Save me from GOOD stress
I am still hanging in there, almost 3 days now, but life is throwing
me some curve balls. Long story, but over the past 24 hrs I’ve
gotten two bits of VERY good news. It’s better than bad news I guess
but it still makes me want to smoke for all kinds of reasons…
1. to celebrate
2. both bits of good news also make me verrrry nervous
3. what if something goes wrong, I must be dreaming, this is TOO good
So far I am just telling myself, “Yes this is all good, let’s just
see what happens, and either way you will be so much happier as a non-
smoker!” I just wanted to point out here that it isn’t only BAD
things that make you stressful.
Marian
October 27th, 2004 at 1:15 am
Hi Marian - day 3 for me too
You’re dead on - good things can just be as stressful as bad ones.
I’m realising I smoked to celebrate the good times as well as the
bad ones ….in fact, I smoked whatever the event was. It just
amazes me more and more how those cigs were tied up in everything I
did.
Day 2 wasn’t too bad, but this brain fog is a total pain. I could
hardly string a thought together yesterday til much later on in the
evening when I felt a lot better and clearer in my mind. Today
started off ok, by this afternoon I found myself getting really
irritable/short tempered with anything/one that breathed. I went out
for a long walk and just emptied my mind (not difficult at the
moment, there’s not too much in there). It helped de-stress and
relax me physically and I had no smoking urges at all.
I got ICQ up and running last night - thanks to Steve for walking me
through that - and I think maybe focussing on something other than
my quit helped a lot.
My sleep patterns are up the wall, and for now I just accept that
I’ll sleep when my body needs it, and I’m not going to get hung up
about it (more stress)
thats it for now
Anita