Great job Tony! Keep at it one day at a time. Just keep tracking your quit meter and watch those days and savings add up and yes the thoughts will diminish gradually.
Keep posting!
Dawn
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/31/2009 Smoke-Free Days: 431 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 15,085 Amount Saved: $3,394.13 Life Gained: Days: 56 Hrs: 13 Mins: 35 Seconds: 23
The thing I remember noticing the most at first was. I could taste the tar and nicotine on my teeth. I brushed and flossed frequently. I was so happy when I got my teeth cleaned and no longer had that taste. Then I started noticing how things smelled. I went on a cleaning binge to get rid of the smoky smells from my belongings. Gradually there were new things. Refer to the list of the benefits of quitting frequently. Even if you can't feel it take comfort in the fact that your body is healing and will continue to heal the further you walk away from Nicodemon!
Dawn
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/31/2009 Smoke-Free Days: 432 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 15,120 Amount Saved: $3,402.00 Life Gained: Days: 56 Hrs: 16 Mins: 45 Seconds: 4
Have you thought about consulting with a Doc that is an addictions specialist? I know we have one in our area, so they do exist. I also, felt VERY sad at first, but heck I just gave up my "best" friend of 30 + years. I never asked my Doctor about it, just assumed it was normal for what I was going through. Luckily I was off work at the time so I would just go back to bed for a couple of hours.
I definately believe that any major depression should be taken seriously though and that only you and your medical team can make the correct decision for you. Whatever you decide we are here for you.
Dawn
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/31/2009 Smoke-Free Days: 467 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 16,345 Amount Saved: $3,677.63 Life Gained: Days: 61 Hrs: 8 Mins: 45 Seconds: 35
It sounds like grieving over the loss of a friend (the cigs). Just remember that friend was trying to kill you with his nicodemon-ways. I am not a coffee drinker so I don't quite get that, but I do remember going to outings and seeing the smokers outside and thinking. I don't belong anymore! Guess what? I now walk by the same group and think, "I wish they knew how much better they would feel without those cigarettes clogging up their lungs." Just keep the quit and don't take the first puff. Your thoughts will change. Keep posting.
Dawn
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/31/2009 Smoke-Free Days: 481 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 16,835 Amount Saved: $3,787.88 Life Gained: Days: 63 Hrs: 2 Mins: 36 Seconds: 21
I really did think that quitting was expensive when I was still smoking. What I have found out is that by quitting I save so much in ways beyond the actual cost of the cigarettes. (That alone in my case has been $4759. so far at $4.50 a pack.) Never in my numerous quit attempts did I spend anywhere near that amount and I used every quit aid known to man and therapy before finally quitting cold turkey. If I include the associated expenses of smoking, cough drops, breath mints, gum, picking up candy and pop while purchasing cigarettes at the convenience store etc. Not to mention the savings in health care costs as I no longer see my Dr. numerous times a year. The quality of life costs. I could go on and on. Stopping smoking is actually the most cost effective thing I have done in my adult life. I am so thankful and grateful to have the Nicodemon off my back.
If you are new, consider the cost of Stop Smoking aides your first reward of many in a life of freedom.
I also quit cold turkey. In retrospect, it was really the only way for me. I had tried every available NRT available and all I wanted was to continue. I also tried hypnosis, Chantix and Wellbutrin. I enrolled and attended more than one support group. The longest quit I had until this one was in college for 3 months and that was also cold turkey. I wasn't planning on cold turkey, but my patch fell off one day and I found it stuck to my shirt, so I thought, I'll just see how long I can go without anything.
I also went to every WEBsite I could find and downloaded an ebook and ordered the Alan Carr book. The first two weeks I read every piece of anti-smoking literature I could find. I started going for a walk with my daughter every morning and the days I wanted to give up, she encouraged me to stick with it. I must have read about the benefits of quitting more than one hundred times. It was hard, but I am so thankful now. I gained some weight, but have taken it off. I can breathe, I can walk without getting short of breath. I can smell everything ( sometimes a mixed blessing.).
I would encourage anyone going this route to be on this or some site as much as possible the first few days and weeks. Even if you don't post, reading others experiences is so helpful. Good luck to all the new quitters and welcome. Oh and something else I read here. N. ot O. ne P. uff E.ver.
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