EX-SMOKER

Blog Post created by Suzinut on Oct 25, 2020

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Wow...to think I am an ex-smoker.....but i dont feel it. I feel like a smoker who just hasnt had one in 21 days. Does this make sense? I want to be excited that i quit! I want to feel like I accomplished something, but yet I still feel like something is missing....when i wake up very early i am realizing more and more how much i looked forward to my morning cigarettes...yes...plural....a bunch....as thrilled as I am to think of my body as healing, I still need to find that something to FILL ME the way cigarettes did....soooo sick to say, but i know that u all will understand what i mean! .what a shame....and that is where I come down to needed a hobby...i am going in circles...gonna stop now...I know what i need to do...I will keep coming here and NOT ONE PUFF EVER!

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meWisconsin Oct 25, 2020 7:17 AM
We all went through that "empty feeling" that you are talking about. Each of us had to find a different thing to take up that time we used to spend smoking. Especially in the early morning. You too will find something. Changing up your morning routine should help some. Keep working at it.
Terry
Keep up the good quit
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- Suzinut @ meWisconsin on Oct 25, 2020 8:20 AM
  Thank you Terry! I will try to find something else! I should start exercising again! Ughhhhh!
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YoungAtHeart Oct 25, 2020 9:08 AM
If you get into a regular exercise routine, you may just find that you look forward to it, too! If you can, get outside and go for a walk. It's the BEST mood and body enhancer. Doesn't have to be far, or fast to start, but you should take time to smell Fall, and listen to the crunch of leaves underfoot, the birdsong and chattering of the squirrels, look at the Halloween decorations or enjoy nature if you live near a trail. Do NOT be staring at your phone as I see so many walking in my neighborhood doing. I just don't GET that!
We ALL missed those smokes when we first quit - but methinks you are romancing it. It didn't taste THAT good - all that was good about it was you shut up your brain sensors demanding their fix, and got a hit of dopamine. Those sensors will die off when you starve them for a bit, and you can get dopamine other, healthier ways. I hate to mention it again, but brisk exercise will create it! I ate a frozen Hershey Kiss with my coffee in the early days of my quit. Got my hit of dopamine THAT way - and pretty soon the sensors died off and I looked forward to IT!
You will find your way, I am sure. It just takes some time, patience and creative thinking. Quitting smoking is not an event; it's a journey and all your thoughts are part of the process.
It will all be worth it - I promise - to be free!
Keep going!
Nancy
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Barbscloud Oct 25, 2020 9:47 AM
Be patient with yourself. 21 days is amazing, but still early in your quit. Don't loose site of the fact how long you smoked in comparison.
Barb
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AnnetteMM Oct 25, 2020 11:12 AM
Yeah, I was a little impatient too...it does take a bit more time to feel it. But you will, totally. Don't give up.
As far as that "something" to fill you...I found that inhaling wonderful scents did it for me. Taking a deep breath of sandalwood, for instance, or roses WOW. A great brain hit. Try to satisfy different senses to see what works for you
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maryfreecig Oct 25, 2020 11:33 AM
Your body and recovering brain already know the way forward. All the action steps you take each day to maintain and grow your smobriety, ensure that your body and brain can do this. It's grunt work a lot of the time--but the payoff is big. Really big.

I hated the uneasiness too. And I didn't understand why I wasn't happy already. But I couldn't be happy until I'd exhausted the addiction knocking at my being to come back--to live again. Grunt work got me through. Addiction lost. My smobriety work today? Remember how awful it was, and say and mean it: never again.

Keep shining, Suzinut, you are growing a beautiful smobriety.
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Cousin-Itt Oct 25, 2020 12:34 PM
21 Days is a huge accomplishment that you should be very proud. Still you need to give yourself time and find the new smoke free you Just give it a little more time You will never regret quitting

Carl
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SuzyQ411 Oct 25, 2020 12:56 PM
I think we ll agree that it takes time -- and work -- to get over the feeling of loss Suzinut and that it takes time to get to the point where the emptyness is filled with the events of the new llife an ex-smoker creates for her/ him self..

Hope that doesn't sound uncaring 'cuz I sure don't mean it that way.

There are still moments in my life , even at almost 10 months free of cigarettes, where I feel an absence; but they are few and don't last long. And, they no longer occur on a daily basis as they did in the beginning.

Please hold on and have patience: It DOES get better / easier
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sweetplt Oct 25, 2020 2:25 PM
Honestly Suzinut it gets better with time...but truthfully until I had one year of no smoking, did I finally feel like I didn't smoke anymore....up to that point I feel the same way...it's ok...the important thing...you aren't feeding the addiction and it time you will feel differently...wishing you a good day ~ Colleen 692 DOF
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Suzinut Oct 25, 2020 3:36 PM
Thank you ALL for your caring and insightful words! I take them all to heart and learn from all of u! GOD BLESS!
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