That first 100 days quit……
Cat and I were just chatting a bit about feelings of complacency in
the quit at around the 3 month stage. I found this excerpt in the
quit diary I keep at one of the sites I visit :-
“The first 50 days were a real adventure. I so badly wanted to be
quit, and it was exciting as each day rolled by without smoking. I
seemed to be on a permanent high somehow, although in and between
there were days when I had craves to deal with, especially the first
couple of weeks.
The last 50 days have been different. There have been many days when
I felt like I was on some sort of plateau. Feelings of `what’s
next’, or `so what’. Some days I’d forgotten why I’d quit it’s
easy to become complacent about it all, forget all the benefits I
experienced in the early days eg more energy, senses of smell and
taste returning. And a few craves to deal with too not nicotine
related, but `mind’ craves. They’re the hardest of all, taking you
unawares.”
Could we worth chatting/posting more about these plateaux?
Pam