When you become a power quitter some amazing things happen. You feel like shit for a few days then you start feeling better, a lot better. The next thing that happens is you feel a great sense of accomplishment that you want to share everyone. When you share with others you could either come across as a preacher or a loather, depending on your personality.

When you first quit smoking you will feel really bad for a couple of days. I’m not going to sugar coat it, it is bad for most people. In reality, though, it is no worse then a bad cold, with symptoms peaking at day 3 and mostly gone by day 7. I once went on a 7 day diet! Who can’t do something they don’t like for 7 days? Such as getting stuck with the in-laws visiting or a rained out vacation. In reality 7 days is not that long (it’s only 168 hours). I don’t want to dig to deep into the first few days as I’d like to talk about the revelation.

The Revelation! After about 5-10 days you will experience a very happy moment; the moment you realize you made it through the physical withdraw symptoms. This is cause for a celebration and big pat on the back! You made it through the toughest part so breathe some fresh air and take a moment to reflect. This should be remembered as a moment of accomplishment and fear, accomplishment that you did it, fear that you will NEVER put yourself through it again.

So you have powered through your quit, you have proved to yourself that you can live without nicotine. You are now an ex smoker, but now what to do when you encounter current smokers. As a smoker you know you hated being preached to about not smoking. But as an ex-smoker you know what a great accomplishment quitting is and that everyone should be able to do it. I would say the best way to go about this is to praise the fact that you quit smoking, giving the details “I quit 41 days ago and I smoked for over 20 years” but not go into any of the smoking kills preaching. Being an ex-smoker is enough to help them start their quit journey.

The best way to not be a preacher or a loather and to stay an ex is to never forget your quit!

You Have the Power to Quit!

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