Checking in today
Hi all
Well, today is a new day, and a nice bright, sunny, autumn one at
that. I am feeling quite relaxed today, although still very light
headed and sort of floaty - that is the only way to describe it.
It will be a testing time today, as I work morning and night, and at
work I can not walk away from the smoke sometimes.
Anyone feel really tired at the beginning of their quit. I feel like
I could sleep and sleep.
Lynne
March 16th, 2003 at 7:10 pm
— In CognitiveQuitSmoking@y…, “Becky aka Chennoa” <chennoa@c…
slept…….it felt really good too……..and I am now back to my
normal sleep pattern.
Becky
That is exactly how I am feeling - it is soooo weird isn’t it? How
long until this passes?
Lynne
March 17th, 2003 at 6:37 pm
Hi Lynne
Good luck at work today - just remember what Steve said - we do have a choice
once we have made the decision to quit - you either choose to smoke or choose
to accept the discomfort for the benefits you will get as a non-smoker.
Yes I felt tired at beginning of quit - in fact still do, think it might have
something to do with nicotine being a chemical which makes heart beat faster
and so maybe we are running on more adrenalin when smoking.
Don’t really know but it sounds feasible.
love
Indi
March 18th, 2003 at 11:36 pm
In a message dated 20/11/01 16:55:59 GMT Standard Time,
kisses@… writes:
Hi Lynne
Think this varies between individuals - for me it lasted about 3-4 weeks but
I put some of that down to zyban.
Don’t feel like that now but still have what I call ‘physical’ cravings which
I know are nothing to do with my body needing a nic fix but have read that
some people have physical cravings up to 12 weeks.
Still the cravings only last a few minutes at a time (unless of course you
keep them in your mind for a long time - which we are capable of doing) and I
would certainly rather have the cravings and be a non-smoker than go back to
being a smoker cos then I still have the cravings anyway.
Steve posted the other day about what would make people think smoking was
worth it and one of the examples he gave was being diagnosed with a terminal
illness.
I always thought that if that happened to me I would go back to drinking (I’m
a recovered alcoholic) and certainly smoking. Now I’m not so sure.about
either.
I know that if I was diagnosed I might end up drinking cos that does
something to your brain - but now I am a non-smoker I really cannot see me
taking up smoking cos I haven’t figured out one good thing that smoking does.
So think I will stay as a non-smoker irrespective of what the future has in
store for me
love
Indi