this is day 10 for me and although I don't want to keep counting the days.............I'll do it for a little bit at least till after week 3. I've done this before, cold turkey, a fair while ago and I did it for about 3 years. I let my addictive brain win and allowed myself to smoke due to anger and stress. Well I know I can live life without cigarettes and cigarettes do not help with anger or stress smoking just offers a distraction, you don't have to deal with emotions whilst you choke on a smoke. It's been interesting to be on this site and learn about the addict (the little voice inside my head saying do it, just a puff, just 1). That is not going to work this time, I'm over starting over its much to hard to find that "I'm going to do this" mind set....... can take far too long. This time I'm using patches and so far, it has been a relatively easy journey, coupled with the information on this site, reading other peoples stories, and using my coping plan and saying NOPE to the addict, I am quite proud of myself so far. Cheers.
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 8/23/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 9 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 225 Amount Saved: $149.99 Life Gained: Days: 0 Hrs: 21 Mins: 52 Seconds: 6
Thankyou to all those whom welcomed me. In reply to Samantha's questions I found filling in all of my program doing all the "Milestone sections" gets you to think about the patterns of your own smoking behaviour and what you can do instead. The general information around drinking water, exercising and breathing deeply all helps as alternatives and are more sensible choices rather than overeating or drinking alcohol etc. Reading other peoples profiles and seeing how others stay successful and positive in their personal quit journey is uplifting knowing others can and are doing it. So again thankyou for your support and welcome. Day 11 for me and i'm doing OK, not even really thinking about cigarettes much and in the last 48 hours I have had some stress, but I haven't given into the addict in me, which is very positive.
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 8/23/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 10 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 250 Amount Saved: $166.65 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 0 Mins: 6 Seconds: 0
My values began to change before becoming smoke free. I started to take note of the negative things about my smoking........for example experiencing heart burn when I smoked, being embarrased and wanting to hide the fact that I smoked, struggling to find a place to smoke, mood changes and spaced out feeling when not able to smoke. All those and more reactions I used to build up to my quit. I didn't tell myself that I enjoyed smoking etc I instead started to reinforce the negatives of smoking to myself, how bad it tasted, how sick it made me, how I smelled of cigarettes, how I was stuck outside in wind and rain and burning sun just to have a cigarette hardly worth it!!!! So this quit is easier for me because I have changed my attitude and thinking about cigarettes and I love seeing those grosse commercials on TV about lungs and smoking related disease because I'm not doing it anymore. I like that I am saving money and will be able to pamper myself, look better, be more healthy and free.
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 8/23/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 10 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 250 Amount Saved: $166.65 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 0 Mins: 6 Seconds: 54
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