Hi...I have been reading the thrive community postings over the last five days. Yes, today is Day 5 for me. Have to admit that yesterday, was an extremely hard day for me. It was the first time that I went to the Mall with my daughter. This is where I would normally buy my cigarettes and sit on a bench outside and have one, while she shopped. I was glad to leave, but must admit, I felt pretty proud when we got home and I had not given in. I think I can do this! I know I can do this! I keep repeating these two phrases to myself when the going gets rough. I never want to go through these withdrawal symptoms again? When will I really start to feel better? :quest:
Thank you to everyone who replied to my post. You guys sure are encouraging and inspiring. The weekend was a little rough. My mind was playing games with me. Like out of nowhere, I would be thinking maybe I could just smoke in the evening or maybe just on weekends. Don't know what that was all about, but thankfully I got through it. Yesterday, Day 9 was really great. Honestly, I didn't think about smoking hardly at all. Just every once in a while I would get a little urge, but it passed ever so quickly. Here's hoping today will be just as good. I know that I am not out of the woods yet, but darn it sure feels good. I never thought I could do this. Oh, and I made a dentist appointment. Find myself brushing my teeth alot. Guess I like the fresh feeling it gives me. Have a good days guys and thanks again for the support. :)
I think I spoke to soon. Today.. Day 10 is not going so well. I can't stop thinking about wanting to smoke. Drinking alot of water and breathing deep. How can one day be so good and the next so rotten?
I felt so bad that first week...thus the name Hell Week. If anyone had told me that I was going to go through a week without smoking, I would have just laughed at them. Here I am on my 10th day and believe me you WILL FEEL SO MUCH BETTER after that first week. Hang in there...you can and will do it.
I haven't posted for awhile...Don't worry I haven't fallen off the wagon. Just don't have much time to use the computer these days. Day 11 and feeling pretty good. Definitely not as irritable. Have a bit of a cough. That is about it. The urges are fewer and further between.. Thanks for going down this road with me.
I slipped last evening and had 2 cigarettes. I went to bed in tears and did not sleep well as I felt so guilty and ashamed of myself. Here I am this morning on this site so early in the day because I needed to get this off my chest. There are no longer any cigarettes in my sight and I am trying to take this in a positive approach and learn from it.
The thing is I have been feeling so great about my quit and about my health. I can't even pin point why I did this. I was going for a walk and stopped at the corner store and bought a pack of smokes just cause I felt like it. How stupid was that?
I never smoked in our home as my husband is a non-smoker and I don't like the smell and never smoked in front of the children. I just opened the pack and smoked one on my way home and the other in the back yard.
This morning I got up, cut the rest of them up and threw them away. I only pray that I don't have to go through strong withdrawal again as I was doing so great.
I keep fighting these thoughts that come into my head that I try to justify why it's not the right time or that I could just have a smoke every once in awhile. I don't understand why I can go for 5 or 6 days straight without these thoughts and then suddenly like yesterday be fighting with them so often.
I know now that I need to consider them as just thoughts and concentrate on the positive. With the help of this sight and with all the postings that I have read over the past few weeks I can do it.
I think I will still consider my quit date as January 14/08 and just consider this a slip.
I would appreciate hearing from any of you who experienced a slip and if you felt as bad about it as I do today.
Thanks for the support and Good-Luck to all. Your postings are so encouraging to me.
What a great group you all are. I have been outside shoveling most of the morning and just came in for lunch. I am overwhelmed by all the support and it certainly helps me realize that I am not alone.
I am feeling good now. The fresh air was great and physically I feel so much better. I realize that I need to go day to day and not be thinking of a week from now or months from now.
There is one thing I think I have learned from last night and that is I want to stop smoking more than I want to start again.
I still haven't gotten the hang of using the forum. Like, how do I download a picture and my statistics with my quit day etc.. Also, everyone talks about their quit meter? You have to understand I am not a computer techno. As soon as I figure this all out, I will try to become more active in posting.
Thanks a million guys.
Mimi
"One hour at a time".
Good Morning Terry:
I know what you mean..it really is amazing with the support that we get from all the postings. I know that this is what is getting me through some of the rough patches. Just wanted you to know that I am also here for you and my thoughts will be with you this week. As everyone is telling you, just take one day at a time, and when that seems like too much then just one hour at a time.
:)
Mimi
Susie,
Welcome aboard! We are all here for you. I too smoked for 36 years and I never thought I could do this. It get's easier with each passing week. Yes, there will be some rough patches, but you will feel so much stronger with each one that you get through. Hang in there, and drink alot of water to wash that nicotine out of your system and to get through the cravings. Just don't look back! You can do this! This is the best thing that you can do for yourself.
Keep us posted.
Mimi :)
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