These are quotes from the online support group I belong to (from members of the group). They sum up the quitting experience and give me comfort and inspiration.
"The quit process isn't exactly a trip to Disneyland. No, it's more like a root canal followed by a colonoscopy and that's just the first week. You'll rage, cry, bloat, fart, get zits and feel about as cute as a boil on a hairball and that's the easy part. But it's so worth it. I promise."
“Smoking and Nicotine mask emotions. When you quit and if you start to bitch, whine, laugh uncontrollable, whatever. It is your body and mind adjusting to a drug free way of looking at things. In time, it sorts itself out. You're not crazy, believe me. So keep on laughing till it hurts, it kills the cravings and believe me, no one has ever died from a craving.”
“Quitting and staying quit are life giving acts. You will discover things about yourself that will make you smile. If you discover things about yourself that make you frown, you can change those too. You can do anything cause you've already quit smoking.”
“My theory is that, like children, periods of the most intense emotional growth are accompanied by the most severe emotional feelings. You are growing through something very difficult, my friend. And once you come out the other side (and believe me, you will) you will experience a self-satisfaction I can only describe as Nirvana. Hang tough. This too shall pass.”
“She's a junkie whore spider-woman-creature...
I tell her no. Sometimes she cries. Sometimes she rages. But she always goes back to sleep.”
“remember that it is the smoking that has made you feel this way, not the quitting.”
“I can't place enough emphasis on making a quit a priority. There are a lot of people who worry about being grouchy/moody, and gaining weight, and a host of other issues that arise with recovery from nicotine addiction. All I can say is that considering these things is okay, but if you let them, they can and will thwart your quit.”
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