You feel a little queasy, decidedly ill

I used to suffer from hyperventilation attacks.

Since I've given up cigarettes (ha ha), whenever I lapse, well, it's okay if I'm drinking, but if the relapse lasts longer, and I smoke again after I've sobered up, I feel very ill. The other night, I had to have a lie down in a darkened room, and I felt that strange tingling in my fingers that I used to get at the onset of my hyperventilation attacks.

I've just had another cigarette, due to a fit of nervousness, and I feel ill again. I really should give up for good and all. Does anyone have any tips (and not just filter tips)?

I think I'm going to have to lie down again.

9 Replies to “You feel a little queasy, decidedly ill”

  1. Yes, I’ve heard that. I suppose, as with all addictions and bad habits, the reason I can’t give up is because I’m not one person, but two – one who wants to give up, and one who doesn’t.

  2. And a third stupid here. Hypnotism only works if you let it. I get sick if I smoke more than one or two cigs a day and I’ve never smoked more than that, some times not at all. For me, it’s more a thing I do when i’m terribly nervous or just had to speak in public or something. I find it comforting. Plus it weirds out my super-straight friends 🙂 Yes, I am mentally only twelve.

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