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Originally Posted by Silent_Thunder
I haven't been smoking for about 3 months until yesterday. I was going through a lot of mood swings, overall depression and lack of inspiration during this time. I had to control myself almost all the time.
So for the last few days, i smoked again and it was like the light from above - instantly back to the nice and relaxed life. 
Maybe i'm exaggerating a bit, but i really don't want to continue quitting anymore, because of this contrast.
If you have quit this habit, how do you deal with your moods? |
here's the deal: I quit 13-14 years ago. haven't smoked since. I would like to smoke however I don't want to get caught up in all the crap with it again. now this, emotionally there are a few bad times, like 3 months, 6 moths. I thought I was gonna have to shoot myself from the emotional 'crash' ... the thing is that's just the cycle of nicotine withdrawal. go ahead a quit again, make a note in your calender app to remind you when you hit these areas of time, realize what the problem is and do not start again. on another note: the urge to smoke goes away whether you smoke or not. pay attention to see if you're 'smoking at people' you'll see it if you watch yourself closely and watch others, it's the weirdest thing
now here's how I quit: treated nicotine like heroin. I lowered my dose by switching to lower nicotine cigarettes and smoking like I always did, don't like fucking with myself for no unnecessarily by trying to smoke at this time or that time and only "X" amount of ciggys per day. fuck that for sure. I bought cartons, went from regular to mediums to lights to ultralights... took a year and then one day I just stopped. now the bad news::I prayed every morning and every night for the willingness to quit. also went to smokers anonymous for about 3 months, once a week. got invaluable information. and there ya have it. -bmb