http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2007/03/26/today-is-my-quit-day-am-i-too-late/ Wed, 03 Dec 2008 08:54:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2007/03/26/today-is-my-quit-day-am-i-too-late/#comment-3250 Herbert Carolyne Sun, 01 Apr 2007 16:53:28 +0000 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2007/03/26/today-is-my-quit-day-am-i-too-late/#comment-3250 Hi Jannine... Please don't give up..... A little over 2 years ago I was in the exact same place you are now... I didn't want to smoke, but I couldn't understand why I didn't feel any better.... why it was still so hard.... and I remember saying almost what you did.... I was ready to go back to smoking just to feel normal again.... I really thought I had used the cogquit method.... well I understood the theory, and used some of the techniques... I thought that was enough... I remember crying to Steve about this, and he explained to me that while I was no longer addicted to nicotine... my body was still adapting to my nicotine free state.. In a broad sense, I will attempt to tell you what he told me... When you smoke cigarettes, the nicotine replaces the acetylcholine in the nerve synapses through your body...while it only take 3 days for the nicotine to be gone, it takes considerably longer for the acetylcholine to return to <!--more--> normal levels.... I also did some further research into this... and discovered the nicotine also effected the calcium channels in the nerve exitation process, and as I was taking calcium channel blockers, giving up nicotine also changed the effective dosage of my medication and that wasn't helping me feel better either... Believe me though, eventually your body will come back into balance, and you will feel so much better, in fact, eventually you will wonder why you thought the way you felt while you were smoking.. was normal.. Go back to your timer exercise, which will help you discover what your body really needs to help you feel better, be patient, and very soon you will comfortably quit like us..... Hugz Ozipam. Over 2 years quit, thanks to ddsteve and cogquit Hi Jannine…
Please don’t give up…..
A little over 2 years ago I was in the exact same place you are now…
I didn’t want to smoke, but I couldn’t understand why I didn’t feel any
better…. why it was still so hard…. and I remember saying almost what
you did…. I was ready to go back to smoking just to feel normal again….
I really thought I had used the cogquit method…. well I understood the
theory, and used some of the techniques… I thought that was enough…
I remember crying to Steve about this, and he explained to me that while I
was no longer addicted to nicotine… my body was still adapting to my
nicotine free state..
In a broad sense, I will attempt to tell you what he told me… When you
smoke cigarettes, the nicotine replaces the acetylcholine in the nerve
synapses through your body…while it only take 3 days for the nicotine to
be gone, it takes considerably longer for the acetylcholine to return to

normal levels….
I also did some further research into this… and discovered the nicotine
also effected the calcium channels in the nerve exitation process, and as I
was taking calcium channel blockers, giving up nicotine also changed the
effective dosage of my medication and that wasn’t helping me feel better
either…
Believe me though, eventually your body will come back into balance, and
you will feel so much better, in fact, eventually you will wonder why you
thought the way you felt while you were smoking.. was normal..
Go back to your timer exercise, which will help you discover what your body
really needs to help you feel better, be patient, and very soon you will
comfortably quit like us…..
Hugz
Ozipam.
Over 2 years quit, thanks to ddsteve and cogquit

]]> http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2007/03/26/today-is-my-quit-day-am-i-too-late/#comment-3238 Raleigh Missy Tue, 27 Mar 2007 05:29:01 +0000 http://www.smoking.wordpress-by.org/2007/03/26/today-is-my-quit-day-am-i-too-late/#comment-3238 Hi Jen, How did yesterday go? How is today going? Have you managed to read through any of the material on the Getting Started link? Can we help? Steve Hi Jen,
How did yesterday go? How is today going?
Have you managed to read through any of the material on the Getting Started
link?
Can we help?
Steve

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