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Eventually this turned into a cigarette everyday, to multiple cigarettes everyday, and then finally almost a pack a day. I knew that if I didn’t quit soon I’d regret it later, I didn’t quit for a long time.When I finally did quit I was pissed at my naive younger self. It was probably one of the hardest things I’ve ever had to do just because nicotine seems to take over your mind until the only thing Canada Goose sale you can think about is “wow I would feel so much better if I just smoked a single cigarette. Just one to canadian goose jacket help the withdrawal. I’ll ween it will be fine!” Like your brain is trying to trick you into continuing smoking because the withdrawal is so annoying.Nicotine withdrawal isn’t just mental though, it’s physical as well. For me I constantly felt an aching in my jaw, and every one of my muscles felt canada goose clearance sale tense and sore. I was constantly grinding my teeth and chewing on things to try and relieve the tightness, but nothing worked. Those feelings were there every second when I was quitting, but the worst part was that every once in awhile(5 10 times a day) you just get this crazy intense craving for nicotine. I’m not talking about a normal craving like “wow I could go for some ice cream right now.” But like an unsatisfiable itch that you would do anything to get rid off. Your brain is screaming at cheap Canada Goose you to smoke and feel better, and it takes every single bit of your willpower to say no and stay strong. Every rational part of your mind is begging for relief, and you have to deny your basic instinctual urges. The cravings only last for 15 30 minutes a piece, canada goose coats but they feel like they’ll never go away.What kept me going was remembering the three day rule. The three day rule is a thing that most ex smokers will tell soon to be quitters about. Basically, if you can make it past that third day then you’ll be fine. The first three days are the worst, and after that it’s pretty smooth seas. I just kept thinking to myself “72/48/24 more hours and you’ll be free. You can do this. No more smelling terrible. No more going outside in the freezing cold. No more being self conscious about your breath. No more cold stares from doctors. No more going to the gas station in the middle of the night. No more running outside at the end of a movie to smoke. No more anxiety about being in a situation where there’s no way to smoke. No more labored breathing walking up stairs. No more judgment from family and friends. And no more building your life around a chemical. In [x] hours, you’ll be free.”That’s what got me through it. Knowing that when I finally quit I would be free. Addictions are like a cage. When you’re craving/withdrawling you are locked into a small cage that you can barely move in. The only way to get out is to satisfy the addiction. So you satisfy the addiction, and the door to the cage opens. And at first it feels like freedom, but after awhile you realize that you’re just being let into a bigger cage. It’s more open, there’s more freedom and room to move around, but you’re canada goose store still locked up nonetheless. You have dreams of going places and doing things, but you can’t. You can’t do these things because you’re tethered to the source of your incarceration, and if you wander too far you’ll just find yourself stuck in that cramped cage once again. Begging for freedom.Addiction is hard. When you’re addicted to something everything is working against canada goose uk black friday you. Your mind, your body, everything. The only thing that’s on your buy canada goose jacket cheap side is you, the consciousness that can deny instinctual impulses because it understands the scope of the situation. Only you are on your side. Don’t let the impulses drown out the introspection.TLDR: addictions suck. Control yourself, because if you don’t you won’t be able too.Source: A man whose been addicted to a lot of things and has gone through detox and withdrawal more times than I’d even admit to my therapist.Edit: The basic message I’m trying to get across is this. Please don’t smoke. Never pick up that first cigarette. I know a lot of younger people will call me a hypocrite, and I would’ve done the same, but please don’t make the mistakes I did. There is nothing positive about smoking. It’s gross, it smells bad, and eventually you’re life will be controlled by it. At my worst, especially during HS, I did all kinds of incredibly ignorant shit on purpose for the sole purpose of it increasing my likely hood of dying. Suicide was always on my mind but was still only a day dream or recurring intrusive thought at that point, but I truly wanted to die so I actively tried too.Jaywalking without looking on my way to/from school was the one I did the most, skating/riding without a helmet, never wore a seatbelt, when I mutilate I was never careful, typically you very careful to never reach muscle or even deep enough to need anything more than liquid stitches, but when I was certain I was ready to die I just slash away like a B horror Canada Goose Coats On Sale villain. I had my fair share of addictions and withdrawal is never fun for anyone. It can affect more than just yourself. Sometimes buy canada goose jacket that dependency takes it toll on others too. My brother has a similar situation. He smoked weed just about every night. Has a good job nice girlfriend. But one week he couldn smoke and he fucking lost it.He fine now but he also had his run ins with addictions and he didn handle them well at all.Just looking out for ya man. Don let substances get out of hand ya know?I knew a girl (a nurse no less) canada goose black friday sale that went on a lengthy Facebook rant Canada Goose Online about how she had no sympathy for addicts because they chose to use drugs so they deserved to die. I tried to reason with her and say that not every person who used drugs got addicted, just like not everyone who drinks alcohol becomes an alcoholic. No one thinks it’ll happen to them. She continued arguing. I finally snapped and said that another great example of “it’ll never happen to me” was her having sex canada goose clearance and getting knocked up senior year of high school. She made a decision thinking that she wouldn’t be one of the stats, but she was. Oh that pushed her over the edge because I brought her child into it. And then one of her trashy friends threatened to kick my ass the next time she saw me. Good times.Edit: should probably make it clear I was never judging canada goose this girl for having a baby. I was an accidental baby and easily could’ve had my own accidental baby in HS, I just lucked out. As for the Canada Goose online judgement, it’s canada goose uk outlet so ground into our culture to think of drug use as a criminal thing rather than a health crisis. My husband was originally Canada Goose Parka pretty judgmental of addicts because in his field he felt that he was being pulled away from “real crime” to deal with canada goose uk shop people who were knowingly harming themselves. He, like many people, was of the opinion that because some people are able to kick addictions without help that they all can. I finally got him to (somewhat) reconsider his stance when I explained that uk canada goose outlet I have an anxiety disorder, but it’s not severe so I am able to manage it without drugs. Not everyone is able to do that. It’s a scale. Not everyone can cope the same as everyone else, nor should they be expected to. Same thing for addicts. Some are able to quit, some can’t pull outlet themselves out of that hole. I have seen these situations:Small business guy totalled rental car after declining all coverage and canada goose coats on sale renting it via a small town bank credit card. Had to just flat pay for the car. He was used to his company card that would cover damages on cars rented with it, but this trip happened after a card security breach at Home Depot and they were sending him a new card and it hadn arrived yet, canada goose factory sale so he used his personal card.
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