Hi. I quit on 9/30 & took 2 weeks off from work to do this. I am an assistant at a law office and have worked there since 1986. It is fast paced and a high pressure job. I have managed my quit in the past two weeks but the real test is maintaining it after my return to work. Another thing about me is that I have social anxiety and panic attacks which in the late 1970s was so bad that I dropped out of college.
I have been taking zoloft for past 18 years and that has helped some as far as the social anxiety. But I still get very wound up - not only with social anxiety - but I guess you could say I'm really high strung - and the smoking was what I used to make myself feel better. I could go thru a tense situation at work and then go to the back porch outside, smoke a few puffs, and my stress level plummeted. I bascially could smoke whenever I wanted in quick breaks.
I'm worried that I'll go crazy or something if I can't reduce my work stress. I go back on Tuesday. Help?
