LifeAfterDip's intro

[Ginet]

Well today has been one of those kind of days where everyone is fucking annoying and I'm angry for no apparent reason. Another solid reminder to never go through this again.

That sounds like exactly what you needed from today. Get thru today and never do it again. Quit with you!

[LifeAfterDip]

Well today has been one of those kind of days where everyone is fucking annoying and I'm angry for no apparent reason. Another solid reminder to never go through this again.

[brettlees]

I could have written the same question a couple months ago- the fog lasted a while for me. Same for Big Jayhawk Russ in my quit class, and Jayhawk said it was that way for him too. It can last a while.

Hang in there and keep reaching out - we are here to help. It will suck for a while, then it won't, and you'll be free. It's yours for the taking but you have to earn it. You are doing just that!

I'm glad to be quitting with you!

[AppleJack]

Day 17 now for me and I still have yet to fully escape "the fog" how long did it last for you guys?

Man... I felt goofed out for about a month. Was it a fog? I don't know. I do know this... I dipped for 25 years... To erase that damage and the continual/habitual addicted use can NOT be done away with in just a few weeks. Be patient brother. It may take awhile. You may also wake up tomorrow and feel reborn. Who knows. The important thing to feel good about is every +1 you rack up. That's a huge win every damn time. Weird as it may sound... Relish this time and remember it. You never want to deal with this again. More important... This is you healing. That rocks man. Pm me if you'd like another number. Glad to help in any way. Rock on...

[LifeAfterDip]

Day 17 now for me and I still have yet to fully escape "the fog" how long did it last for you guys?

[Ginet]

Well, this is week number two of me working long hours overnight and having to put up with coworkers who pack their lips full of the nic bitch. It's been alright, last week I didn't give a shit about what they did, this week they've started to piss me off. I've been way more irritable and feeling slightly depressed. Today is day 15 so I'm hoping this passes. Either way the quit remains strong.

Way to push through! Yes, you cannot ever let your guard down. The nic bitch is around somewhere! Good thing you only have to have your guard up for today! See you at roll tomorrow!

[LifeAfterDip]

Well, this is week number two of me working long hours overnight and having to put up with coworkers who pack their lips full of the nic bitch. It's been alright, last week I didn't give a shit about what they did, this week they've started to piss me off. I've been way more irritable and feeling slightly depressed. Today is day 15 so I'm hoping this passes. Either way the quit remains strong.

[srans]

[/QUOTE]It sucked ass but I powered through it. Part if me likes the temptation. I want to be battle hardened and become better for it, I want dip to hate me, BECAUSE I HATE DIP.

I like to see this mind set. You are demonstrating the traits of a serious quitter. The more you beat down those triggers and temptations the easier quitting gets. When we reach deep and pull the quit out the brain eventually sees things our way. Glad to be quit with you.

[SAM83]

Day 12 and I went through the worst set of craves yet. I was driving all day moving furniture and the entire time was craving my old crutch. It sucked ass but I powered through it. Part if me likes the temptation. I want to be battle hardened and become better for it, I want dip to hate me, BECAUSE I HATE DIP.

Stay strong today brothers. We're in battle, we're fighting for our freedoms. We will win if we rely on one another when we are at our weakest.

-John

You got this LAD! Way to fight through Day 12!!! Guard your quit this weekend!

[LifeAfterDip]

Day 12 and I went through the worst set of craves yet. I was driving all day moving furniture and the entire time was craving my old crutch. It sucked ass but I powered through it. Part if me likes the temptation. I want to be battle hardened and become better for it, I want dip to hate me, BECAUSE I HATE DIP.

Stay strong today brothers. We're in battle, we're fighting for our freedoms. We will win if we rely on one another when we are at our weakest.

-John

[jzzyzag01]

Thanks for chiming in guys. I think I have a small advantage to the average quitter because I am on anxiety medication which provides a real peace of mind, everything is ok mentality. I've had some pretty intense craves which I proceed to shoot down. Can't stress how important it is to see nicotine for what it is, the enemy. The sooner you are able to see past all the lies the sooner you'll be able to embrace the truth, the quit.

You're getting it. Good work. Stay after it and the hard work is going to start paying incredible dividends.

[LifeAfterDip]

Thanks for chiming in guys. I think I have a small advantage to the average quitter because I am on anxiety medication which provides a real peace of mind, everything is ok mentality. I've had some pretty intense craves which I proceed to shoot down. Can't stress how important it is to see nicotine for what it is, the enemy. The sooner you are able to see past all the lies the sooner you'll be able to embrace the truth, the quit.

[30isEnuff]

I've got a question, and maybe someone on here can answer it. I'm 10 days into my quit and recently I've been noticing some changes. Emotionally I seem more invested in things, I'm not indifferent to the ones I love anymore. Physically, I feel awesome. Food tastes great, my appetite is amazing and my energy levels are much, much higher. Am I noticing these changes because I quit or is my brain acting funny?

I've said it before and will probably again....I am no wizard and I am also at day 10 so congrats on that! Based on the reading I have done on this site and also reading some other's introductions who have been quit longer than us (these intros end up documenting the ride over time); I think you are noticing these changes because you quit and your brain is rewiring or as you put it "acting funny". Someone in the last week or so posted a link on one of these intros to a great article that really talked about the physiological effects on the brain of nicotine addiction and how it fills the dopamine receptors and then connected to how these open back up as your brain rewires after cutting off you addictions head. I will try and find it and PM you the link since I think it may help you understand your experience.

Here's what I think. The first 72 hours of our quits is physical and mental. The physical part (body flushing out the nicotine and actual physical withdraw symptoms) is fairly short lived, but the mental part/the habit is forever although it does get easier. I think at this point in our quits we should really feel good about feeling good and I am psyched for you and how good you are feeling. I also think that we are facing more of a roller coaster ride especially in the first 30 days and really probably the first 100 days. It will get less intense and less frequent but there will be challenges, which is why posting roll and keeping your support network up is so important. I think that people who drop off once they start to feel good get burned when they hit a rough spot. Enjoy how you are feeling right now, and tuck it away and remember it when you hit a rough spot. Those rough spots will get less frequent and intense with time, but we still got some roller coaster ahead of us. Enjoy the view from the top of the drop:-)

I quit with you today and every day.

I couldn't have worded it better myself SAM.

LAD - Most certainly enjoy the good days as you get them, but absolutely do not, under any circumstances, think you have this thing kicked. You will be up and down and up and down again many times over, especially in the first 30 days but also during the first 100. As great as you feel right now, you might feel just as bad tomorrow or the next day or day 45. That isn't meant to scare you, the lesson is you have to take the good with the bad for awhile. Try not to get too up on the goods and too down on the bads and you'll be setting yourself up for success.

Glad to see that you're in a good spot right now, but stay vigilant. Keep things simple, ODAAT and EDD.

Proud to be quit with you LAD.

http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html

Here's the link. Bretlees and others have been sharing this link. Its a good read.

Thanks for sharing the link GrizzlyHasClaws; I was having trouble locating it again.

Nicotine + Use = Death
Nictotine Addiction + KTC quit = Life
NAFAR + ODAAT = QLFEDD
I don't want to be on my death bed wishing I had another year to live, do you?
Embrace all the bodily changes, it's all Good!

[SAM83]

I've got a question, and maybe someone on here can answer it. I'm 10 days into my quit and recently I've been noticing some changes. Emotionally I seem more invested in things, I'm not indifferent to the ones I love anymore. Physically, I feel awesome. Food tastes great, my appetite is amazing and my energy levels are much, much higher. Am I noticing these changes because I quit or is my brain acting funny?

I've said it before and will probably again....I am no wizard and I am also at day 10 so congrats on that! Based on the reading I have done on this site and also reading some other's introductions who have been quit longer than us (these intros end up documenting the ride over time); I think you are noticing these changes because you quit and your brain is rewiring or as you put it "acting funny". Someone in the last week or so posted a link on one of these intros to a great article that really talked about the physiological effects on the brain of nicotine addiction and how it fills the dopamine receptors and then connected to how these open back up as your brain rewires after cutting off you addictions head. I will try and find it and PM you the link since I think it may help you understand your experience.

Here's what I think. The first 72 hours of our quits is physical and mental. The physical part (body flushing out the nicotine and actual physical withdraw symptoms) is fairly short lived, but the mental part/the habit is forever although it does get easier. I think at this point in our quits we should really feel good about feeling good and I am psyched for you and how good you are feeling. I also think that we are facing more of a roller coaster ride especially in the first 30 days and really probably the first 100 days. It will get less intense and less frequent but there will be challenges, which is why posting roll and keeping your support network up is so important. I think that people who drop off once they start to feel good get burned when they hit a rough spot. Enjoy how you are feeling right now, and tuck it away and remember it when you hit a rough spot. Those rough spots will get less frequent and intense with time, but we still got some roller coaster ahead of us. Enjoy the view from the top of the drop:-)

I quit with you today and every day.

I couldn't have worded it better myself SAM.

LAD - Most certainly enjoy the good days as you get them, but absolutely do not, under any circumstances, think you have this thing kicked. You will be up and down and up and down again many times over, especially in the first 30 days but also during the first 100. As great as you feel right now, you might feel just as bad tomorrow or the next day or day 45. That isn't meant to scare you, the lesson is you have to take the good with the bad for awhile. Try not to get too up on the goods and too down on the bads and you'll be setting yourself up for success.

Glad to see that you're in a good spot right now, but stay vigilant. Keep things simple, ODAAT and EDD.

Proud to be quit with you LAD.

http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html

Here's the link. Bretlees and others have been sharing this link. Its a good read.

Thanks for sharing the link GrizzlyHasClaws; I was having trouble locating it again.

[Grizzlyhasclaws]

I've got a question, and maybe someone on here can answer it. I'm 10 days into my quit and recently I've been noticing some changes. Emotionally I seem more invested in things, I'm not indifferent to the ones I love anymore. Physically, I feel awesome. Food tastes great, my appetite is amazing and my energy levels are much, much higher. Am I noticing these changes because I quit or is my brain acting funny?

I've said it before and will probably again....I am no wizard and I am also at day 10 so congrats on that! Based on the reading I have done on this site and also reading some other's introductions who have been quit longer than us (these intros end up documenting the ride over time); I think you are noticing these changes because you quit and your brain is rewiring or as you put it "acting funny". Someone in the last week or so posted a link on one of these intros to a great article that really talked about the physiological effects on the brain of nicotine addiction and how it fills the dopamine receptors and then connected to how these open back up as your brain rewires after cutting off you addictions head. I will try and find it and PM you the link since I think it may help you understand your experience.

Here's what I think. The first 72 hours of our quits is physical and mental. The physical part (body flushing out the nicotine and actual physical withdraw symptoms) is fairly short lived, but the mental part/the habit is forever although it does get easier. I think at this point in our quits we should really feel good about feeling good and I am psyched for you and how good you are feeling. I also think that we are facing more of a roller coaster ride especially in the first 30 days and really probably the first 100 days. It will get less intense and less frequent but there will be challenges, which is why posting roll and keeping your support network up is so important. I think that people who drop off once they start to feel good get burned when they hit a rough spot. Enjoy how you are feeling right now, and tuck it away and remember it when you hit a rough spot. Those rough spots will get less frequent and intense with time, but we still got some roller coaster ahead of us. Enjoy the view from the top of the drop:-)

I quit with you today and every day.

I couldn't have worded it better myself SAM.

LAD - Most certainly enjoy the good days as you get them, but absolutely do not, under any circumstances, think you have this thing kicked. You will be up and down and up and down again many times over, especially in the first 30 days but also during the first 100. As great as you feel right now, you might feel just as bad tomorrow or the next day or day 45. That isn't meant to scare you, the lesson is you have to take the good with the bad for awhile. Try not to get too up on the goods and too down on the bads and you'll be setting yourself up for success.

Glad to see that you're in a good spot right now, but stay vigilant. Keep things simple, ODAAT and EDD.

Proud to be quit with you LAD.

http://whyquit.com/whyquit/linksaaddiction.html

Here's the link. Bretlees and others have been sharing this link. Its a good read.