Kate,
Congratulations on making it through your first weekend smoke free!!!! Way to go! You should reward yourself well for your 1 week accomplishment AND for socializing with friends and not smoking!
As for being sad, that's a natural occurance. I assume that most of your social experiences in the past involved smoking... it's only natural to feel a little sad, perhaps a little nostalgic, because you're doing something for the first time without your "companion." This feeling will pass after a while... everytime you do something new that you haven't done smoke free before, you will break a little bit more of the connection between that activity and smoking to the point where it doesn't exist anymore and you can do that activity without feeling sad at all.
Have you ever had an old boyfriend that you were really in love with, but then for some reason, the two of you broke up? The first time you go to the place that was "your place" or even some place where the two of you had been before, it brings back memories and we get a little nostalgic about it... that doesn't mean that we necessarily want to go back and be with that person... especially if that person was as abusive as cigarettes are to us... it's just a memory association and it's completely normal. But, that feeling passes each time you do that thing, or go to that place, without the old, abusive companion.
Take heart Kate that this feeling will subside and you will feel the freedom that quitting offers. Reward yourself for 1 awesome week of freedom! That should help you feel better too!
Crave the Quit!
Pam
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 241
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 6,042
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $995.33
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 17 [B]Hrs:[/B] 12 [B]Mins:[/B] 56 [B]Seconds:[/B] 32
