Doinit4mygirls,
I love your name. Keep reminding yourself of that when you're going through withdrawals/recovery. Unfortunately, we smoked for many years... it's going to take more than 8 days to undo everything you did to your body. It takes a while to retrain our brains, but it WILL get better! I'm sorry to hear that your wife is still smoking. Hopefully she will quit one day as well, but the best way you can get her to do that is to just be a positive example and keep your quit. This is your quit, not hers, and while that's not easy, it's the way it MUST be. I hope, for both of your sakes, that she does quit soon.
Just take it minute by minute... and if you have to, milisecond by milisecond... that's the advice of a very wise man here, Yoda (the name says it all, huh!) You can do anything for a milisecond and those miliseconds add up and before you know it, you're well on your way to a successful quit. Yes, the first few weeks are a roller-coaster ride and it's not a fun ride either, but it sure is worth it when it's all said and done. Don't give up! Just keep going. If sheer determination is what's keeping you going, then keep using that as long as you can. Try to distract yourself whenever a crave hits. And make sure you reward yourself. Did you reward yourself for one week yet? If not, go do that! Do something fantastic for yourself! You're doing the best thing you can possibly do for yourself, so be kind to your body while it's making this huge adjustment. You're doing an awesome job! Just keep it up!
Crave the Quit!
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[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 101
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 2,548
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $333.3
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 7 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 31