Hi All,
Hope you are all doing well?
Im staying strong with my quit and truthfully share that I very rarely think about smoking now despite a very rocky few weeks.
Ive been back at work for 3 months now and its been dreadful. I am so unhappy and my anxiety attacks have been getting steadily worse. BUT I have not been tempted to have a cigarette. I am so proud of not being tempted and even prouder that my ' go to ' solution for most things I used to smoke over is now 'can i get out for a walk?'.
My addict brain has been telling me for over 200 days that my increasing anxiety is caused by my quitting smoking and that a cigarette would ease my thoughts and emotions. I have finally realised that I have suffered with anxiety for a long long time but had masked it with nicotine, never allowing me to learn to manage this in a more healthy way and that now, finally, with the toxins and nicotine out of my body and with my physical health steadily continuing to improve, I now need to find better ways to manage my anxiety. Im starting to do that now.
So for any newbies battling through the early days, keep going.
For those in nml, please keep going.
Your addict brains will try to trick you into having a cigarette in so many really odd ways, please dont fall for it. Stick to your quit with every fibre of your body. You will get through it.
You too will be so very proud every time you overcome a crave and it really does get easier.
You too will look back with pride when you are through the worst and feel so grateful that you stuck it out.
Remember NOPE and figure out whats going on for you when it gets really tough using HALT. Hungry, Angry, Lonely,Tired. These remain my lifelines
Stay close to this site and blog it out. There are a lot of wonderful people here who will hold your hand and guide you through your journeys
Love to you all
Nix
