*Day 1959
Started the day with a headache…again
Tired of it. Do not know what causes it, maybe the emotional week last week? But before that the headache already has started.
This is week 3 of it
Yesterday hubby and the boys came back from their holiday so the house is filled again. Better!
We made a walk and catched up time
Today? Getting groceries and going to a triftshop to relax a bit. Having my day off today.
Try to find some distraction and take care of myself is the focus of today.
And all this sober ofcourse
See you!
41 days clean alcohol&drugs
2 days clean cigarettes
i’m vaping right now with low amounts of nicotine just to replace smoking cigarettes with something else right now otherwise i won’t make it or i will get agitated and will end up doing something stupid or fucking something up. a friend of mine also recently quit and is around 30 days cigarettes free and he is a big motivation for me right now, as he said the first week was very hard and after it gets easier, does anyone else have any advise I can use? Any kind words are appreciated. Much love and stay on the grind y’all. Proud of everyone that is sober for just today.
Excellent plan Leroy! I think it took me about ten days of being quit cold turkey before it got easier. So when you’re still ingesting nicotine like you do, expect it to take a bit longer as you still feed your physical dependency to nicotine. The mind games -breaking the habit of smoking- continued for quite a bit longer with me. But it’s so worth it! It’s the first addiction I tackled and it changed my life. No joke.
As for tips, practising the 4 D’s when craving helped me big time early on. Here they are:
Discuss. When a craving hits, discuss it with others, instead of giving in.
Deep breaths. Doing some breathing exercises helps you relax and also mimics inhaling , which will help lessening the crave.
Drink water. Drinking lots of water when a craving hits helps. Really!
There was a fifth D too, but I can’t remember what it was right now. Wishing you all success! And here’s my numbers, not to boast (well a little bit maybe) but to inspire. I hope.
Day 219. Working 8_5 today. On call on Thursday… So a busy week.
I need to stay focused and keep coming on here. I think my mistake (one of) years back was becoming complacent and not visiting here. Today I will be sober. I will deal with tomorrow when I get there
And couldn’t happen to a cooler person. You’re so cool! I’m here for it, I’m sure plenty of others are here for it, too. No time like the present and all that jazz.
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