This non-smoking thing is a learning process for sure

[Frezflops]

I was thinking how much I have changed in the last year or two (I am talking mentally not physically lol) and all of the things I had to re-learn or retrain myself on. I had to relearn how to cope with stress-still working on that one even after all this time lol. I had to relearn how to control my anger-turns out I have a temper which I just stifled with a cig previously but now I breathe it out or remove myself from the situation, I have had to learn how to cope with loss as some of you know I lost 3 family members and 2 furbabies this winter. There are many things I have had to learn how to do without cigs and I am doing it and so can you.  Because you are never too old to learn new things :) never too late to change, change is good and change might be scary but it is soooo worth it. The early struggles are few and far between, I hardly even think of it except when I come here or when I realize I just did something that I used to always had to smoke with and I do not have to. I also believe that I have an anxiety disorder that I have to deal with because before I would self-medicate with a cig when I felt anxious which was the wrong thing to do and pretty stupid especially since nicotine raises your heartrate that is not going to make anxiety better. 

Make a choice for your life -QUIT TODAY, do not put it off another day you can do it and it is worth it and you are worth it.

[Lynn]

That is great Lisa!  That is such a healthier way to deal with stress than turning to a cigarette.  Oh- I am sure my husband would tell you that I have a tiny temper also- just saved for him ;) .

[Nicole Diver]

Great post Lisa, and so true. 

As a smoker, I thought I could never 'get through' things/life/etc without my little crutch.

I never thought I'd be able to handle them. 

Low and behold, we can, and it's actually easier without the added stress that comes with being an addict.

[Ladybug]

I loved reading it..we change so much when we put them out!

 

I am very sorry for your losses!

[IamDoingIt]

Very good information for all of us. There are so many things we have to relearn without a cancer stick to 'calm (sarc)' us.