that anymore, I am a free person, even if you have to remind me from time to time I used to be a smoker"
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  - anaussiemom @ Daniela2016 on Mar 9, 2018 9:50 AM
    Thank you. <3
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MarilynH Mar 9, 2018 11:01 AM
Thank you Daniela, every once in awhile I'll be fidgeting over something and my mind is wondering and it hits me that hummmmm maybe just ONE but like you and all of us Exers we know better so I'll get busy doing something and take a few deep breaths! Sticking with N.O.P.E and vigilance is Key while going about life's daily routine because Freedom is super fantastic S.I.N.A.O Smoking Is Not An Option because we just don't do that anymore xo.....give your fur baby a big old fashioned belly scratching for me please. XO
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GyorgyiM Mar 9, 2018 10:47 AM
This is what "Qi" is all about.......Breathing techniques to aide non-smokers....and others who want to relish in a sense of serenity.....

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- anaussiemom @ GyorgyiM on Mar 9, 2018 10:51 AM
  GyorgyiM You are such an amazing funny, witty dynamic thinker. So So glad you are here, on this site. Would you be my Mom?? LOL
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  - GyorgyiM @ anaussiemom on Mar 9, 2018 10:59 AM
    LoL, Thank you! You are so kind......I have a little something for you.........so be it.
    
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    - anaussiemom @ GyorgyiM on Mar 9, 2018 11:09 AM
      Thank you, very much
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anaussiemom Mar 9, 2018 11:22 AM
I'm so sorry went off topic of deep breathing. I agree to deep breath, when your feeling that deep feeling of something missing.

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