Im officially on to day 18 now. Everything's going pretty well. That sadness is still coming about sometimes, but whenever it does lately, Ill sit down, breathe and try to evaluate my thoughts. If Im thinking something like "Oh, I need a cigarette because everyone around me is just so stressful," I find it useful to break that down and think about firstly, how and why a cigarette would help me deal with the people around me. Then Ill come to the conclusion that it obviously wont because my smoking would have nothing to do with how the people around me will act (I always know that, but sometimes I just need to go through the process.) Also, I tend to analyze things even further and ask myself things such as "If Im making the huge generalization that most everyone around me sucks, is it possible that that thought is coming from a depressed place?" and I'll go on to try to counter that and think of even just one recent instance where someone made me smile or did something nice for me. Usually, after a few minutes, Ill be able to talk myself down and be fine again, rid of my craving. I'm proud though that I've kept myself smoke free this long. It's definitely a really tedious process but I will succeed at this.
