The Giving Up Smoking Thread!! Part 2

SandC

Good for you whathavewedone, you've realised that smoking can't possibly do anything for the stress of having your child unwell.

Glad that things are looking up though.

I dreamt that I smoked last night! :mad: I was so glad when I woke this morning and realised I hadn't. The disappointment in myself was just too much.

Another positive for me is that all this coughing and sore throat just makes me feel even more of a fool for putting my body through this in the first place.

Much better today though.

No cravings to speak of either.

ad1jnl

Hi All,

Quick drop in from me. I'm now on Day 11 and got to admit this weeks been harder then last. The euphoria has died down and the boredom and listlisness are getting to me. The funny thing is it isn't a cigarette I want really as I keep going over my Allen Carr prompt card things and remember the reasons as to why I've given up. I suppose its trying to find a way of filling the void - or does the void need to be filled.

I'm also getting incredibly itchy all the time - which is very annoying...... and sneezing a lot.

Chest feels better though.

Jon

MimiJane

Morning all,

Can't believe I've made it to day 9 :j. Cravings during the day now are no-where near as bad as they were to begin with ... still get occasional thoughts about smoking, but able to dismiss them quickly. I do find myself craving one after tea still though and get a bit irritable at this time :rolleyes:

All in all, pretty positive though and just keep thinking about my body recovering from all the damage done to it over the (many:rolleyes:) years though my stupidity.

Like most of you, still have a dry throaty cough and sore throat ... tends to be really bad at night, but expect that to continue for a while yet. Also sneezing a lot.

Well done whathavewedone for being so strong and getting through such a stressful time without succumbing ... the worst thing you could do for so many reasons (as you know:rolleyes:), but also the easiest and the sort of "ideal excuse" any of us could give in to. Glad your little boy is back home and hope he recovers soon. Keep being strong ...

Keep going everyone ... another day closer to "freedom" :A

x

whathavewedone

It does get more difficult in a way as time goes on because you feel as though you've achieved something after a week/ten days of not smoking but don't have anything tangible to show for it. The motivation starts to wane and you just have a restless, bored empty feeling. That's when it's most tempting to tell yourself you can reward yourself with "just the one".

I think it's the real danger point - motivation low but not yet at the stage where you have arrived at the point where you truly feel like a non smoker - eg the thought of smoking never crosses your mind.

Just a case of gritting teeth and reminding yourself that the more distance you can put between the present and your last cigarette the easier it will eventually get.

I know that if I start again I will have to quit again. There will always be pressures and there is never going to be a right time. We have quit already we just have to stay quit now. One day at a time and before we know it a year will have gone by and we'll wonder what we ever saw in smoking.

Dreamingalound

Hi all, a big welcome to day 9! Going to hit double figures tomorrow. Last night i was a lot better than i had been a lot of other evenings. During the day i am fine as i am generally busy at work, but in the evenings i get pangs and then moody and figity! Right now i am feeling lke i've never smoked, but i am noticing how many smokers there are out there, when i get out from the station i see them everywhere!

I am getting married next March, i can't wait to go a whole year without smoking. It will be a great achievement. Hopefully my OH will stop soon, she has cut down to only smoking in the daytime and not the evenings but does smoke on the weekends.

ageing_biker

I notice other people smoking all the time especially outside wetherspoons when I get stopped at the traffic lights, if you really look at someone smoking they look so stupid, so glad I seen sense

RustyBucket_2

Hi to one and all,
New to MSE and this is my first ever post so can all any of you brave tell me if it is normal to feel this scared as my quit date rapidly approaches? How hard will the first day or so be without the dreaded weed?

Any advice or tips would be greatly appreciated and good luck to you all.

Rusty

ageing_biker

wellcome rb, thats the hardest part I think the fear of giving up but really there is nothing to fear the world doesn't end just because someone decides not to smoke any more, are you planning on using anything to help when is your quit day?

Neenie_o

Hi RustyBucket! It's totally normal to feel nervous - I just took the leap and did it because I knew I would keep putting it off if I had to set a date.

It is hard in the first couple of days, but just stay positive and enlist the help of everyone around you to support you and champion you in your decision - it's the best you could ever make for your health, happiness and future. The best tip anyone's ever given me is to just take it a day at a time. Don't say to yourself "I'm never going to have another cigarette", say "I'm determined I'm not going to smoke today".

If you have a lapse don't beat yourself up and think you've failed but just start again straight away!

Give it time and you won't feel like you're missing anything at all, you will feel free. I'm already less stressed than I was when I was smoking as it no longer rules my life (I used to have to have a fag before and after any kind of task that would take longer than five minutes )

Well done on your decision :T you'll do brilliantly

SandC

Ask yourselves do non smokers who have never smoked have restless, bored or empty feelings? Of course they do - but it's nothing to do with those feelings being relieved by a cigarette.

Cigarettes don't relieve those feelings, remember that.

There is nothing missing, those fags were a hindrance, not a help. To anything.