HAVING A ROUGH DAY

[jenn32]

HERE I AM ON MY 9 DAY OF NON SMOKING ...BEEN DOING GOOD CUZ IM DETOXING FROM FOOD AN ANOTHER THINGS TOO...ITS LIKE REBOOTING MY LIFE.

HAVING BAD MOODS TODAY I DONT KNOW IF IS BECAUSE MY SMOKING QUITTING. I ACTUALLY DONT HAVE THE URGUE BUT I DONT KNOW IF ITS A MIND SET TO GET MAD AND SMOKE.

I REALLY DONT FEEL LIKE TO DO IT BUT HEY ADDICTIONS ARE CRAZY...

SO HERE I AM READING A LITTLE TO RELAX MY BRAIN AND TRY TO ADRESS THIS MOOD SITUATION.

AS OF RIGHT NOW IM FREE NOT A SLAVE ANYMORE OF THOSE CHEMICALS.

[ret]

Yes you are free.  Congrads on 9 days.

Ret 38days

[Nyima_1.6.13]

Glad you're not having bad cravings but I'm afraid a mad mood kinda' comes with the quit! The good news is that whatever weird symptom you get during your quit, they don't last forever! You will find your good mood again! 

[jenn32]

THANKS...

[jlmoe77]

Keep up the great work!!! Sounds like you got this under control. I am currently on day 11 holding strong! 🙂

[joyeuxencore]

Hi there! I got this from an on-linequit coach early on and it helped me...GREAT that you came here to share with us...xo

"When you were stressed out , what did you do? You smoked. What can you think of that could act as a substitute to cigarettes when you are stressed? Perhaps your support system might come in handy here, and some of your more fearless friends would be willing for you to call them when you’re feeling particularly emotional. What else? Perhaps a mantra you can say that will help you calm down and defuse the situation. A warm bath. A walk around the block. A run around the block. Dancing to the loudest music you can stand.

The point about all this is that it’s okay to feel emotions. Emotions are a natural part of living. They inform us about how we feel about all kinds of situations. If you feel fear, then you know that you may be in danger. If you feel joy, then you can open up and be expansive, you can share the best parts of yourself. Sadness, jealousy, anger, resentment, all these emotions are normal behaviors. They inform us of a range of experiences we are having. If we feel jealous, what does that mean? It may mean that we really love the person we’re jealous about, and so we learn how strongly we feel about them. If we feel resentment it may mean that we need to stand up for ourselves even if we’re afraid, because we don’t feel good in all this resentment.

When you smoked, you basically blocked yourself from having a natural, normal experience of living. If you’ve been smoking for a long time, you may have to relearn how to live with your emotions, and that may take time.

I guess I’d better tell you the Big Secret now, huh? Quitting Smoking is about more than just cigarettes. It’s about reclaiming your life. It’s about becoming a fully functioning human being again. And having your emotions—the whole range of them—is part of being human.

Hey you wonderful human, you can do this."

[Michwoman]

Nine days is huge!! One day at time. You are doing it! We were ALL there and we made it -YOU CAN TOO!!!

[anniexhx]

gratz on making it to day 9 and well done on coming on and reading others blogs to educate yourself reading and learning as much a you can is a greta way to help you stay quit 🙂

[lasttime2]

Thanks for sharing. I'm on day 6 and just got online cuz I was just getting a crave. But smoking won't do anything for me except all the bad stuff. I just made a dental appt, which is significant cuz I've been putting this off until I quit cuz smoking is horrible on my gums. I don't want to get that inflamation back again. Just one of many reasons not to smoke.

[YoungAtHeart]

Here is a link to a blog with the early withdrawal symptoms which I thought you might find helpful.  Not everyone gets all of them - so don't let it make you afraid!

https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/Youngatheart.7.4.12-blog/2013/06/12/early-withdrawal-sympto...

Nine days is HUGE!  Most folks find that this gets easier after 2-3 weeks - so you are well on your way!  One day at a time - sometimes one hour, but they add up to those weeks!

Stay strong and stay committed.  You are doing this.  Congratulations!

Nancy

Quit 7/4/12

[Madyzsgocka]

Congrats! Your doing this!!