Early Stages
Hi all - (prior) daily smoker of about 10 years and I’ve just hit 11 days clean. I’m feeling generally pretty good, and today I had the thought of ‘it sucks not to have a constant hit of a dopamine’.
I suppose that’s actually a good thing, as now I’ll have to actually DO things to get a reward response.
It’s not exactly a deep thought, but I suppose when you’re used to just putting a drug in your system to manage your feelings for a long time it warps your perception of things a bit.
Anyway, not many people around smoke so I don’t have anyone to talk about this stuff with, hence this post.
Is anyone in this stage at the moment? Any tips/ ways of framing things to yourself/ things you do to manage the feeling of dullness while your body and mind get back to normal?
I find exercise helps me