Quitting Smoking

Do you know what prompted the cigarette yesterday?

Or if you could have had an alternative?

Sometimes understanding why is a step in helping to quit...

Good luck on day one :)
 
ankebuzz
i have struggled with quitting myself. i smoked 6 years (started at 14) and then finally was able to quit for good last december. i had tried to quit millions of times prior to that but would always start smoking again. what was different this time: i knew deep inside that after i promised myself i'd quit, i'd immediatly regret having that one cigarette that broke the period of non-smoking - so since i knew i'd regret this, i just never was able to justify having another cigarette. (learned i'd regret it by trying previously to quit so many times) hope that makes sense? sort of hard to explain. and i was also finally READY to quit... that made a huge difference. i wont lie though, it never gets easy and its a daily struggle for a while - but if you want it enough you can do it. GOOD LUCK sweetie! and let us know how it goes
 
Thanks Mal! Basically what prompted it was impulse and rationalising... I went to my friend's place and he smokes... I mentioned I'm stopping... he said he would like to as well... he had half a box to finish so we did it and quit together.

Amagheti, I was also 14 and I am 20 now... I'm ready to kick this... I don't feel like I'm an athlete when I smoke, and I want to be one. I want to run races and things... and dance professionally maybe... I need all the lung capacity I can get!

Thanks guys, I really appreciate the support!

I am on Day 2 and all is going SWELL!!! :hurray:
 
Day 3... put a 5mg patch on today, the lightest one. Yesterday I was having hot and cold sweats, churning stomach, fleeting headaches, dizziness, nausea, sore throat, coughing and post nasal drip. I also had a serious loss of appetite. Luckily I exercised in the early morning before feeling like this.

Sounds like a flu, huh? But when I went to sleep and woke up in the middle of the night I suddenly felt back to normal. When I woke up this morning I still felt fine, but within an hour of waking the dizziness has come back. Throat and cough seem to be slightly better, but I just couldn't handle another day of shakes and nausea, so I put on a patch.

For some reason I feel like I'm letting myself down, though that's not true at all. I'm using the resources available to me to quit, no matter what it takes!

But now I'm scared... will the patch not bring back the hooked-ness and when I stop wearing them (I only have 3 more) will I feel like crap all over again!? Can you really wean yourself off nicotine?
 
you can wean yourself off the nicotine.. it takes about a week or so... the biggest addiction to fight is the cigarette feel... that thing in your hand...

You'd doing fine...
 
just poppin in to see how you are doing.

yeah I remember when I quit I had dry/sore throat and any form of physical for the first year after my throat would get a slight burning feeling. It's better now though.

Don't feel bad for using the resources available to you....they are there for a reason...we are all different and have different needs.

with that said....good for you...day 3 for whatever reason was one of my roughest days!

Stay strong....you can do this!
 
You are doing great!!! This is the hardest time, these first few days. Once you get a week or so into it the motivation becomes, I don't want to have to do that first week all over again, so I can't go back now. Use your resources, getting rid of the nicotine is alot easier than getting rid of the habit. It is normal to think you are not doing as well as you should. It is that little cigarette devil sitting on your shoulder whispering in your ear. He is trying to convince you to just give up and go back to smoking. Brush him off and tell him where he can go!!
 
Way to go Anke! I was never a 'real' smoker - I used to smoke every once in awhile when I drank, maybe a grand total of 2 or 3 packs in my life. But my brother and his wife smoke. They have tried to quit many many times and it never sticks. They just got pregnant though and I think this time it will take hold!

Good luck on your journey. It's hard but SO worth it.
 
Thanks everyone... your support means so much to me!

Day 3 is basically over and I am through it okay, all be it with shakes and hot flushes! Was a little better than yesterday, so that's good!
 
Keep a positive attitude. Remember this is not an impossible task. After quitting this bad habit, you will feel proud and be happy. A feeling of achievement will fill you with confidence and you will be a happier person.
 
It gets easier every day. Then just like everything else you will have some days that are better than others, but by then, the addiction is over and it is just the old crutch you are looking for. I use a silkquit.com ticker in my taskbar. I like that it is always there keeping track of how long I have not smoked, how much money I have saved, and how much time I have added to my life. I find it motivational. You are doing sooooo good, keep it up!
 
Thanks guys!

I am on day 5 now, wow... Now tonight I have to go to a barbecue and drinks evening... the food and drink's not a problem, but both friends smoke... I don't think I'll crave though. Got a few packs of sugar free gum to chew on if I'm desperate!
 
WOW day 5 already...you are doing great!!!!

Now we are all a little different but I'll tell you that being around others who smoke + drinking = CRAVINGS!

Just remember....It won't be as good as your little head thinks it will be so if you get the slightest craving remind yourself of that....BUT with that said you are awesome and I'm sure you'll do just fine!!!!!
 
I am on DAY 9!!!

This is getting easier. I started exercising again this morning.... things are looking up!
 
That is awesome!!! I talked to my friend who is in kind of the same boat you are and she still isn't smoking either! I'm so proud of the both of you because like I told you before, and she would tell you: "If she can do it, you can do it"... I promise you that ;)

-Sam
 
Nice work! I quit smoking on Jan 1, 2007. Haven't even touched a cig since then... tried 3-4 times before then by weaning off, or with the patch... but in the end only WANTING to quit made me quit. :) It's still hard sometimes, but I just think about the things I can do now (run a 5k, for one...) that I couldn't do before. It's definitely made this whole dieting/losing weight/getting fit thing much easier and much more possible.

Cravings only last 2-5 minutes, so if you can divert your attention elsewhere for those short few seconds, you're golden. Wish you the best!
 
Thanks guys!

Now, I need to admit this: I'm still smoking green. More so now... :( Will be cutting down, then also just stopping in a few weeks.

Otherwise, day 10 is going fine!
 
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