Leander

Hi, I was a member of QSMB back more than a decade ago and with my quit birthday this week I decided to see if a replacement of the board exists. Not only that it does, but I also see many familiar faces. Glad to see that the forum has found a new place and that more and more people are jumping on the quit train. I quit cold turkey 11 years ago and have not been back to it. My life has changed so much for the positive that if I look back at it now, of all the things that I have done, all the achievemnets, I would say that quitting smoking has been one if not the most significant, positive changes I have ever done for myself. Love and peace to all!

This could be because the brain wants nicotine. It will throw everything it has at you to make you go back to smoking? When I quit, I developed a swing of emotions that for a moment I thought I became bipolar. Depression to high excitation. Nicotine changes the hormones of the body and when you quit they are readjusting. Imagine going through puberty again. You just lost your closest friend-cigarettes. You are mourning. In fact, I would find it highly unusual if you didn't go through some sort of mourning or depression after you quit. Focus on the positive, quitting will bring you so many positive things you had and exchanged for smoking, a few days of feeling down is totally a fine price to pay.