No, I have not broken my pledge to not smoke. Been tempted mightly but have held on to the pledge and am still smokefree after 20 days. Terrible cravings today and last night once I got home. Suppose that is because home is where I always smoked like a chimney. Will catch up on the board during the course of t6he day.
I just saw your post and am a bit late to reply but I'm hoping that my reply finds you still quit. While I am on day 23, I know just what you are feeling and thinking. I'm still there alongside of you. While the craving for the nicotine is gone, the true craving for a cigarette is not. There is a big difference. At this point we are not craving the nicotine but the pleasure of the act of smoking; not the benefit of the inhalation of the smoke.
In our minds we still equate relaxation with taking the drag of a cigarette. I know that I still want one the first thing in the morning with my cup of tea. I still want one after a meal. I don't want the nicotine but I want that sense of pleasure that I derived from the act of lighting up.
For me, the withdrawal from that emotional pull is far greater than the want for nicotine ever was.
So hang in there. Don't think less of yourself for your desire to have a cigarette. Just realize that the desire is for the act and not the nicotine.
You know what works for me when I am desperate? I go where the smokers are and walk through the group and inhale the second hand smoke. The smell is horrid and just kills the desire for a smoke for me.
You know I have had a bad two week period and still going through it. Not with the quit but with physical problems. I had cataract surgery a few years ago and now it appears that one of the lens they put in slipped and folded over and I am virtually blind in the right eye. Saw the doctor yesterday and he made an appt for me with a specialist for Monday morning. Guess surgery will be needed again. I also have a major toothache with a cap that was done over a tooth without having root canal first. I'm hoping by this time next Friday all will be back to normal, my sight and my teeth. But hell, if I can make it through this without caving in, I am on the right path to becoming a lifetime NON-SMOKER.
Hey Whisper ... good to see you as well and to know that you are still quit.
The weekend has come and gone and I stayed quit. Went to lunch on Saturday with a friend, visited my accountant, took another friend shopping and then home for an evening of quiet and a little television. Sunday went to a movie and out for dinner. Today another eye doctor appointment and tomorrow evening yet another one. Have a partially detached retina with a build up of fluid behind it and will require surgery. Will know more tomorrow after the next appointment. Oh and tonight is the dentist and possible root canal.
What a great decision to have made and for all the right reasons. I do hope you come back and post just how you are doing on your new path in life. You are not alone on this walk. Lots of us to join you and give you support.
Don't know when I will be able to get back on the computer as I have surgery schedule for Monday the 24th. I have a detached retina and am going the band/bucket route which has a good rate of success.
I'm told recuperation will only be a week or so and then I can return to work which means I can see well enough to use a computer again.
I'm still a Non-Smoker and on day 30 today, Friday the 21st of March. My skin is clearing nicely, my eyes are brighter and with having my blood pressure taken 5 times during the last 7 days, it has returned to normal.
Thanks everyone for your support and good wishes and prayers and I will see you again asa I get the go ahead
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