Ok Ive read alot here and seen the "man up" and "throw it out now" posts. Yes I need to do that.
Its not the "throwing out the can" I am feeling the anxiety about.
Its tomorrow morning when I wake up with no coping skills and the week long griting of the teeth begins. Ive quit before and my wife and kids dont need to deal with the nasty teeth gritting bastard I become cold turkey.
The gum just becomes a nic substitute that I abuse instead.
I understand that they benefit from my quitting too. I just dont want to take it out on them again.
I can go for a walk and find things to keep me busy some of the time. Im not worried about that so much. I almost feel like I need to hide in the bedroom and purposely avoid everyone. lame right?
Suggestions for attempting to avoid being that bastard before getting over the first hump?
My user name is my addiction. When I feed him he rests his head on my shoulder. When I dont he screams and pulls at my brains.
Hey screamer!
1. Throw out the shit. Have you done that yet? I can't tell.
2. Post roll in your group. Keep your word that for today you will not let yourself and your brotherhood down. It is bad to fail alone, but you don't ever shit on your team, right? A bunch of people struggling together as a band of screamers? No way you let them down.
3. You wanna bitch? You wanna yell? Several suggestions. Get on this intro and vent. It will piss you the hell off later when you read what nicotine did to you. Get in chat. A lot of peeps live in there early in their quit. A great outlet. If you are full of rage initially, mans dude this sounds crazy, I would talk with your wife and maybe stay with a friend that is nicotine free for a couple of days. But I would be cautious about doing this, as you are kinda saying that nicotine rage is stronger than you. And I'm not sure I believe that. You can do this.
We don't take this out on our families. We quit. And we win. I wrote the formula out for you. Are you in?