Reciprocity

EXACTLY HOW i FELT FOR THE LAST DAY, GETTING POUNDED!!!! The old Ali rope-a-dope LOL. Or I suppose in my case; the old rope-a-NOPE?

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Sun is setting chicks. Time to crawl into bed and leave us sticks alone to win a game?

So, after posting up about being almost a couple of months into my quit and feeling better and better about not smoking and how not smoking was becoming easier and the attraction to smoking was becoming less, I got blind-sided by a situation that came up out of nowhere causing a huge amount of sudden stress. Well, let me tell you, while I've been dealing with the situation that came up, the urge to smoke has been surprisingly incredible this past day. I didn't give in and I'm not going to give in to the false promise that having a smoke will help me in any way. I only post this to warn others who might be relatively early in their quit to just be prepared in case something unusual crops up. It's amazing how our addicted mind immediately thinks - "gotta have a smoke to calm yourself down so you can deal with this issue". All the while I'm reminding myself that smoking won't solve my issue, won't change anything but boy oh boy, that voice in my head is really persuasive and very persistent. This too will pass but it really took me by surprise. I thought I was doing better that this and that I was further along the road to really healing.

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NOPE for Thursday!

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Good to see you pledging your nope Beata. It's a good reminder each day for what we want to achieve :)

^^^ Cat videos are always a winner - guaranteed to make you smile!!

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Yeah ....... how the hell did that happen??

I can honestly relate to everything that has been said above. Health reasons, getting out from under the control of the addiction reasons and just generally feeling better about myself as a person and for sure not wanting to have to go through the first week or so again. I am also at the point now, getting close to a couple of months quit, where if i wasn't tuned into a place like this I would probably be thinking; "Ok, I got this thing pretty much beat now but damit, sure would like to just try one for old time sake. Just to see what it was like. I could stop again after one because look how far I've come after smoking regularly all those years and that thinking would likely put me right back to square one again, just like it has for so many others. Reading all the stories of other people and what has happened to their quits after smoking just one or even just a puff has pretty much scared the hell out of me so that I just will not chance it. No way would it be worth it. Not after coming this far. Besides, I am just getting to the point where I really am not missing it as badly as I was the first while so why go back now?

Absolutely NOPE!

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I hear you ExTex. I'm pretty close to you in terms of quit time and I still struggle daily at times. Some days worse than others of course. I must admit though that it's not the same struggle I had earlier on. Easier to push aside now but it's still there. It's not going to be clear sailing for a while yet but I know, as I suspect you do too, that I'm not going to give up what I have invested to date in this quit. That would be the worst thing that could happen as far as I'm concerned.

Welcome Beata :) Sounds like you've tried a few methods to quit. They say getting the nicotine out of your system is a good thing but then again, lots of people use the patch and/or other quit aids. I was going to use the patch then forgot to put one on about day 3 and just went cold turkey from there. Can't say it was easy but as you probably have heard, gets the nico out of your body fast then the rest is mental. That part does take a while. different time frames for different people. The one hard and fast rule is don't cheat and take even one puff. Take the N.O.P.E. pledge daily (Not One Puff Ever). I think you'll be surprised at how important a role a forum like this can play in your quit. Really good to have others around you that are doing the exact same thing. No one in your daily life will be able to relate to what you are going through as we can so come often and interact. There's no judging here and you can vent all you want :) Look forward to following your non-smoking journey :)

Yes, negative 12 here tonight and windy .... Brrrrrrr!!

I'll admit, that was pretty special. Hope you enjoyed to the max :)

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NOPE for me!