LifeAfterDip's intro

[jzzyzag01]

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.

[brettlees]

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?

Yes, I recognize some of those changes. They make sense given the absence of the poison, and the fact that your brain is rewiring the "ahhh" circuitry to function as it was supposed to be, prior to nicotine hijacking it. And your mouth is clean instead of contaminated, and so on. Look into the link i posted earlier, and also all over the site resources here. It's amazing how much cleans up in your life by sticking to your one good decision to quit.

Enjoy, and as others have pointed out, savor the good times to help carry you through any tough ones that come your way.

Quit on! you are already getting some of the benefits!

[Ginet]

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.



Lifeafterdip, congrats on your 10 days. Wow, you already feel better and things are turning around quickly for you? I am day 18 and I am still on guard. Enjoy the new "feelings" but remember that a bad day or a strong urge can show up at any time. You gotta keep your awareness high. See you in chat!

[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.

[LifeAfterDip]

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?

[Mthomas3824]

The mentality that I've fully committed to throughout my quit is literally the exact opposite of the one I had as a dipper. As a dipper I found or created excuses to have a dip, I was ashamed of what I was doing but something told me I needed to do it. As a quitter I take full responsibility for my daily trials and triumphs and it feels damn good. Don't idolize the dip. Your brain is telling you to but don't listen to it. It's all kinds of messed up and being rewired, it doesn't know so it's reverting back to it's old way of thinking. Don't worry this will change for the better. Even if you're are drowning in the temptation of dip ALWAYS REMEMBER back to your roll call post. Do you think your quit buddies would sit quietly and watch you pack a lip if they were there in person? Of course not! So don't do it. You promised your quit buddies you wouldn't dip, but more importantly, you promised yourself. Perhaps the single most important thing to remember is that this feeling of being weak, feeling sick, and craving all the time, is temporary so long as you remain quit, remain vigilant, and help your brothers in quit.

Standing and applauding. Well said and so true.

[LifeAfterDip]

The mentality that I've fully committed to throughout my quit is literally the exact opposite of the one I had as a dipper. As a dipper I found or created excuses to have a dip, I was ashamed of what I was doing but something told me I needed to do it. As a quitter I take full responsibility for my daily trials and triumphs and it feels damn good. Don't idolize the dip. Your brain is telling you to but don't listen to it. It's all kinds of messed up and being rewired, it doesn't know so it's reverting back to it's old way of thinking. Don't worry this will change for the better. Even if you're are drowning in the temptation of dip ALWAYS REMEMBER back to your roll call post. Do you think your quit buddies would sit quietly and watch you pack a lip if they were there in person? Of course not! So don't do it. You promised your quit buddies you wouldn't dip, but more importantly, you promised yourself. Perhaps the single most important thing to remember is that this feeling of being weak, feeling sick, and craving all the time, is temporary so long as you remain quit, remain vigilant, and help your brothers in quit.

[jzzyzag01]

The same thing happened again tonight (coworkers pulled out a tin) and not only did I not want the nic, I convinced them to use Smokey Mountain instead and they loved it. I told them about KTC and how much better I've felt since quitting and they seemed to buy right in
I love being quit! This brotherhood is strong!!

Good for you man. This is still the hardest part for me (being around buddies that still chew). My response though whenever one of them asks me why I quit is "how much time do you have?" If you need the quit "answers," go read Diesel's page. He had an encounter a couple weeks ago with a dude that couldn't tell his head from his ass when it came to what the nic was doing to him.

Use the tools that KTC gives us and you'll be able to bring that fight to the NB's turf.

Proud to be quit with you today LAD.

[kana]

The same thing happened again tonight (coworkers pulled out a tin) and not only did I not want the nic, I convinced them to use Smokey Mountain instead and they loved it. I told them about KTC and how much better I've felt since quitting and they seemed to buy right in
I love being quit! This brotherhood is strong!!

that is a recipe for success.. hold your head high as you're a member of an elite quit force.. we can't be shaken.. period

[LifeAfterDip]

The same thing happened again tonight (coworkers pulled out a tin) and not only did I not want the nic, I convinced them to use Smokey Mountain instead and they loved it. I told them about KTC and how much better I've felt since quitting and they seemed to buy right in
I love being quit! This brotherhood is strong!!

[brettlees]

Well here we are, early in day 8 and my quit was put to the ultimate test. Working overnight, under a high level of stress and two guys pull out a tin. I glance over, and see them pack a wad of that shit and I kind of chuckled. It was weird, when they asked if I wanted a pinch, nicotine called and I craved a bit but I didn't really miss it. It didn't miss being a free man. You see they HAD to dip, but I had a choice. I was quit, and that freedom was not to be sacrificed. Felt pretty good.

Way to f***ing resist the temptation, the trigger, and the peer pressure. You've got a solid quit goin' on. And great observation about those guys "needing" to dip, while you, my friend, are already free and on the winning side of that big suck we all just went through. Thinking clear is pretty awesome. Good for you. Quit on baby!

Agree with you and Zill-house on this one, recognizing that your co-workers had to dip and you had a choice. I think that not only do we make a promise to ourselves and our brethren here to stay quit, we also make a promise to uphold our freedom from the can and our right to choose that freedom. Nicotine robbed us of our freedom to choose, and by quitting we have taken that right back. I like to think that we are stronger people now, especially in numbers (we have KTC), and we won't relinquish this newly reacquired freedom so easily. Feels pretty F'in good if you ask me.

Bunch of bad-ass quitters right here helping each other out. I love it!

[Steakbomb18]

Well here we are, early in day 8 and my quit was put to the ultimate test. Working overnight, under a high level of stress and two guys pull out a tin. I glance over, and see them pack a wad of that shit and I kind of chuckled. It was weird, when they asked if I wanted a pinch, nicotine called and I craved a bit but I didn't really miss it. It didn't miss being a free man. You see they HAD to dip, but I had a choice. I was quit, and that freedom was not to be sacrificed. Felt pretty good.

Way to f***ing resist the temptation, the trigger, and the peer pressure. You've got a solid quit goin' on. And great observation about those guys "needing" to dip, while you, my friend, are already free and on the winning side of that big suck we all just went through. Thinking clear is pretty awesome. Good for you. Quit on baby!

Agree with you and Zill-house on this one, recognizing that your co-workers had to dip and you had a choice. I think that not only do we make a promise to ourselves and our brethren here to stay quit, we also make a promise to uphold our freedom from the can and our right to choose that freedom. Nicotine robbed us of our freedom to choose, and by quitting we have taken that right back. I like to think that we are stronger people now, especially in numbers (we have KTC), and we won't relinquish this newly reacquired freedom so easily. Feels pretty F'in good if you ask me.

[Mthomas3824]

We all made a promise. It's up to us to keep that promise. When we signed up for this nobody said it was going to be easy, nobody said it was going to be fun, but this is a fight for your life and we all gave nicotine a head start. That's what it comes down to.

I think that is best way anyone could put it that is some awesome shit.

This guy wants all to know, fun or not, I value my quit! I embrace the suck and now...I kind of like it. 'rem'

[Dave1903]

We all made a promise. It's up to us to keep that promise. When we signed up for this nobody said it was going to be easy, nobody said it was going to be fun, but this is a fight for your life and we all gave nicotine a head start. That's what it comes down to.

I think that is best way anyone could put it that is some awesome shit.

[LifeAfterDip]

We all made a promise. It's up to us to keep that promise. When we signed up for this nobody said it was going to be easy, nobody said it was going to be fun, but this is a fight for your life and we all gave nicotine a head start. That's what it comes down to.