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Old 04-14-2009, 04:30 PM   #3 (permalink)
SeekSobriety
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How much Coffee or Caffeine containing drinks are you having a day? When you Quit smoking Caffeine becomes much more potent. Nicotine cancels out the effect of nicotine so if while when using nicotine (smoking/chewing etc.) you used to drink two cups of coffee, one cup as a nonsmoker/user will probably be more then enough. Remember caffeine also stays in our system for a long time (over 8 hours) so make sure not to drink it closer to bed time.
Make sure to drink enough water and eat proper meals during the day. The body will be much less forgiving on skipped meals of any kind when not a smoker/user of nicotine. Before bed try taking a nice hot relaxing bath or shower, perhaps put on some soothing music or read a good book, something to make your mind more at ease. Make sure to get a little bit of outside time (walk,bicycle ride,etc.) something to get the body moving a little bit. That will also help eliminate the stress. You can totally do this! Congratulations!
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