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14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Quit smoking-take two

Hi everyone,

I had quit smoking on October 27th, 2009, and started up again around the end of January. I'm a little disappointed because I was doing so well. It was my emotions that got the best of me, I was feeling irritated and down, and I started to have a smoke here and there, and next thing you know, I'm buying packs again.

Well, I still wanted to quit, but now I finally found the courage to quit again---this time for good!

I didn't use this community before, but now see there is a wealth of motivation and support in this community, so here I am!!!!

I actually smoked my last cigarette yesterday aroung 4 pm, but I put my quit date as today. So, I've passed my initial 12 hours, and feeling ok...a little irritable, a few cravings, but other than than...ok

I'm just reminding myself to take it one craving at a time!!

I'm also reading Allen Carr's "Easyway to Quit Smoking" and was wondering if anyone else has read it?

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 4/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 0
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 0
Amount Saved: $0.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 53 Seconds: 21

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Quit smoking-take two

Hi Ashley,

My reasons for quitting are 1-for health, my mother, who was a smoker, had cancer and had a heart attack last year, so there are genetic risk factors 2-to save money and 3-I'm tired of being a slave-tired of feeling panicky and uncomfortable w/o cigarettes, I want my life back!!!!

To avoid a slip, whenever I have a craving, I'm going to pratice deep breathing, go for a walk, take a hot bath, write in my journal, log into the support group and i have also compiled a list of positive affirmations and motivational quotes that I will read!

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 4/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 0
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 0
Amount Saved: $0.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 55 Seconds: 43

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Quit smoking-take two

This group is great!!! Only an hour online, and I've had so much great advice!!! Thank you so much!!!

Ashely, the vision board sounds like a fantastic idea-I'm going to start working on it right away-thank you!

Brenda-Thanks for the quit kit idea-sounds like a sure way to get through those cravings!

And congratulations on your 342 days of being smoke free!! That's great!!! So tell me, does it get any easier? The last quit, I found that even after 12 weeks, I was still thinking about cigarettes. I also found it so hard to deal with my emotions. I realize that I was using cigarettes as a way to numb myself, but I have no idea how to deal with the intense emotions I'm feeling

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 4/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 0
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 0
Amount Saved: $0.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 0 Mins: 57 Seconds: 28

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Quit smoking-take two

Hi Sharon,

Thanks for your support, I also am using patches (as I did last time), but I am reading the book as additional support. I figure, I may as well use as many tools as possible to help me succeed along my journey!

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 4/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 0
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 0
Amount Saved: $0.00
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 1 Mins: 1 Seconds: 27

14 years ago 0 +0 / -0 5

Quit smoking-take two

Hi everyone,

First, I want to say ``Thank you`` to todash, Jim, leelaknight. and memie for all the support and encouragement. It feels great to know there are people out there supporting me, and who have gone through this, and succeeded!!! I will definetly stick close, the love and support from this group is unbelievable!!!

Todash-You are absolutely right, the cigarette just added to my irritation, because I was upset with myself for not being strong enough, and falling back on my old crutch. But I tell myself that I will learn from my past mistakes, and use those lessons to succeed this time.

And Lainey, you`re right, there is nothing wrong with feeling emotions...it`s just that I am a fairly positive person, always smiling, and I felt during those three months not smoking that I was drowning in a sea of negativity-I couldn`t even force a smile. Which is something I had a hard time with, I felt I was becoming a different person, and it scared me. It;s ironic because I was happy to not be smoking-in truth I get no pleasure from cigarettes, of course there are those that are better than others (like after a big meal), but really I felt smoking was gross, it stinks,and I`ve seen first hand the damage it does on the body and on the wallet!

My Mileage:

My Quit Date: 4/8/2010
Smoke-Free Days: 1
Cigarettes Not Smoked: 15
Amount Saved: $5.70
Life Gained:
Days: 0 Hrs: 3 Mins: 10 Seconds: 28

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