Thanks Pink Flowers!

 

I am so happy to have found this site!  It has given me alot more information on addiction and how to beat it than I have had before.  You are so right about my previous relapse.  I didn't have the tools I needed that time.  Right now I am trying to take things one day at a time.  The past two days were difficult and I have ALOT of triggers to encounter before they will be gone but so far so good.  Some of the links that Joel put out here for me were very helpful.  I took bits and pieces of the information and put it into a document that I printed and will keep that with me to read at any given time that I experience wanting a cig.  The biggest thing I need to stop doing is arguing with the fact that I had an urge and accept that I am having those feelings and think about the reality of smoking rather than the fact that I miss the "good" cig. 

 

I thew out my cigs the day I quit, it would be really hard for me to get one if I felt tempted.  There are no more ashtrays (yuck) or lighters either.  I guess I will, over time and fighting the triggers,  feel more normal and get back to my true self.  Right now it has been difficult due to having a 17 year addiction and the behavior patterns need to change.  I loved the "executive assistant" article.  That was exactly what I needed to read and keep in mind the next time my brain remembers that I used to smoke doing any given activity. 

 

Thank you for the support and NTAP!

 

Kellie