When does it get better

[worktowin]

Welcome to the best decision of your life.  When does it get better?  Well, it is all a mind game for a while.  Today, you are beating something that you battled for a ell of a long time.  I call that a win.  The road to great is not a straight line.  There are ups.  There are downs.  It is really helpful to journal the journey here or elsewhere, because it is easy to get caught up in the downs and forget about the ups.  Everyone's journey is different, but breaking the cycle takes some time.  When I was where you are now, I honestly was in a fog so thick I couldn't see.  I lost about 60 days of my life that I have absolutely no memory of whatsoever.  Christmas and NY of 2012 might as well have not happened for me.  After the fog cleared, there were some milestone days where I can say that there was a "step change," but keep in mind that every day of a win gets you closer to freedom.  Today is 4,104 days for me.  Over 11 years.  I tried quitting every day for years alone.  The support system here is what saved my life.  Winning together is so much better than fighting alone.  Honored to quit with you, sir.

Thanks! I read your post about progress. It’s 28 days for me now. I can tell it’s not all bad all the time but it sure sucks.

Huge congrats on 4 weeks @BKing. That is awesome. Quitting ODAAT and letting those days add up, you will be surprised how good it gets. Don’t get me wrong, the cravings will still come back to check on you, but the time between these moments gets longer and longer. Keep kicking ass brother.

I’m proud to quit with you.

[Keith0617]

Thanks! I read your post about progress. It’s 28 days for me now. I can tell it’s not all bad all the time but it sure sucks.

Huge congrats on 4 weeks @BKing. That is awesome. Quitting ODAAT and letting those days add up, you will be surprised how good it gets. Don’t get me wrong, the cravings will still come back to check on you, but the time between these moments gets longer and longer. Keep kicking ass brother.

I’m proud to quit with you.

[BKing]

Thanks! I read your post about progress. It’s 28 days for me now. I can tell it’s not all bad all the time but it sure sucks.

[MN_Engineer]

I’m 20 days quit. I dipped for roughly 25 years. I feel the same today as the first day I quit. When does it get better?

@BKing you abused your body with a poison for 25 years. You've quit for 20 days which is 0.22% of the time you dipped.

Not going to lie to you; it's likely going to be rough for a while. Your brain and body need to heal which is no quick process. But despite this doom/gloom, there is hope so listen up. Get over to KTC's server on Discord if you haven't already and get plugged in with a quit group. Successful quits are insanely more prevalent when you do it with others where there is accountability and support.

There is obviously no silver bullet but the one thing that comes close is to simply focus no more than 24 hours at a time. TODAY is all we can control. Progress for each person is different but having expectation of what that progress should look like creates nothing more than unfounded dread and unnecessary frustration. Each minute/hour/day you keep nicotine out of your body is a massive victory.

EDIT: Read this - No progress It's a bit I wrote a while back that you may find helpful. Since writing that, I've added 1,650 days to my quit doing it all ODAAT.

[BKing]

I’m 20 days quit. I dipped for roughly 25 years. I feel the same today as the first day I quit. When does it get better?