Finchie1, you will be up and down with your outlook because you're divorcing your best friend, giving your significant other the boot, kicking out your party partner. For so long we gave that little white stick all the power. We told it that it comforted us when we were down, gave us companionship when we were lonely, calmed us down when we were stressed/angry/frustrated. In reality, it did nothing for us. It make us cough, wheeze, not able to smell, catch our breath. Now, really, would a best friend do that to us? I don't think so. Like most of us when we starting smoking, we were children or college students, young adults looking to either fit in or be cool. Now in our adulthood you wonder why you still continue to smoke because you no longer need to look cool. it's our brains telling us that we need more nicotine, view the video on this site and also posted on my page under featured content. We were always told this was a habit, remember those commercials years ago, break the habit, kick the habit. Well, more research has been done and they are learning more and more about what exactly nicotine does to a body. Give it 30 days. the first two weeks if you have to take a drive when it gets too much, scream your head off in the car, release that tension, distract yourself. There's also a link in that blog for 100 things to do instead of smoking and also an add on with many more. This site helped me with my quit and now helps me stay quit. If you don't want to blog, get yourself a little notebook, write down your feelings, hang on to it and you'll be going back to it from time to time. I go back to my blogs every so often to reinforce myself and read over the advice I've been given. Hang in there, you two, you can do this !!!!!
