Thank you!! I won't lie: it's been incredibly difficult at times. I usually can get through it, but when my nicotine cravings were typically the strongest (usually after about 7pm until I'd go to bed), I now have strong cravings for food instead---especially food I otherwise never used to eat, such as sweets. I've never had much of a "sweet tooth" until now.
Unfortunately, I've given in to these cravings, with the fear that I will relapse on smoking cessation if I ignore them. But as I was telling my friend the other night, I'd rather be fat than be addicted to smoking. :P Besides, this is something I can easily overcome in time. That's not the case with smoking.
Ultimately I'd say the main source of motivation for me is the reminder of what I went through over the last four and a half years. Honestly, I'd rather have to deal with the most severe nicotine withdrawal symptoms for the rest of my life than to EVER have to live like that again. That's how bad it was.
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Date: 2009-08-01 07:01 am (UTC)Unfortunately, I've given in to these cravings, with the fear that I will relapse on smoking cessation if I ignore them. But as I was telling my friend the other night, I'd rather be fat than be addicted to smoking. :P
Besides, this is something I can easily overcome in time. That's not the case with smoking.
Ultimately I'd say the main source of motivation for me is the reminder of what I went through over the last four and a half years. Honestly, I'd rather have to deal with the most severe nicotine withdrawal symptoms for the rest of my life than to EVER have to live like that again. That's how bad it was.