Hey Julie, I completely understand your pain and the only advise I can give you is to tell you how I do it...I smoked from age 14, up until the day I quit and I am 27 years old now. I've been smoke free for 12 days, but I'm using the patch and I think that helps a whole lot...I also have obsessed with going to the gym and exercising because of the fear of gaining wait and that has helped me a lot. I've been wanting to lose weight for a long time now and by quitting smoking I feel like I've finally given my body a chance to be healthy and not dependent on cigarettes. I am a controlling person in general and since I've quit, I feel I have gained control over my live and I just don't want to let go of it. I've had two break downs so far- on the first one, which was a week ago, I actually cried for 15 minutes, but then I got up, put the patch on and in the next 15 min I'd completely forgotten about wanting a cigarette.
My husband is very understanding when I have a bad moment, but I haven't really been more bitchy to him than normal neither, lol... I would say just try to find a good habit to obsess with, kind of like replacement for smoking, but a good one. Well that's about it, I hope this helps a little and I hope to hear from you how is it coming along..Take care
