Reciprocity
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It's been posted by many here about what happens when people for whatever reason give up a well established quit and the story is the same every time and ..... it's not a happy story. Never heard one person yet come on here to say it was Great and they're glad they did it - not one person has said that! Yes, your mind is making it seem like something that would bring you great pleasure and solve your problem about having to carry on the quit battles but in reality, lighting up again would be devastating to you. Just ask Foe who's recently come back after throwing away a substantial quit. Why did you quit originally? Health reasons? Money it was costing you? The fact that smoking controlled everything in your life? So, now you're romancing smoking - why? What one good thing is smoking going to do for you? Already established above that it won't give you that nirvana moment you're seeking. Many people who have taken that path have told us that so why oh why would you want to go there? I understand you're growing weary of the constant battles, even though they may not be as difficult as they were in the beginning but you are at a place now where you have no viable choice but to continue because going forward is the ONLY direction that will bring you the peace and happiness you're seeking. Going back will crush you immediately as you exhale that first and second drag from that cocktail of chemicals you mistakenly think is your comforting friend. Carry on MLMR no matter what! As everyone is telling you ....... it WILL get better
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You're trekking through No Man's Land now MLMR. You've fought through the horrible early days and established your quit and amassed tools to help you fight the weaker cravings that continue to arrive at your doorstep day to day but the newness of the quit has worn off so now it's just daily plodding along now - no fanfare like there may have been in the early days. You're not far enough along yet for your mind to be comfortable with your daily routine (without smokes). This alone is unsettling. Just as in the early days, progress seems stalled. You can't see any day to day so you think it's stopped? NO! It's still happening and now you will be tested to see not how strong you are to fight those strong and frequent early carvings but to see now what your endurance is. The challenges won't be as pronounced or as frequent as the early days but they will still come and it's your job now to deal with them one at a time, The principal is still the same as early on. The longer you keep putting one foot in front of the other day by day, the sooner you will feel the weight of this change lift from you and you will begin to really appreciate just what you have done for yourself. You have almost 1/4 year invested and that's something to be really proud of and also excited about. Now it's even more important than ever that you stick close to your friends and supporters on this board because we know exactly what you are going through. We have been there ourselves - we get it! Reflect on all you've done and continue to build on that amazing foundation
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I don't envy you Foe as those first days are not something I think back fondly on but, as you know. you gotta go through those to get to the more manageable days. Congrats on finishing day 1! Hope you sleep well. I remember sleep being my best friend during my early quit. No cravings when you're sleeping
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-10 Looks like stick fell JUST SORT of a win!Like the others have said, I think we all go through that "something's not right" feeling for some period of time. Smoking was tied to everything in our lives and suddenly, it's not! That's a huge change in almost everything we do and feel throughout each day. As for that Red NO SMOKING Warning Sign flashing in the background, I think that's pretty normal too. I know I had to really focus on being a non-smoker for probably the best part of my first year. It didn't seem natural to me and I wasn't yet comfortable with the fact that I was a non-smoker. Now, it's second nature to me and I even have trouble seeing myself as a used-to-be smokerNope! Hipsters be like .... Eat food; don't smoke!Still herePets are living things that grow up as part of our families, sharing the other family events that make up all the important memories in our lives. That makes it really difficult to have to see them go but, because we love them, we must make the decisions that are best for them in the last days of their lives. It's tough but compassionate. We're thinking of you and Bayleigh Joe.It's open table buffet all day, every day around my place so time change means nothing around here..
