Good evening to all my junkies...ol' Yoda got a new bedtime story for ya and this one might actually have something of a little substance. Spending all my time crying and whining about crawling thru tubes of crap to escape my smoking prison was a real drag especially when I ran across a post from Ace and found out he flew out of his prison, I'm assuming it was first class because that is what my hope would be. But here is the juice of tonights sphincter tightening episode...I found that there is a definite and profound link to my gut health and level of cravings. Shall I explain? Oh please do Yoda cuz you da shizzle...ok, here we go.
On a scale of 1 to 10 my craving levels usually are at about a 16 and constant like an abscessed tooth. The only thing that really would calm them down was taking a long walk but it couldn't be just a slow walk, it had a be a walk like I intended to get somewhere. A walk with purpose. That caused a really bad pain in my hip due to some nerve damage so I think the pain of my hip took my mind off my cravings. Now it would be great if I could just walk it off but I've got a bit more rehab to do before that becomes a viable option.
Anyhow, I needed to deal with this never ending bloat I'm experiencing so I decided that I would cut out the coffee and replace it with koumboucha tea and see if that would help and possibly take some pressure off of the nerve in my back. Well, surprise surprise...the bloating was a lot less severe today, In fact, I didn't even start to get the daily bloat until about 4 pm. It usually starts when the toothpaste hits my tongue first thing in the morning. And the cravings, I would say were about at a 4 when I got up and stayed around a 2 or a 3 most of the day. Just enough to let me know I was still being stalked which I'm okay with. Even the pain in my hip seemed less severe during my walk. Now this evening as I ate dinner and the bloat returned the craving is back up to around a 12 but I can live with a few hours of discomfort per day especially since I feel like I'm on the right track. So I'm working on getting a regime together for healing my gut and will keep the results updated here as things progress. If anyone has experienced anything similar please let me know. Love you all and will send the good vibes to all my fellow quitters out there. Peace