Day 103 and need help please!

Hi Standly, so perplexing as to why your anxiety and depression is kicking in after all this time. At least you know your health is good and not an underlying cause.

I read your whole story, and suggest that you read it (especially the 2nd story and the comments that you made to others in it) It seemed that at Day 81 or so, you had difficulties and tried everything, and then just as suddenly it was gone. Can you account for it?

In Allan Carr's book he recounts a case where a client had quit before and started again, and it was found that he held the fear of relapse. It is like waiting for something you hope never happens and it won't.(if you beieve that you learned from your first mistake and are not going to make that same mistake again). Why would you? You dared fate once and lost, i doubt you will do so again after learning first hand. That is why the stories we are told are of great value, so that we do not have to live those mistakes.

Do the meditations that seemed to help. Focus on everything positive in your life. Envision a white sheet with small dot in the middle? What do you see? Most see a small dot. That is what they focus on, a small negative instead of the whole white, goodness of their lives.

Reflect on how far you have come, where you are going and why you started this journey. Given purpose, direction and belief how can you not?

Hi Standly

I am at Day 222. I still suffer anxiety and lots of craves. They pass much faster now than earlier on. When I feel "crazy" due to lack of a smoke I turn my thoughts to anger over the cigarettes. All that nicotine has done this to us!

I do not use any crutches that can possibly put more nicotine into my body. I do not want to become an addict and be dependent on anything else. My worst dependency now is coffee.

I read once that addiction to methamphetamines is the only addiction worse than nicotine. So it is worth quitting and forgive yourself if you feel crappy. Remember though that it gets better.

I was questioning why I still crave recently and I read something that helped. It described the triggers as being intermingled in your mind from all the time we have smoked. There are so many triggers that we aren't aware of. Each time we manage to get past a trigger without giving in, we make it much easier to erase the trigger from our mind.

It makes me angry that nicotine sold to us legally over all those years we smoked made us so sick and dependent- and turns us into crave freaks even after we have quit.

Don't get sad, get mad!

I smoked for over 40 years.

hi standly I hope you are having a good day today .We all have good days and bad days. first of all be kind to yourself you are going through a difficult time ,hang in there it will pass. I am on 104 days with you, I did cold turkey also. it is a sh#t of a road but well worth traveling on the road leads to freedom. One of the tricks I do when things get me down is to pretend I am a friend who comes to me for advice and support, I find I am much kinder to a friend than I am to myself . So take the advice you give yourself and surge on,, you can do this we can do this cheers

Thank you all for support.

I haven't given up yet and is still on quit journey day 104. Today seems to be easier. I am doing meditation which helps.

I believe, the depressive mood and anxiety is just body and mind's way to achieve complete recovery. I will stay put and will wait it out. This phase shall go as well!

Any beginners who had seen my this story, I request you not to be discouraged as we all are different and will have different quit experiences. I wish everyone to have smooth quit journey.

This is war against nicotine and freedom comes with few bumpy days but ultimately things will settle down. I know that first hand as this is my 2nd quit, I remained quit for good 2+ years before picking up bad habit again.

This time is last time I am quitting and will fight temporary depressive mood and anxiety.

Again, thanks all for your time and support.

Cheers

Thank you all for support.

I haven't given up yet and is still on quit journey day 104. Today seems to be easier. I am doing meditation which helps.

I believe, the depressive mood and anxiety is just body and mind's way to achieve complete recovery. I will stay put and will wait it out. This phase shall go as well!

Any beginners who had seen my this story, I request you not to be discouraged as we all are different and will have different quit experiences. I wish everyone to have smooth quit journey.

This is war against nicotine and freedom comes with few bumpy days but ultimately things will settle down. I know that first hand as this is my 2nd quit, I remained quit for good 2+ years before picking up bad habit again.

This time is last time I am quitting and will fight temporary depressive mood and anxiety.

Again, thanks all for your time and support.

Cheers

I am 32 days quit . I have my triggers both physical and mental why not try an eclipse mint and chill out by going for a break at work or walk the block.