Before THIS quit which I have had for over three years, I lost two quits in 2013 and they each lasted three weeks. I never connected anything with that...both times my triggers were anger. My oldest daughter was really enthusiastic to hear about NML because she felt that all of HER failed quits tended to fail somewhere between the 3rd and 4th month. She said she did not know why but it became harder to sustain. I think much of it has to do with identification of triggers and learning new ways to deal with them. I had to figure out why I failed over and over again and it mostly had to do with the addiction speaking to me and me LISTENING. Once I accepted the fact that smoking really did not do anything GOOD for me, it did not help me to deal with pain or anger or stress...once I accepted that, my quit became MUCH more solid.
I have no idea if there are other Muslims on the site, a very good friend of mine from here, we lost over a year ago and she was Jewish, she felt concerned about saying that. I respect everyone's beliefs no matter what they are, I believe in treating everyone the way I would like to be treated and it is not always easy.
I am glad you are here, glad that day three is over and day four is less horrifying, Getting the nicotine out of our bodies is a challenge but, for me, getting it out of my mind was much MORE challenging.
Ellen
