It's 4:24 am and I feel like smoking.The weird thing
about the cravings is,that it is almost always present for a short
duration of about 10-minutes.As long as I can get past that 10-minute period, I can stay sober. Not getting exposed to friends who are
smokers also plays a vital role in the first 2 weeks,because we are
most vulnerable during this period for a relapse. It was an easy day, no tough craving episodes. Only once in the noon after a good heavy lunch. Most smoker's will identify with the fact that the urge to smoke is maximum after a good meal or during a drinking session.I don't know the reason for it, and I shall try to find it. Stress seems to be another factor which seems to get everyone to smoke like chimneys, but that hasn't been a problem for me, until recently when I started smoking 2-3 at a time the day before my exams. It is day 4 and I am not feeling any different. I thought about a cigarette only once today and that is an achievement in itself. The fact that it's going so well is a little scary. It all feels a little too easy. I must not celebrate any sobriety landmarks with a cigarette. That was my mistake, the last time I tried to quit smoking. I celebrated 100 days of being smoke free with a cigarette and never stopped. I know, I know, very stupid of me. I will definitely not repeat that mistake again. |
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Day 3posted Apr 4, 2010 2:04 PM by Bhaskar Ramaiah [ updated Apr 5, 2010 10:31 AM ] |