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Day 5 and I feel great!

SaraPeach
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Just checking in. Im nearing the end of day 5 and feeling good! Today was pretty easy. I feel soooo much better now than I did while I was smoking the last 4.5 months. I sleep better, I dont wake up feeling like absolute crap, I can breathe better, I have way less anxiety, Im actually motivated to be active and work out again, Im eating healthier again and I do feel like food tastes better already, my appetite is back to normal (when I was smoking, I often would not get hungry until the evenings). I no longer have to worry about smelling like an ashtray around people. I no longer have to feel super guilty and ashamed for wasting $6 or more on a pack every day and for doing something I knew was terrible for me. I'm so happy I quit. Life really is better as a non-smoker.

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I quit 9 years ago, on May 23, 2009, and recently started smoking again in April of 2018 due to being in a really bad spot mentally from an abusive relationship. I never in a million years thought I would ever smoke again. I never craved cigarettes anymore. I had taken up running, ran marathons and ultramarathons, and overall, enjoyed leading a healthy lifestyle. But I was in such a bad spot, that I decided to take the risk of smoking because I was desperate and thought maybe it would help change my brain chemistry somehow. I thought I could just smoke one or a few day but within just a few days, that quickly turned into a pack most days (more than I ever used to smoke before I quit in 2009!). When I was not smoking, I enjoyed hiking, running, playing with my cat, cooking, baking, and reading. I just got into backpacking last summer and want to do longer trips. It's hard to be very active or take overnight trips with non-smokers while being a smoker! I want to have better lung capacity and endurance again.