Posted by alexandra_k on September 29, 2010, at 0:07:10
In reply to Re: Getting there... » alexandra_k, posted by twinleaf on September 27, 2010, at 14:03:02
Hey. Thanks for the good wishes. Good to hear of someone who managed to quit at around my age. Great that you did it without gum etc, too. I'm a big fan of gum. The plan was to switch from smoking to gum (since nicotine isn't any worse for you than caffeine it is just certain mechanisms of delivery that are harmful). Over time I found that I actually didn't want it, though. Made me feel jittery and anxious (like I'd had too much coffee) and found the gum chewing to upset my stomach a little. So (much to my surprise) giving up the gum was easy, though the gum was a bit of a lifesaver with respect to giving up the cigarettes.
Shows how much more than nicotine is in the addictive power of cigarettes... I swear that there is some other active chemical in tobacco smoke that is addictive...
When I moved back to Australia I resumed with my therapist here. Eventually... There were some problems there for a while, but things are pretty much how they used to be before with him now. Bit hard at the moment... Maintenance, I guess. He is mostly hearing about the gym these days since I've got this wall up to prevent myself being overloaded in contemplating all this other stuff...
That being said I've done a bit of it today and it didn't seem too overwhelming so possibly the tide is turning :-)
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