Ugh - coughing up blood = misery.
That’s interesting about the zyban and the violence - hadn’t heard that. My friend said the patch made her barf. I guess you gotta go through pain to rid you body of such a terrible addiction. But still!
When it comes to deep breathing exercises you can get as fancy or as basic as you want, I suppose. What I did was, when I started getting tense and stressed, which was my main I NEED A CIG NOW OR SOMEONE’S GOING TO GET HURT trigger, I’d draw in a deep breath through pursed lips, just like if I had a cigarette in my mouth. Then I’d open my mouth wide and exhale, just like if I was blowing out a big plume of smoke. I remembered reading somewhere that a cigarette doesn’t calm you down so much as that first deep drag-and-release, so I tried it, and it really did help. The Tootsie Rolls just kept my mouth busy. I also knitted an 8 foot long scarf.
Kudos to the quitters! Go have a slice of cheesecake. Those things are amazing once your sense of taste comes back.
Where are Biddee and Cynical Gabe ? Did they not re-up?
I would like to know how thry’re doing.