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Dec 31 15 3:08 AM
Thanks for the links, Joel and Freedom Staff! Today was a difficult day, as I had probably my greatest temptation so far to light up. I was experiencing some emotional/relationship turmoil, but here's the weird part: I did fine through the turmoil part of it, but when the situation was resolved I had a
powerful
urge to have a smoke! I then realized how ingrained the idea of rewarding myself with cigarette had become for me. Wow. Addictions are so insidious.
I've noticed something else, having now completed 11 days on my quit: I'm starting to have a better awareness of my crave episodes throughout the day. At first, I had so many that I couldn't seem to distinguish them from my clear moments very well. Now, my clear moments are increasing to where I'm becoming more aware of when I'm experiencing a craving. This is good! It feels like the balance is starting to shift, for the better.
One more thing: I've noticed that when I smell someone smoking it is unpleasant for me, not a temptation. In fact, I was at the movies a couple of days ago, and someone sat in front of me at the last minute before the film began. The man reeked of cigarette smoke. As I sat there thinking how he smelled like an ashtray, I realized that I probably smelled like that for years. I'm glad I don't now.
Working through this, a day at a time.
ZenForce - Free and Healing for Eleven Days, 3 Hours and 43 Minutes, while extending my life expectancy 11 Hours, by avoiding the use of 134 nicotine delivery devices that would have cost me $33.48.
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