Welcome Jade - You're doing well already if you're posting here! There are many great posts to read through and a lot of inspiration in older threads too (in case you're online and it seems quiet here, you can archive away and you'd be surprised how your little crave just disappears . . .)
You say you don't want to snap at your daughter when you're moody and that's good! Perhaps she's old enough at 7 to talk to about how you're feeling and how hard it is for you to quit? My boys are teens, so way older, but I know I wasn't fun to be around for the first part of my quit. So I explained my addiction to them. If I got snappy at them, I apologized and we all blamed 'nicodemon'! They were glad I quit smoking and I got them on board as fans even though I was cranky more than usual! Maybe a version of this discussion (for a younger audience) will help. Also, remembering that I can never have one puff ever again is what keeps my quit strong ever since.
Breather mentioned the cold water and Alan Carr's book (great suggestions!) and I added sunflower seeds, hard candies and scotch mints to the gum too.
Hope that helps and that you do stick with it this time - you're so young and pretty with so much of your life ahead - free of tobacco will be wonderful! You'll see :) Eyja
Hello Jade Welcome to the SSC. Just a couple of suggestions on quitting smoking and coping with the idea. First and foremost keep plenty of ice cold water on hand for the craves. When you get a crave drown it with cold water. Reward yourself for not smoking whether it be daily , weekly , you decide the duration and what the reward is. If you haven't read " The Easy Way to Stop Smoking by Alan Carr I highly recommend reading it. Stopping smoking was the hardest thing I ever did. Was it worth it ? Hell ya it's worth it. Excellent for you. We're rooting for you. breather
Ok so this is my 3'ed time trying to quit smoking. I have a kid now and she is lurning at school that smoking is bad for you. Well you see it everywhere these days. She has asked me a few times to quit smoking. I never really thought about smoking the way she does. I grew up in a smokers home. My parents and brothers smoked so it just felt natrual to be a smoker myself, but hearing my 7 year old tell me that smoking is bad for you and you can die really gave me a reality check. I want to be a good mother and teach her the right things to do in life. I do not drink and I do not do anything other then smoke. I have dedicated this year to getting my family healthy, and to compleat the year off I really want to quit smoking.
I have failed Twice before and all within the first day or so. I am really determend to quit though. I started with the Habitrol patch yesterday and found that it was not so bad. My cravings were good for about the first 12 hours. Today is a diffrent story though. I find i am more moodie and when i smell or see someone smoking I start to get agitated and my cravings get out of controll. that is when I start snapping. This is about the time I would start up again. I do not want to Snap at my daughter, and I do not want to have to send her out of the room because I can not controlle my moods. :( Quitting is harder then anything else i have done. But I am going to stick with it and see how it goes. if anyone has any advice on how to controlle some of the cravings would love some tips.
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