almost a week

[donna30]

So here i am coming up on a week and i know i'm a baby to this! I keep wondering when i will feel normal again and then i remember i smoked for so long that i don't know what normal feels like for me. I'm sure all these strange sensations will pass and one day i'll wake up and feel better. Seems like i've been in a fog the past 4 - 5 days and now my mind is getting use to no nicotine. was using Commit but cut it back to almost nothing at this point and so i'll ride this out until all the chemicals/nicotine are gone from my system! it's very uncomfortable so i pic how uncomfortable it would be to be hooked up to a breathing machine or worse so i'll tough it out. thanks to all of you who've been supportive. your messages keep me going when i check in here and help me past the rough times. One day at a time i'm doing what i thought impossible! Not picking up the 1st one! Have a great weekend all. Hugz and Blessings D

[joymae]

Hello Donna!
I like to call what your going through as getting out of the SMOG and into the Fog. When we smoke we create smoke in more ways that just from the Cigarette burning. A fog is what we are in when we are frustrated, confused and can not see clearly because of the normal things in life. A smog is a fog full of the contaminant we added to the fog by choosing to light that log and sticking in our mouth and inhaling that smoke like we enjoyed sticking our head over a fireplace chimney and keeping it there while only letting others see a washed face we hid the soot inside us. We still reek of the smoke. It permeates our whole being. We however have lied to yourself for so long that believe our own lies and continue to huff and puff the junk making things worse not better. When we first leave the smoking behind the smog is thick and hard to get through. It does lessen and the fog becomes clearer and at last we get out into the fresh air. One sure has to struggle at limes it seems to keep ourself from returning to that deep Smog. Glimpses of the sunshine seem to scare us at times but it can and does get better.. Best wishes in your struggle for freesom. Smokers are kida like Pigpen in Charlie Brown Comics. They are constantly surrounded by a cloud, that they are use to and thus can't see but everyone else does. Joymae

[cindywilson]

You are going through the hardest part and as time goes by it gets better and better. You will have days on this journey that truly suck and days that are wonderful, at the end you wll be free and you will feel like a new person, a happier, healthier person, so hold on for that part:)

[hwc]

A week is fantastic. You'll probably get a little taste, here and there, of feeling "normal" (at least not craving a cigarette) over the next week or two. It's a gradual process. You can't re-program a trigger until you've experienced it and responded by not smoking instead of the usual smoking. Some triggers can be re-programmed after just once. Others take multiple times -- like my Pavlov's Dog response to go smoke every time I poured a cup of coffee or put a cup in the microwave to heat. That one took a while. Either way, every time you get a crave and don't smoke, it's a good thing and a necessary step along a path.

In any case, that feeling of quitting being like a ton of bricks dropped on your head starts to ease up pretty quickly after the first week. My guess is that you've already started to see fewer big craves.

[joymae]

Donna I call it coming out of the Smog into the clean fog and eventually I will make it into the clear, fresh sunny air. That quit smoking smog is so confusing and frustrating. It does get better and I could kick myself for having just one which of course lead me right back to where I was. Now I gotta do it all over again. Ugh! Maybe this time with God's help I can stay quit. God puts people in our life for a reason and this site is one of his helps I am sure of that. I wish I could put a picture of one of my critter kids on here but My telephone quit talking to the computer. Oh well I am getting near to my upgrade time so then I will see about changing that,
I too consider myself to be a member of the Hippie generation - Never made it too woodstock either. Was too young to drive legally and didn't have the money etc. doesn't mean I don't enjoy the music and some of things from that Time frame. Best wishes. JoyMae.