I am f-ing done with this B/S.

[RTistic]

December quit group is the best quit group!!!!

[pab1964]

Great job guy's! That's the way to look out for each other! One is not near as strong as 2 or more. We've all tried it alone and it's damn near impossible! Quit on! Damn proud to be quit with all of you badasses!

[Stranger999]

The December group is awesome.

I am honored to quit with you guys! :D

[Tjschu]

Great job man! Keep up the good work. I quit with you and all of December

[nomorecope!]

Hey fuckers,

96 hours just passed.
Chest tightness has passed, outlook is a little more positive, fog is still present, still walking around my house aimlessly, staring at the TV for way too long and not even aware of what I'm watching.
Holy fucking shit, this is a trip!
Stomach doing flips, but I get the sense it's relaxing and adjusting to the "new normal".

Hey, on a positive note - Has anyone else noticed more frequent, random erections? I'm walking around the house here with a "fuller" feeling...know what I mean?

I'll take it, this part is awesome!

Quit on mo-fo's. Fuck that bitch, she's out there watching you. Slap her hard when she shows up.

Hey man i quit the same day as you and I'm having the exact same symptoms lmfao! such a fucked up trip eh. keep that will strong we fight this together.

Hahaha, yes! I'm glad I'm not the only one getting at least some positive results from this experience.
Let's keep on keepin' on. Things will get better, as long as we're not weak.
I quit with you today brother.
Will be looking for you to post roll every day.

[RTistic]

Hey fuckers,

96 hours just passed.
Chest tightness has passed, outlook is a little more positive, fog is still present, still walking around my house aimlessly, staring at the TV for way too long and not even aware of what I'm watching.
Holy fucking shit, this is a trip!
Stomach doing flips, but I get the sense it's relaxing and adjusting to the "new normal".

Hey, on a positive note - Has anyone else noticed more frequent, random erections? I'm walking around the house here with a "fuller" feeling...know what I mean?

I'll take it, this part is awesome!

Quit on mo-fo's. Fuck that bitch, she's out there watching you. Slap her hard when she shows up.

Hey man i quit the same day as you and I'm having the exact same symptoms lmfao! such a fucked up trip eh. keep that will strong we fight this together.

[nomorecope!]

Hey fuckers,

96 hours just passed.
Chest tightness has passed, outlook is a little more positive, fog is still present, still walking around my house aimlessly, staring at the TV for way too long and not even aware of what I'm watching.
Holy fucking shit, this is a trip!
Stomach doing flips, but I get the sense it's relaxing and adjusting to the "new normal".

Hey, on a positive note - Has anyone else noticed more frequent, random erections? I'm walking around the house here with a "fuller" feeling...know what I mean?

I'll take it, this part is awesome!

Quit on mo-fo's. Fuck that bitch, she's out there watching you. Slap her hard when she shows up.

[lwildma2]

Yeah boys, we're all working through this together. I woke up this morning feeling a lot better, but I'm still going to take it easy for the next couple of days. She's lurking, I can feel her.
You guys rock! Thanks for the support!
Keep raging and expressing your experiences on the forum or on your introductions...it helps!

Glad you were able to keep strong. Said a prayer for you at church this morning. Stay strong and you can always rant or vent to me if needed.

Stay strong and we Quit with you today.

[nomorecope!]

Yeah boys, we're all working through this together. I woke up this morning feeling a lot better, but I'm still going to take it easy for the next couple of days. She's lurking, I can feel her.
You guys rock! Thanks for the support!
Keep raging and expressing your experiences on the forum or on your introductions...it helps!

[pete333]

Well past 72 hrs now.

All day today, I felt home free. I got overconfident. I felt so good, relaxed and positive - I was going about my household chores without any concern.

2 hours ago she really hit me hard and she's been nagging me ever since. I am stir crazy and up late at night, as usual, so thought I would try to off-gas and write about it a little.

I feel like I'm about to pass out, light headed, tunnel vision, completely restless. Crazy churning in my stomach, very very tight chest.

Deep breaths...Deep breaths.

She worked her way back into my brain and tried her best to trick me. I have to be honest, I almost broke.

Writing about it gives me relief. I can feel the tension diffusing a bit with each word that I type. This fucking bitch is mean and relentless. Fuck you, bitch.

I'm not caving. Not today. No more. I'll take each day as it comes because I know I'm vulnerable and I know this crazy fucking bitch is always watching me, lurking, waiting to spring into action when she senses weakness. Go fuck yourself.

Way to use your tools. Writing in your intro when the crave hits puts nic in its place. Plenty to read as well. Sometimes a quit is measured in hours and minutes, not days.

At 3 days, sleep was minimal for me. I cut back coffee (nicotine and caffeine cancel eachother out a bit, so a little coffe goes a long way now), and with time was able to sleep again.

Drink lots of water, wash the last of the toxins out of your system. Anxiety is common, and that sounds like what hit you. If that feeling persists you may want to check in with a doctor -- might be something else. The point is to get healthy by quitting nic.

The early days suck, but it gets better. I quit with you again today.

For me, days 3-5 were a crazy ride. Looking back once I got through those, nothing since has compared. Those couple days were a wild mix of craves, mind tricks, rage, and inability to focus on anything. Since then there have been some peaks, however, they are not sustained like that first week.
You are deep in the fog, do not give in to the mind tricks, stay the course, and just worry about today's quit.

We are here to quit with you today shipmate! (USS Fife 96-99)

[pete333]

Not sure why you think you are a "fucking coward"? I quit 4 days ago and i don't know if I'll succeed but I'm thinking we are being kinda courageous aren't we? Trying to quit what is arguably the most addictive substance known to man? It's brave.

Remember, here we don't "try", we "do"! I quit with y'all today.

[Nomore1959]

Well past 72 hrs now.

All day today, I felt home free. I got overconfident. I felt so good, relaxed and positive - I was going about my household chores without any concern.

2 hours ago she really hit me hard and she's been nagging me ever since. I am stir crazy and up late at night, as usual, so thought I would try to off-gas and write about it a little.

I feel like I'm about to pass out, light headed, tunnel vision, completely restless. Crazy churning in my stomach, very very tight chest.

Deep breaths...Deep breaths.

She worked her way back into my brain and tried her best to trick me. I have to be honest, I almost broke.

Writing about it gives me relief. I can feel the tension diffusing a bit with each word that I type. This fucking bitch is mean and relentless. Fuck you, bitch.

I'm not caving. Not today. No more. I'll take each day as it comes because I know I'm vulnerable and I know this crazy fucking bitch is always watching me, lurking, waiting to spring into action when she senses weakness. Go fuck yourself.

Way to use your tools. Writing in your intro when the crave hits puts nic in its place. Plenty to read as well. Sometimes a quit is measured in hours and minutes, not days.

At 3 days, sleep was minimal for me. I cut back coffee (nicotine and caffeine cancel eachother out a bit, so a little coffe goes a long way now), and with time was able to sleep again.

Drink lots of water, wash the last of the toxins out of your system. Anxiety is common, and that sounds like what hit you. If that feeling persists you may want to check in with a doctor -- might be something else. The point is to get healthy by quitting nic.

The early days suck, but it gets better. I quit with you again today.

[Stranger999]

Don't cave - WE CAN DO THIS. No more chew.

It is all baby steps at this point but WE WILL QUIT TOGETHER. I believe in you man. B)B

[nomorecope!]

Well past 72 hrs now.

All day today, I felt home free. I got overconfident. I felt so good, relaxed and positive - I was going about my household chores without any concern.

2 hours ago she really hit me hard and she's been nagging me ever since. I am stir crazy and up late at night, as usual, so thought I would try to off-gas and write about it a little.

I feel like I'm about to pass out, light headed, tunnel vision, completely restless. Crazy churning in my stomach, very very tight chest.

Deep breaths...Deep breaths.

She worked her way back into my brain and tried her best to trick me. I have to be honest, I almost broke.

Writing about it gives me relief. I can feel the tension diffusing a bit with each word that I type. This fucking bitch is mean and relentless. Fuck you, bitch.

I'm not caving. Not today. No more. I'll take each day as it comes because I know I'm vulnerable and I know this crazy fucking bitch is always watching me, lurking, waiting to spring into action when she senses weakness. Go fuck yourself.

[Nomore1959]

Well, I just passed 48 hrs.

I'm writing this to help others that are either thinking about quitting or are just starting, because reading a lot of posts prior to quitting really helped me.

I DO feel better...a little bit.

I have a clearer head, better outlook on things, slightly better sense of humor.
However, I'm still experiencing some pretty serious symptoms of withdrawal -

A very tight chest, I feel the need to constantly take a deep, deep breath and slowly exhale. I get the sensation that if I don't take these deep breaths, my chest will implode. It is really tight.
Much difficulty concentrating. In fact, I'm noticing that if I try to activate certain parts of my brain in concentration, such as doing math calculations in my head or really concentrating on a certain passage in a book, these actions almost instantly trigger more intense withdrawal symptoms.

My withdrawal symptoms are definitely closely associated with certain parts of my brain becoming stimulated.

I feel a constant need to be drinking water. I literally feel as if I've traded one addiction for another. I'll take the water addiction, thanks.

My leg and arm muscles are extremely jumpy. I am constantly restless. I'm tempted to go out and just destroy my muscles with a crazy crossfit style workout, but at the same time I refrain because I'm scared of getting too excited and bringing on some serious craves.

I'm trying to move forward extremely slowly at this early stage in my quit. I know I am extremely vulnerable right now.

Crazy activity going on in my gut. I think my stomach and intestines are adjusting to the lack of vasoconstriction and all sorts of crazy shit is going on. Whatever, bring it.

I have noticed that it's a little easier for me to read, so I'll be exploring that today, without overwhelming my brain and causing any weakness in my quit.

Take care all,
I quit with you today.

Everything your going through is normal. I have walked in your shoes and I know exactly what your feeling. Believe it or not it gets better, give it some time and take it day by day.

Well done on writing down what you are going through. It will help you focus later on when it gets better, but nicotine still calls (ahem, like on day 119).

You are about through the worst of it, generally 3 days to wash the nicotine out of your system. Drink lots of water and get some exercise, that will help your body clean up. Nothing magic happens day 4, but it does start getting better. Hang in there, keep in touch with your fellow BAQs. You got this.