After doing okay for 5 days , tonight I feel very sad and lost .
This feeling I didn’t have when I quit years ago but I had kids then and was married .
Empty nester and divorced now ( all in past 16 months ) so I feel like smoking was my friend . Until it wasn’t .
Not even craving a cigarette. Just feel very blah and lost .
Any tips on how to get through the feelings .
Thanks
I understand you. I remember feeling that same feeling. Like a loss a sadness not a crave. I realized, with help from this site, that those are memory craves. Remembering other times and smoking. You feel so much is gone and now that too. Smoking was not, is not your friend. It will make you very sick as I am finding out. I wish I had quit sooner. I can only go forward. So can you. We are here for you. We understand you. Take it hour by hour. Day by day. You want to stop. You just need some support to help you. I will help you. This site and the Elders will too. Distract yourself anyway you have to. It WILL pass. Remember no ever died from giving up smoking - only from not giving it up. You want to quit and you will. Sending you a gentle hug and my support