Thoughts from the trenches

I know from my last journey through Quit Smoking Hell that this journey is a roller coaster ride, but so far this time it has been more like voyage to the bottom of the sea. Yesterday I was going through craves worse than anything I experienced in eight months the last time around, and today, although I haven't had many craves, I have been feeling somewhat lower than a snake's navel. Everything I see and hear seems to put me into a deeper funk today. It's not a matter of seeing the glass as half-full or half-empty; today the glass seems to be shattered into a thousand shards that will never again hold a drop of liquid.They say that every quit is different, and I sure as hell can't argue with that right now. I can't help but think of the question that keeps coming up here on the board: Why do people relapse after a long time quit? And, I think I am beginning to understand the reason. After getting through the physical withdrawal stuff, and re-training your brain to not respond

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