Fighter
My fellow travelers have given you some wonderful advice. There is little that I can add except to thank you for joining us. Please do not feel alone and isolated in this, I assure you that you are neither. You have had an epiphany and now you are beginning to do the most difficult thing a human can do. That is to seek change.
When we make the effort to do this, we are instantly confronted with the old and comfortable vs the new and unexpected. We come to this junction in the road initially in our minds and our imagination. A thing is never made manifest in the world unless in the first instance we begin to imagine the thing which we desire to come about.
Now you are experienceing the physical side of that decision. Your body has become accostomed to the whack and buzz that cigarettes give us through our own physiology. The substance which creates this is in reality a poison. No one, if offered the option of poisoning oneself or not would logically accept the former. That is part of the addiction cycle. It is not logical, it is an addiction. Is it any wonder then, that when we begin to withdraw from the addiction our minds and bodies go through a period of confusion? This will subside as time passes and your knowledge and understanding of the addiction grow. This is a learning experience. And it can be painful, but I am here to tell you that any amount of pain is worth the attainment of the goal of cessation.
Be kind to yourself in this. You are a beginning to confromt not only the addiction, but also yourself. The two are intertwined and slowly unbinding the tethers that bind you to the behavior will be an experience that will shine a light on bits and pieces of your good self that perhaps have not seen the light of day for a while. Go with it in the knowledge that you are making yourself better.
In the mean time stay close to this site, without the benefit of this site I would not have managed to release myself from our shared prison. Stay well, you have made a wonderful decision...
nonic
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B]12/25/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 458
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 13,740
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4,809.00
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 85 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 47 [B]Seconds:[/B] 15
-
Quit Meter
$68,019.00
Amount Saved
-
Quit Meter
Days: 1403
Hours: 9
Minutes: 33
Seconds: 0
Life Gained
-
Quit Meter
6478
Smoke Free Days
-
Quit Meter
194,340
Cigarettes Not Smoked