Having a hard day today

[telsie]

Originally Posted by impostor71

Thank you for the words of encouragement everyone! So far, I've held off on smoking one. It eases my mind knowing that I could just go smoke one if I really have to. But still, I'd rather not. I guess I'm afraid of 1 analog leading to 2 to 10...

I know what you mean. I'm still carrying the partial pack in my purse that I had when I quit. I haven't been able to leave the house without it because I still have the fear of being out somewhere and needing one. So many quitting smoking sites tell you to remove all smoking paraphernalia — throw out the smokes, hide the lighters, wash the ashtrays and stow them away... But all that would do is stress me. I get some comfort in knowing I could smoke at any moment if I wanted to. But I don't want to because 1 would lead to 2 to 10...

Every time I think I'm over the hump, I hit a trouble spot, but in general it really is getting easier. I'm certainly not thinking about analogs as much. The hardest times seem to be the mornings and after dinner. I'm actually doing fine with the routine/habit of those times, but I still very much miss the satisfaction of that post-dinner smoke and I very much miss the *wake-up* effect of that first one in the morning (it's amazing how much less coffee seems to be doing for me without the analogs!).

Vaping is still keeping me from smoking, though.