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[MarylandQuitter]

When you first quit smoking sometimes you wonder if it ever gets easier and if you'll ever stop thinking about wanting to smoke.  It doesn't only get easier but eventually "the want" will slowly go away when you think about smoking.  You'll never forget that you were a smoker (at least you better not!) because as like with other drug addictions, we must remember that we cannot ever have a single puff from a cigarette ever again.  The day you let your guard down forget this is the day you could very well end up finding yourself starting over with a new quit or worse, fighting to quit.

 

Every day I remember that I used to be a smoker but I have no desire at all to light one up.  Did I at the beginning?  You bet I did.  With time, education and support the thoughts about smoking subside and eventually vanish.  Remembering that you were a smoker and wanting to smoke are completely different but early on the two naturally coexist as you learn to live life without the constant need to feed the addiction.

 

I'm curious.  Do you currently have any doubts if you'll be able to hang onto this quit?  If so, what are they?  Let's smooth out the speed bumps before they become road blocks.  :)

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NO.  I have NO doubts with this quit. 

 

I am going to do this this time. 

 

But if I ever do, and today I thought about going to the store REPEATEDLY and just saying "screw it" again.  But the thing is..... if I keep saying "screw it", then one day......I'm gonna be the one screwed. 

 

I just have to hold on tight to the quitting side of me.   

[MarylandQuitter]

NO.  I have NO doubts with this quit. 

 

 

If you ever do, pledge to come here first and we'll get it all sorted it out.  Got it?  I don't like to think much about the past but the present, that's a different story.  It's all we've got right now, Tiffany.  We're always here and there is no reason why this time next year we're not celebrating your one year anniversary.  No reason at all.  :)

[MarylandQuitter]

Quitting Is More Doable Than Most People Think

The idea that quitting smoking is close to impossible is often perpetuated at Internet quit sites. This video hits home the point that this is a dangerous misconception. Quitting is in fact more doable than most people think.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gtXGwu3uC4&list=PLCDB8BA311D538113&index=6

 

The Terrible 3's

This video discusses why people "may" have problems at three day and three month marks.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTIr3UEez1w&list=PL4F05C03D0F9B86DB&index=11

[cpk]

I don't remember so much fatigue after quitting before, and I keep researching about how long this will last.

I have to keep stretching my patience. I've read it can take up to a year. I think I came into this quit with

unrealistic expectations -- thinking I'd be feeling great in a few weeks time.

 

I guess this isn't so much fear of relapse...as just being impatient with the healing

process. I am definitely trying to tame a wild horse named impatience...I'm trying to stroke him down

and calm him down. He's a bit headstrong...

[MarylandQuitter]

I don't remember so much fatigue after quitting before, and I keep researching about how long this will last.

I have to keep stretching my patience. I've read it can take up to a year. I think I came into this quit with

unrealistic expectations -- thinking I'd be feeling great in a few weeks time.

 

Or --- it's a case of the mind being ahead of the body in the healing process, which is

generally true.

 

I guess this isn't so much fear of relapse...as just being impatient with the healing

process. I am definitely trying to tame a wild horse named impatience...I'm trying to stroke him down

and calm him down. He's a bit headstrong...

 

I didn't experience any kind of fatigue I'm certain others have.  You're well past the physical drug withdrawal so perhaps it's just a coincidence?  All kinds of strange things can happen as our bodies adjust to not being poisoned every twenty minutes.

 

Check this video out.  I just watched it again.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUKBBcZ26BQ&app=desktop

[cpk]

Okay. This video was good. Made me laugh. I might actually be just adjusting to a new normal.

[Tyme2B]

Like the "new normal". I think that is exactly the adjustment we go through. I am just about 6weeks into my Quit & have experienced fatigue as well but it is definitely getting better. Insomnia is gone. You are doing great! The Process just takes time.