We're quitters!

[Champagne]

@Walker Just curious, are you literally smoke free since the start of this thread? If so, that is frickin' amazing

 

[Ixtab]

And those are NOT chickens, I grew up around chickens and ground pecking crap eaters, them ain't chickens. LOL Looks more like pigeon to me.

(Staples wings to dead rat, ashes cig in herbs-n-spices)

 

[Gonz]

Just rolled two last cigarettes, then dumped out the rest of what I had into the trash. Now, if I ever want "just one more" I'll have to spend money on it, which I'm unlikely to do.

Anyway, now it felt like my choice, rather than the world telling me I couldn't, which is easier to live with, going forward.

And, by the time I was done smoking the second one, they were kinda gross and I didn't want anymore anyway.

 

[Sunspots]

Just rolled two last cigarettes, then dumped out the rest of what I had into the trash. Now, if I ever want "just one more" I'll have to spend money on it, which I'm unlikely to do.

Anyway, now it felt like my choice, rather than the world telling me I couldn't, which is easier to live with, going forward.

And, by the time I was done smoking the second one, they were kinda gross and I didn't want anymore anyway.

Good for you

 

[Gonz]

Good for you

Thanks, yeah, I think actually sitting there with a lit cigarette in my hand and thinking to myself "I don't even want this anymore" is gonna go a lot farther toward helping me quit permanently than any abstract "facts" about how it's impacting my health.

 

[1964dodge]

Just rolled two last cigarettes, then dumped out the rest of what I had into the trash. Now, if I ever want "just one more" I'll have to spend money on it, which I'm unlikely to do.

Anyway, now it felt like my choice, rather than the world telling me I couldn't, which is easier to live with, going forward.

And, by the time I was done smoking the second one, they were kinda gross and I didn't want anymore anyway.

great job @Gonz i know you can do this...mike...

 

[TreeShade17]

this is 3rd day on patches

 

[Lara_C]

Relapse today. Smoked whole pack

 

[Sunspots]

Relapse today. Smoked whole pack

Bad girl. Don't do it again

Any idea why? Stressful day?

 

[Lara_C]

Bad girl. Don't do it again

Any idea why? Stressful day?

Yeah, not the whole day, just about 15 mins. I fell for the just one idea. I feel yukky....smoke filling my lungs and house all stuffy. I forgot how horrible it is . Planning on quitting again tomorrow

 

[Lisa the Goatgirl]

Yeah, not the whole day, just about 15 mins. I fell for the just one idea. I feel yukky....smoke filling my lungs and house all stuffy. I forgot how horrible it is . Planning on quitting again tomorrow

Relapses are never fun when it comes to self-esteem. But the silver lining is that you can make how gross you feel rn into a teachable moment, you can remind yourself of this unpleasant feeling the next time you get a craving.

 

[Auri]

Yeah, not the whole day, just about 15 mins. I fell for the just one idea. I feel yukky....smoke filling my lungs and house all stuffy. I forgot how horrible it is . Planning on quitting again tomorrow

You can do this. Relapsing happens, but it doesn't mean you failed and doesn't have to happen again. Tomorrow is another day.

 

[Sunspots]

And at least you smoked the whole pack so you won't feel the need to finish them off tomorrow

New day, new start

 

[Lara_C]

Errr well, I got two packs actually which makes it harder....

 

[Nick]

Soooo while we are admitting things, I may have found a pack while I was cleaning and I definitely didn't throw them away and I may have smoked some (most) of them. Ducky really needed them.

 

[Lara_C]

That makes me feel much better

 

[Lara_C]

But the silver lining is that you can make how gross you feel rn into a teachable moment, you can remind yourself of this unpleasant feeling the next time you get a craving.

I'm wondering if I should chain smoke the second pack tonight to make myself thoroughly sick. Aversion therapy

 

[Lisa the Goatgirl]

I'm wondering if I should chain smoke the second pack tonight to make myself thoroughly sick. Aversion therapy

Ultimately, you're going to know what works best for you, so if you think that genuinely could help to reinforce the negative associations which will help you ward off future cravings, then i can respect that. My only question would be (and please don't think i'm trying to tell you your own thoughts here), are you certain that you'd be doing it primarily to make yourself hate it, or would it be possible that you were doing it because that's what you in some ways wanted to do, and this would just give you a good reason?

 

[Lara_C]

My only question would be (and please don't think i'm trying to tell you your own thoughts here), are you certain that you'd be doing it primarily to make yourself hate it, or would it be possible that you were doing it because that's what you in some ways wanted to do, and this would just give you a good reason?

Good question and thanks for making me think. I'm sure that i would only chain smoke a pack to deliberately make myself feel ill, which I know it will because I already feel horrible after smoking the first pack

Amazingly enough, thinking about smoking another whole pack tonight and how sick it would make me feel has killed the desire to smoke at all.

I'm hesitating to throw the unopened pack down the toilet, but if I can do that i will beat this.I

ETA I just threw the tobacco from them all over the weeds in the garden to poison them instead of me . At 03.20 AM. All gone! Thanks @Cynic Goat

 

[Lisa the Goatgirl]

Good question and thanks for making me think. I'm sure that i would only chain smoke a pack to deliberately make myself feel ill, which I know it will because I already feel horrible after smoking the first pack

Amazingly enough, thinking about smoking another whole pack tonight and how sick it would make me feel has killed the desire to smoke at all.

I'm hesitating to throw the unopened pack down the toilet, but if I can do that i will beat this.I

ETA I just threw the tobacco from them all over the weeds in the garden to poison them instead of me . At 03.20 AM. All gone! Thanks @Cynic Goat

Well done, i think that's probably the choice for the best, and i really respect you managing to do that. I'm really glad that the thought of how rough that pack would make you feel you helped you get off the smokes, here's hoping it sticks this time.
For what it's worth, for me it was the relapse that made the quitting stick, so there's every chance this was just the final push you needed to kick it for good.