zazz & aekvall!!!
Hey you two! I just want you to know that not everyone suffers with the "100 day crave" thing; it is quite possible that it won't happen to either of you. It didn't happen to me or many others that I know so don't think it's a given in this quitting lark and any way, at your stage, you are quitting by the hour, by the day and you will not benefit at this stage by looking at 100 days or beyond. Do this one day at a time and for now concentrate on day 11 & 9 respectively, just for today.
I did it, you two do it too!
Penitent d758
Word of advice boys and girls until the diets prove successful, now that the weather is warming up beware of the sun's dangerous rays on those exposed "muffin tops"
A Very Caring
Penitent d758
Kolativey,
Sleeping patterns, tiredness and bags under your eyes are quite normal and will adjust to your new, smokefree life in time! Bear with it!
Be happy with the spots!!! They are part of the detox process as your body expels the poisons. I had them and I think we all did. Just remember every large zit is one step nearer to a cleaner, freer life!!! They too will end in time.
As for the weekend social, be VERY, VERY careful. Some have lost quits for good by trying to tackle that other known demon, alcohol, too early. If you have any doubt, don't go. If you are confident, go enjoy yourself and don't smoke!!!
Good Luck
Penitent d758
I too dislike the negativity that is sometimes extended to the new quitters; it really is no help to them at all during that critical first week, first month.
Please forgive me for sharing some of my experience of just over 2 years quit and in particularly that part which is pertinent to this thread.
Yes it was hard in the beginning, very hard and that will come as no surprise to anyone, or least it shouldn't do.
The first week was an absolute nightmare but things slowly improved as time passed although the clock did seem to be stationary in the early days, God, it hardly moved!
My quit became progressively easier to the point where I never experienced another crave and that was done well before 100 days!! To this day I no longer crave tobacco and it has been like that for a long, long while. Triggers? Yes, plenty although reducing, they force a smile from me as I continue to rewire my thinking for such incidents. There may be a trigger but there is no chance of a smoke! In time, there will be no triggers either.
New quitters; do it from day to day and let the weeks and months take care of themselves for they surely will.
Just Keep on Keeping on
Good Luck!
Penitent d758
Struggling along here but I think I will make it!!!
I like May and I like May quitters, all full of guts and determination!!
Just Keep On Keeping On!
Penitent d763
BTW lilly, remember, "You're never alone with a Strand" in which case it's best to be alone sometimes!!! (Showing my age here - 23!)
Hi MD,
As luna closes in on her 2 YEARS next week, we are both glad to be here and are happy to post a combined total of 1483 smoke free days!!
All the best from the Essex Kids!
luna d721 x & Penitent d762 x
Crave, trigger? Semantics my backside! There is a big difference between the two words particularly as they relate to giving up smoking. New quitters take note and understand the very big difference!! It's important!
A crave is an "intense desire", it is challenging and very had to deflect and overcome but the successful among us, manage it. The number of craves and the severity of those craves are highest in the early days of quitting and in my experience reduce to nil. TODAY I DO NOT CRAVE CIGARETTES.
A trigger however is simply "any event that sets a course of action in motion" and in relation to smoking it is an event that causes a reaction in our subconscious mind that leads to us opening the pack, taking one out and lighting it. Triggers are much easier to deal with and when they occur we simply and choose not to follow the old course of action. TODAY I STILL EXPERIENCE TRIGGERS, they are not a threat, are easy to deal with and when they occur I laugh and move on with my new, fresh, clean, smoke free life.
I am happy to have triggers, I am delighted that I have craves no more!
Best Wishes
Penitent d762
Ah, how easy it is to miss the point when one is agonising in the early throes of nicotine withdrawal! I understand. When the fog clears I do hope common sense returns.
New quitters, please be reassured that it is possible to quit and quit comfortably, despite all the negativity that is freely available here. Do not let the purveyors of gloom, doom and despondency deflect you from your goal.
It's also nice to know that people are prepared to share their views here; it's just a shame that for some it's only possible after they can see a little support on the board already, nice warm feeling I guess! Have courage of your own conviction, not someone else's, - post and be damned!
Penitent on day 764, happy to be smokefree and as positive as ever!
Hi Hummy,
No breakfast for me today (must watch my weight,LOL) but a nice curry for din-dins. I am hungering for somefin' but it ain't cigarettes!
Nice idea on the anniv thing!
Penitent d764
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