I understand exactly where you´re coming from. The first week you can kind of trick yourself into getting through it, its all a temporary situation, you sleep as much as you can etc. The second week is the realisation that its actually over for good, quite hard work and not a great deal of fun. Now you have to decide whether you´re in it for the long slog, or whether you cave in.
You start analysing the pros and cons of quitting. You´ve saved some cash, but you´re miserable. You don´t feel like Superman all of a sudden either, which is a smidge disappointing. I think its very easy to lose sight of why you were giving up in the first place in the second week which is why I imagine they place so much emphasis on preparation here. Its now that you need a reminder of what your goals were - kicking the smoker´s cough, the smell of your clothes, the rewards you were going to have. Stuff you wrote down when you were sound of mind prior to quitting.
If you did any of that, go back and have a look at it. If not, don´t worry. I can tell you from experience that were you to light up a smoke now it wouldn´t taste half as good as you thought it was going to, which is the first kick in the teeth. Added to that you have the feeling of disappointment that you´ve let yourself down again, and that now you´re going to have to go through another week of grief just to get back to the point you were half an hour ago. What´s more you´d probably buy a pack of smokes, and even though the first one was revolting you´d smoke 5 more in pretty quick succesion, you´ll have a headache, your hands will tremble and your eyes that were just starting to look pretty clear and sparkly are already looking like a road map again.
Its just so not worth it. Do anything but light up. Buy yourself a Happy Meal instead, the craving will pass. As I said, it does get easier, and I´ve no reason at all to lie about that.
You can do this, I know you can.
Regards
Steve
My Milage:My Quit Date: 8/24/2009
Smoke-Free Days: 29
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,015
Amount Saved: �152.25
Life Gained:Days: 4
Hrs: 4
Mins: 35
Seconds: 14