Yeah, I know -- I haven't posted in many moons. But to be fair, if you refer back to one of my first posts, I did mention that posting less is a sign of a healthy Quit! So don't be upset, it just means things have been going really well.
There is great wisdom in coming together with other Quitters to bolster each other and gain strength from one another. There's another really excellent reason to "talk" with others about quitting -- you learn lots of stuff you wouldn't have known otherwise. There is so much we learn from people who have already gone through what we're going through.
So it's no surprise when I stumble across something at the Q that just makes me enormously thankful I have that spot to turn to. First off, today I have been having some smoking thoughts. I stepped down to 7 mg patches last weekend. But we were celebrating two things, my birthday and our 2 year anniversary, so I think the NicoTurd coulda come up to me and spit in my eye and I wouldn't have flinched. I was just having too good a time.
This is "D3" of this level on the patch. It is not, by any stretch of the imagination, as bad as D3 of my Quit was. But I'm being very cautious and staying close to the Q in case I need to shout out for help. Yes, I feel that shaky.
It really helps settle my nerves to read what others who have Quit have written. Here's something that I can share, though not written by me (I'm not experienced enough to write something like this yet) and it may help others who are thinking about or in the middle of a quit. It's an outline of the stages of a quit and what is likely to occur at various points along the way.
I believe strongly that each of us has his or her own unique Quit. This isn't something to tell you what you WILL experience, but a general guideline in case you need it along the way. My Quit has been extremely kind to me, but I find myself needing to understand things from time to time. So this Stages outline may help you...
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