Taylor,
What you're going through is completely normal! My hardest day of the quit was day 10. I think that was because the first few days, I was proud, excited and was reading all kinds of new things and that kept me going. But then, I felt like I should be "over" this by now, and started getting frustrated with myself. It sounds to me like you're kinda doing the same thing.
No, you will NOT feel like this forever... but it does take some time. If you're like most smokers, you smoked for many years... while 7 days is an awesome accomplishment, you're not going to be over this addiction in a week. It may take a few months to retrain your brain to do things without smoking.
Whatever you do, do NOT go back to smoking now! The only way to become a well-adjusted, comfortable ex-smoker is to not smoke. Going back to smoking now, while it might SEEM like a good idea because you're craving, will NOT be a good idea because you will feel sad, guilty and will be right back where you started and all of the hard work that you've done for the last 7 days will be for nothing. I KNOW you don't want to do that!
Unfortunately, there's no way to speed up the meter and get to that comfortable spot without going through the hard times. But I also promise you that the comfortable time WILL come. Just hang in there. Hope you had a good nap.
Crave the Quit!
Pam
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/28/2005
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 401
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 10,038
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $1656.13
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 29 [B]Hrs:[/B] 3 [B]Mins:[/B] 20 [B]Seconds:[/B] 29
