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that's ok @TreeShade17 you will be ready to try in your own time. if possible try to find a time when you will be at a lower stress level to try. of course you can't plan on day to day stress but a little planning will help. and of course plan your quit carefully. decide if you want nicotene patches and/or something like welbutrin from your doctor or not. and maybe find a quit buddy so you can help each other quit
mike....
mike....
I really want to be a non smoker, but believe it is not a process I can go through. I doubt my ability and strength to do so.
And yet I must. cigarettes are unaffordable now, and I do not want a smoking related illness on top of other health issues.
I will try and pick a date soon. I guess that is the first step.
Usually when I am nicotine deprived I start to cry. It is instantaneous and occurs after an hour of withdrawal. It is like someone injects me with a double dose of sadness.
Glad I found this thread.
And yet I must. cigarettes are unaffordable now, and I do not want a smoking related illness on top of other health issues.
I will try and pick a date soon. I guess that is the first step.
Usually when I am nicotine deprived I start to cry. It is instantaneous and occurs after an hour of withdrawal. It is like someone injects me with a double dose of sadness.
Glad I found this thread.
I had forgotten about this thread!
After 8 days I broke and bought a pack ended up getting sick so thats that I guess.
the Wellbutrin I take for depression has helped to curb the nicotine cravings and I also use nicotine pouchs, which has been very helpful especially with the emotional part, @Wary I cry as well.
the hardest part has been during times of high stress and those times I must wait, like arriving to work early, in the past I'd have a cigarette, now I just wait all bored and fidgety lol
After 8 days I broke and bought a pack ended up getting sick so thats that I guess.
the Wellbutrin I take for depression has helped to curb the nicotine cravings and I also use nicotine pouchs, which has been very helpful especially with the emotional part, @Wary I cry as well.
the hardest part has been during times of high stress and those times I must wait, like arriving to work early, in the past I'd have a cigarette, now I just wait all bored and fidgety lol
that's great nick it sounds like you have definitely quit for good. i'm about 4 years and 4 months in so far and i can tell you i feel much better. are you feeling better since you quit? be proud of yourself fo quitting it's very hard to do
mike...
mike...
Absolutely amazing Nick, congrats! Just never forget the power of the cigarette. I had a full 2 years quit and then earlier this year was stressed and smoked one day. Few weeks later smoked again. Went on like that for a while until one day I smoked 2 days in a row. Bam. Hooked. I've been struggling to quit again for months now and I miss how clean lungs and a non sore throat felt. Oh and I hate exercising now so I dont do it. FUCK SMOKING. Keep up the good work Nick
Oh how right you are. I think smoking is one of those things that no matter how long you quit you can find yourself right back in it again in a moment if you pick up that first cigarette. It's a battle I've fought a few times in life. I've smoked a total of 23 yrs, but there were a few breaks in there where I quit. I know a whole lot more about how to smoke than how to quit smoking, that's for sure. I know it's still in my to go back to, on those days when life gets really overwhelming I do have that moment I wished I had that old habit.
When you're ready you'll get to that moment again you're ready to quit. It has to be in our own time though. It can't be out of guilt or for someone else, it has to be because you're ready. I certainly hold no judgment. I'll support you 100% now and 100% when you're ready to quit.
When you're ready you'll get to that moment again you're ready to quit. It has to be in our own time though. It can't be out of guilt or for someone else, it has to be because you're ready. I certainly hold no judgment. I'll support you 100% now and 100% when you're ready to quit.
On my third day cigarette free. Usually I quit cold turkey but right now I have a lot going on with work and I cant be all pissed off and more depressed right now. So I'm using nicotine lozenges which help a lot. I know it will likely be just as hard to quit the lozenges and when I do that I'm sure I will be tempted to smoke again but for right now I figured I'm doing harm reduction. I'm not confident that I wont smoke again but just taking it 1 day at a time.
Mantra: NOPE Not One Puff Ever
I quit 1/4/2007 -- at first it was because my dad and lover were coughing BAD but wouldn't back off - they said they promised they would on the first of the year kind of thing, then didn't so I the little "weak" one said WATCH ME .... then I was too proud to turn back. And I knew they would bust by not trying to out do me ... and it worked. Dad quit the 9th, mom shortly after - then my brother, then my now ex.
I 100% attribute our successes to finding an online quit smoking chat board. They were not into online stuff, so instead every morning they all hovered at my desk (it was a family biz) and say "ask this" "look up that" .... and I would. It is amazing how patterns emerge when you discuss that path as a group. Such as 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months - for many to the date; are very difficult days of cravings.... if you know it and look to the calendar and see it - mind blown and for me it was easier to just know this was a hard part of the cycle for many, hang in one more day .... and the days just added up.
Mantras were the NOPE mantra from above - and one more day -- I can go just one more day.... sometimes it's one more minute.....hang in there quitters!!! You aren't walking away from them - you are walking toward freedom.
I quit 1/4/2007 -- at first it was because my dad and lover were coughing BAD but wouldn't back off - they said they promised they would on the first of the year kind of thing, then didn't so I the little "weak" one said WATCH ME .... then I was too proud to turn back. And I knew they would bust by not trying to out do me ... and it worked. Dad quit the 9th, mom shortly after - then my brother, then my now ex.
I 100% attribute our successes to finding an online quit smoking chat board. They were not into online stuff, so instead every morning they all hovered at my desk (it was a family biz) and say "ask this" "look up that" .... and I would. It is amazing how patterns emerge when you discuss that path as a group. Such as 3 days, 3 weeks, 3 months - for many to the date; are very difficult days of cravings.... if you know it and look to the calendar and see it - mind blown and for me it was easier to just know this was a hard part of the cycle for many, hang in one more day .... and the days just added up.
Mantras were the NOPE mantra from above - and one more day -- I can go just one more day.... sometimes it's one more minute.....hang in there quitters!!! You aren't walking away from them - you are walking toward freedom.
