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@DenaliBlues, I felt the same. How could we not feel at a loss. We smoked for every event in our lives. We smoked when we were celebrating, smoked when we were stressed. smoked when we were bored and smoked when we were depressed. How powerful we made that cigarette. The humor and people on this site kept me up and laughing. They showed me where my power was.

Thanks for bumping this Jill. I relate so much to this article. I had deep feelings of loss and sorrow when I quit. It felt like a brutal amputation for a while, like I’d never feel joy again. That was my addiction putting up a fuss… my brain kinda went sideways for a while due to withdrawal. Early in my quit I was worried those feelings would last forever. But they truly got better with time. Grappling with this was an important aspect of healing from the damage of smoking. Some of those wounds are emotional, not just physical. And this forum was a lifeline. A supportive community helps so much… as does a belly laugh once in a while. Quit Train is a little bit of magic!