Oh Sillyme, I hope you are feeling better. I haven't been onsite for a few days & am sorry to post late.
I don't have any answers or solutions but do notice every so often I feel . . . well, not really a crave . . . it's hard to describe. It's like I spent so much time & energy getting & staying quit, that once some time has passed and I have a routine, I get a feeling like "is this all there is"?
I know this sounds weird but its almost as if my addiction is quietly saying, "see, you can cope with life without smoking, you proved yourself . . . now it's OK to go smoke". I don't consciously think that but I seem to feel it. And yet it's not a physical craving. I do know that I don't like that feeling and it ends up either making me feel sad or irritated.
But it always passes. Might take a whole day to pass though. Then I look at it just like I do when I have a cold. Uncomfortable but the only thing I can do is wait it out.
And when I look back I can see how life IS getting easier to live smoke-free, and the time in between the above scenario happening is getting longer & longer between times. So for me, it is definitely getting better. But certainly not as fast as I want it to!
I came on today because I wrote your quit date down & wanted to make sure a Stats thread got going for you. Thank goodness Gonna caught your meter as I'd have been a day late with it! You have 60 days Sillyme, that is so wonderful and we are so proud of you.
You hit a day where you didn't want to crawl out from under the covers - bottom line is you did. And you didn't smoke. And you came here & posted. And I hope today was a better day.
Big Hugs,
Ericon
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 8/18/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 55
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 1,954
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $398.75
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 6 [B]Hrs:[/B] 6 [B]Mins:[/B] 44 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29