Unfortunately there's no short cut through the withdrawal. You're going to feel miserable for a while. How long, varies from person to person, but it does get better. It won't happen as fast as you'd like for it to or as quickly as you think it ought to, but there will come a day when you'll feel better than your old self because you're not chained to that can anymore, having to drop what you're doing every couple of hours to put out the fire of withdrawal. For me during the 1st year things improved gradually over the months, 9 or 10 months down the road but then I'd have days when my addict brain would crave hard and try to convince me that nicotine was the best thing I had going in my life. But now, after a year, things have improved dramatically, I feel like a completely different person. I still get cravings from time to time but for the most part I feel like that agony I went through last year was so worth it.
I'd been trying to quit for over 30 years unsuccessfully. What made the difference was joining this site and posting my promise everyday and getting to know my fellow quitters. 450 days ago that seemed kind of lame and I was just sure it wouldn't work, but now 450 days later I'm finally through with that stuff.
Join your group, post roll everyday, it works
Mike 450 days quit
