The First Four Weeks

[Doreen]

Darlene asked a very good question over at (QPC) Quit Party Central - Celebrating Our Milestones : "I was reading about Hell week, Heck week....etc. Can you explain all these for me? Never heard of it before."

Sure, Darlene. This was something that I heard over at my former stop smoking sight.

The first week is called Hell Week for the obvious reasons - the first 72 hours of that week are spent just trying to get the toxins out of your system - the rest of the week can just be plain hell.

The second week is called Heck Week. Its not as bad as the first, but almost.

The third week is called Weak Week. I'm not exactly sure why, but my assumption is that by this week you are so tired from fighting the craves that you are feeling weak. A good time to keep your guard up as the nicodemon is ready to pounce on a crave at a moments notice.

The fourth week is called Sneak Week. Again, my assumption is because by now you've made it through Hell and Heck and you're feeling stronger than Weak. The nicodemon is a sneaky bugger and would love nothing better than to sneak in a crave so powerful you will wonder what hit you if you cave. Again, a really good time to keep your guard up - you never know when the nicodemon might strike.

Hope this helps to answer your question. I think I will post this on my page as well so that others will know what I'm talking about in case they happen to miss this post. Hang in there - you can do this :)

[Maureen]

This has been so true. I am in week 5 and I could see myself in each and every week you mentioned. I think that week five should be called just one because that is the demon that is sneaking around the corner for me. So far I have been able to control myself because I keep telling myself not to give up the good feeling that I am feeling right now. Thanks for the advice. Maureen

[Doreen]

Sounds good to me, Maureen. That "just one" crave hangs around and rears its ugly head from time to time. The longer you are smoke free, the quieter that crave will get. C'mon over to (QPC) Quit Party Central - Celebrating our Milestones and shout out your awesome quit stats! you are doing wonderful!!

[Maureen]

Doreen,

I just joined QPC. Thanks for the encouragement.


Maureen

[Doreen]

You're quite welcome :)