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Repost:  100 Days / FAO Anyone Struggling

We all have tough days - smokers, non smokers, ex smokers struggling quitters.  Do not give up.  You do not want to start this process all over again - take it from me who rode that quit roller coaster far tooooo often.
Quitting is doable - not always easy but doable.
KTQ
Cara
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100 Days / FAO Anyone Struggling
From: Robledo
Date: 2014-01-08 07:27:00 
Message:
 This is my first post. After taking so much great advice and support I thought I'd try and give at least something back....

Today I'm 100 days quit after smoking solidly for 23 years.

For approximately the first 8 weeks I was living in what seemed to be a nightmare. I was convinced I'd made the wrong decision.

I was struggling with a crazy temper, ridiculous mood swings and believed that no-one (including myself) could possibly like the ar@ehole I'd become.

I couldn't envisage a time when I could go for a beer or a meal with friends or family and actually enjoy it without the constant cravings.

In the space of 8 weeks I went from a fairly laid back easy going person to wanting to nail everyone I met to a door.

The thought of smiling again (never mind laughing) seemed outrageous.

On numerous occasions I was so close to concluding that I'm not like everyone else and should just accept the fact that I smoke and nothing could ever change that.

Just when I was about to accept my fate and throw in the towel I had a day when I only thought about smoking 100 times instead of 200.

Over the next few days the thoughts dropped to below 75. It was then that I thought maybe, just maybe, I might be like the people with the fabulously long quits who promise it can be done.

Over the next few weeks it happened. I went from major doubts to a determination because it really, really, really does get easier! Thoughts per day are now less than 3 or 4 and last less than a few seconds at the most. They are fleeting thoughts and nothing like cravings. Who knew!!

So for those who are going through hell....keep going. There is a time when it becomes so much easier and far more manageable and that time comes sooner than you might think. In the meantime please try to accept that you aren't unique to the suffering and it's something everyone has to go through. It will get better, it is temporary, there is a light at the end of the tunnel and you will return to the person you used to be (albeit a new and improved non-smoking version).

And for those who have the towel in their hand and are preparing to throw it then why not just wait another day.....you never know; tomorrow could be the day the smoking thoughts subside just a little for the first time.

Hope this helps someone (even a little). Take care.

Repost: 100 Days / FAO Anyone Struggling

We all have tough days - smokers, non smokers, ex smokers struggling quitters. Do not give up. You do not want to start this process all over again - take it from me who rode that quit roller coaster far tooooo often.
Quitting is doable - not always easy but doable.
KTQ
Cara
D6986
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100 Days / FAO Anyone Struggling
From: Robledo
Date: 2014-01-08 07:27:00
Message:
This is my first post. After taking... Show more