My Quit Thread

[30isEnuff]

hey Possum,

What bean said times 10,000!!!! 'bang head'

[Swede]

59 days in, head isn't feeling right. Anxiety and craves bad the last couple of days. Quit isn't in danger, need peace of mind for a couple of days.

Possum... Hang in there brother! I'm going through the same thing! We can do this together! It will pass just like it did before! Hold on!!!! When I get to work I will send you my # and you can text or call and we can beat the nic bitch together!!!!

[Bean]

59 days in, head isn't feeling right. Anxiety and craves bad the last couple of days. Quit isn't in danger, need peace of mind for a couple of days.

For me...anxiety would come up when I lost sight of the "one day at a time" mentality. In other words, when I tried to do too much too soon.

The thought of "quitting forever" was overwhelming to me. In fact, I'm pretty sure the thought of "quitting forever" made me give up on quitting even before it got started. That was before I found this site.

I had to force myself to remember 2 things. ONE - you probably used nicotine more than a few days or weeks before you quit. It is going to take more than a couple of days or weeks to learn life without nicotine. TWO - you're not trying to quit forever...just today. And anybody can go one day, right?

So relax. You CAN do this. Focus on just the things you need to do in order to stay quit today (roll call, this site, support, etc). You're in control now and nothing can change that...today.

[lhelms12]

59 days in, head isn't feeling right. Anxiety and craves bad the last couple of days. Quit isn't in danger, need peace of mind for a couple of days.

Possum... hang in there. I went through a little phase shortly after day 50. Keep up the good work and stay quit!

Helms

[BigMeanPossum]

59 days in, head isn't feeling right. Anxiety and craves bad the last couple of days. Quit isn't in danger, need peace of mind for a couple of days.

[Wt57]

Up to day 49. Having good days and bad days. Anxiety seems to be getting better.

EVERYTHING will get better possum. I promise. I give you my word on it, just as I promise not to use today. Hang in there, the nic-bitch will turn from a huge wolf into a little yapper lap dog - annoying, but easily brushed aside.

You. are. winning.

Thanks Zam, it is getting better. Up to Day 53, anxiety is much better, fog seems to be lifting. Having some craves but not too bacd. Hope this stretch lasts for a while. Saved my life.

Zam. Well put. That's is what it is like. Possum, you are rewiring and it takes time. Just take it in steps. Post for and worry for today. Tomorrow doesn't matter. Only today.

Everything gets better with time just hang tight and close to the site!

[Mthomas3824]

Up to day 49. Having good days and bad days. Anxiety seems to be getting better.

EVERYTHING will get better possum. I promise. I give you my word on it, just as I promise not to use today. Hang in there, the nic-bitch will turn from a huge wolf into a little yapper lap dog - annoying, but easily brushed aside.

You. are. winning.

Thanks Zam, it is getting better. Up to Day 53, anxiety is much better, fog seems to be lifting. Having some craves but not too bacd. Hope this stretch lasts for a while. Saved my life.

Zam. Well put. That's is what it is like. Possum, you are rewiring and it takes time. Just take it in steps. Post for and worry for today. Tomorrow doesn't matter. Only today.

[BigMeanPossum]

Up to day 49. Having good days and bad days. Anxiety seems to be getting better.

EVERYTHING will get better possum. I promise. I give you my word on it, just as I promise not to use today. Hang in there, the nic-bitch will turn from a huge wolf into a little yapper lap dog - annoying, but easily brushed aside.

You. are. winning.

Thanks Zam, it is getting better. Up to Day 53, anxiety is much better, fog seems to be lifting. Having some craves but not too bacd. Hope this stretch lasts for a while. Saved my life.

[zam]

Up to day 49. Having good days and bad days. Anxiety seems to be getting better.

EVERYTHING will get better possum. I promise. I give you my word on it, just as I promise not to use today. Hang in there, the nic-bitch will turn from a huge wolf into a little yapper lap dog - annoying, but easily brushed aside.

You. are. winning.

[BigMeanPossum]

Up to day 49. Having good days and bad days. Anxiety seems to be getting better.

[BigMeanPossum]

On Day 41 I actually had 20 minutes of no fog. Felt amazing. It came right after sex, as much as I like sex, it had nothing on that fog lifting for a few minutes.

[BigMeanPossum]

Tired of this funk and fog. Sick of feeling whiney. Time to grit my teeth and get through another night. Hopefully morning will be better.

[BigMeanPossum]

Another rough day, can't seem to keep it off my mind. Gonna try to find posts that were made around 40 days in. Thanks for the tips and support.


EDIT:

Found this post in the words of wisdom forum Very Helpful

If anyone comes across more threads/info on these funks/re-wiring please give me a heads up, thanks.

[Big Swede]

Listen to the advice you are getting - it is all right on. Today is only Day 21 for me but it is amazing how much better I feel WITHOUT nicotine. During the first 10 days, I felt the fatigue and the headaches and the occasional panic attack - it sucked balls. The last 10 days have been the best I've felt physically in twenty years. Hang in there and stay quit because it truly does get better.

Best advice so far is to remember how shitty you feel right now - later on, when you develop nostalgia for your drug addiction, those horrible memories will help you stop youself when you are thinking about caving.

I quit with you.

[Greg5280]

Thanks for all of the replies, definately helps to talk to guys who have gone through the same things. Yesterday was tough, seemed like everything was triggering it. Hopefully today is better.

Head still feels drugged or clouded. Wish that would pass, I read that someone was actually thinking more clearly after quitting, wish that were me. The thought keeps crossing my mind that a dip would clear my head, but this is day 39 and I won't go back and start over.

Been drinking a lot of water and gatorade. Anyone know of anything that speeds up the "cloudy" head phase or do you just gotta slowly claw through these days? Anyway, thanks for all the help guys. Truly is appreciated.

There is no magic to make the fog better. Keep hydrated, keep your sugar levels even, try to stay calm. I was pretty much useless for 45 days. Not even sure how I kept my job to be honest with you.

Remember how bad this feels !! Write down every miserable second of it becuase a day is coming soon when you will have forgotten all of the pain of quitting. When that day comes remember how you feel today. You only have to go through this shit once as long as you stay clean.

STAY QUIT
Greg