My name is Marco. I quit smoking on June 12. This is the third time that I am trying to quit. I can feel this time that it will be for good.
However, some days are worse than others. Sometimes, i just want to have a cigarrette but then I say to myself i cant do it because I will lose all my work. The hardest part is not the cravings. I think is getting used to the idea that you are not anymore a smoker.
I have been trying to replace smoking by these things and i find it works:
1. Cycling
2. Listening Music
3. Eating Gum
4. Drinking lots of cold water
5. Talking to people
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/12/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 10 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 200 Amount Saved: $25.00 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 5 Mins: 40 Seconds: 38
I find that listening music such as Classical and Jazz helps me forget about the cravings and calms me down. This has been such a good help for me in quitting. It is very good and I highly reccommed it.
Here are some suggested composers for classical:
Bach ( Goldberg Variations are really helpful!!!)
Vivaldi
Handel
In Jazz, I like:
Miles Davis
John Coltrane
Joe Lovano
Happy listening to everyone!!!!!!!!!!
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/12/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 10 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 200 Amount Saved: $25.00 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 5 Mins: 42 Seconds: 26
Most of my cravings occur at night. My day goes very well in the morning and afternoon. I drink a lot of iced water and chew a lot of gum. I am also busy at work so I forget about cravings.
At night, after my girlfriend sleeps and i usually watch tv. I cant do this anymore. Why...It is because I get an irrestibille urge to smoke. I have decided to go on the internet but I find sometimes that is hard because again I GET CRAVINGS!!!. I am going to say goodbye to watching movies at night and start sleeping early so I can replace the habit that prompt me to smoke. Tonight I will try reading at night to see if it works. It will be hard because I am not used to do that. So this week it will be the week that I will replace tv at night by reading.
In addition, I have a hard time to sit still at night. I go on eating rampages...Last night, I eat crackers, cereal, granola bars and finally I was ok.
Can somebody provide some insight about why our cravings to smoke are the hardest at night.
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/12/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 11 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 220 Amount Saved: $27.50 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 7 Mins: 57 Seconds: 4
Welcome and it is great that you have decided to quit smoking again. Me too, I love nature and you will find that exercising outdoors will help you a lot reduce the cravings..
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/12/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 11 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 220 Amount Saved: $27.50 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 8 Mins: 4 Seconds: 8
I really like the puzzle idea!!!!. Thats very creative, I am going to try that combined with some exercise after supper. I should be ok for a while!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/12/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 11 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 220 Amount Saved: $27.50 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 8 Mins: 5 Seconds: 3
Very good discussion going on here!!!!. I agree with Becky about the smoking habit. I started smoking at the age of 12 and now I am 30 years old. Smoking becamea part of my personality. It was embedded into enverything I did. Trying to change 18 years of habit in your life can be a difficult thing to do but not impossible. That's what I am doing now...killing the habit.
Marco
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/12/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 13 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 260 Amount Saved: $32.50 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 13 Mins: 38 Seconds: 56
I have some nicotine gum and use it if a have a unbereable craving. Its my last resource...Otherwise i chew normal gum....I dont like the nicotine gum because it burns my mouth
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/12/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 13 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 260 Amount Saved: $32.50 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 13 Mins: 43 Seconds: 39
I just wanted to say that yesterday I almost smoked a cigarrette. My girlfriend made the remark that I was gaining weight. She told me to watch more what I eat. She was saying that I am replacing the cigarrette by food and then I will be addicted to food and have trouble losing weight. I was upset with her....
I told her the following. Since I stop smoking maybe I eat a little more but I have improved my eating habits in the following ways:
1) I have breakfast every day
2) I eat 5-7 servings of fruit a day
3) I drink a lot of water. I gave up the diet colas..
4) I am doing more physical activity.
OVERALL, I FEEL GOOD ABOUT MYSELF.
In the moment, I was upset. After I told her this, I decided to pick a funny book and forgot that I need a cigarette. Sometimes when people around you give you negative feedback itmakes harder to quit smoking..
Marco
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/12/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 14 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 280 Amount Saved: $35.00 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 16 Mins: 34 Seconds: 8
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