uberwensch
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This is weirdly helpful: http://whyquit.com/pr/100305.html
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OK so THIS quit is at 14 days (15 tonight at 5:30 p.m. Mountain). I did know about the blood sugar thing; I've been smacked around by that one before (low blood sugar can feel a lot like anxiety & depression, for those who don't know, so if you expect yourself to have anxiety/depression you may not even know to eat something just to make sure - and note, this is EXTREMELY helpful advice for smokers like myself who've been fine with 1 meal a day most days, with that one being dinner). So I've been making sure to eat breakfast every day! And lunch MOST days. I have NO appetite (depression is situational as well as chemical; lost my 46 yo younger brother on 03/18 & have been just RANDOMLY busting out in tears) so I'm not (currently) in danger of the bent elbow disease a lot of people get when quitting. I will try walking; I've been trying to get my little man to walk with me (we moved in January, so this is a new neighborhood & I'm trying to get a feel for how many other kids there are in the neighborhood) but he's been resisting because YouTube is so much more fun than hanging with mom. Maybe I'll put it to him as something he can do to help mom out, since he knows smoking is bad & I haven't been doing it. Thanks, all.
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I'm not on the verge of a relapse or failing the quit, but I am struggling with some aspects of my quit. The good news: I'm not reaching for the pack (that's no longer) in my pocket every time I go outside. I'm not rationalizing smoking because of things which make me sad, or angry. The other news which isn't so much bad as challenging: I'm struggling with how to parcel up my day into little chunks. On regular work days (sort of more task-y & less challenging), I would grab a cigarette every 1.5/2.0 hours. On intense work days, where I'm heads down on a project & making progress, smoking was less regular. In BOTH instances, cigarettes were a kind of reward for just adulting. Note that I also rewarded myself for feeding my child dinner (mommy's going outside for a minute), enduring a couple of hours of existence, etc. But I really did treat the cigarettes emotionally as a kind of treat or reward. And what's happening now is - I don't have anything that gives me that little buzz of a treat or reward. I don't eat sweets, really, so a tiny snack isn't going to do it. I do try to go outside and read a little in the sunshine at appropriate work break times, but I was reading while SMOKING before - so the experience isn't quite as nice. Not a big problem, I've been pushing through. BUT given that my anxiety & depression levels rise as my routine is disrupted & nicotine leaves (has left) the building, I guess I'd like to find something to give me a little boost through the day. Maybe I could find some kind of affirmation app or something - but I am a little jaded. I also don't have "natural" breaks in my day - I tend to focus for about the same amount of time at work & at home as I did before, but have no little ritual to break the day into more manageable chunks. I'm not in danger of anything but having some blah to anxious/depressed days - but any suggestions would be welcome.
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nope. Hang in there, Jimmy, you got this.
