My brain is saying yes, you are right.....my body is saying..."no way"....
But one thing that I am realizing at least today with the lack (or inability to) sleep, the cravings, the body changes....
I posted before - willpower = 0.....
After today and my determinations my willpower seems to be up to a 10....
I can do this, I WILL do this and I will survive this and live a better life.
Why? My heart...my body...my wife.....I do this for me....only for me....the rest will benefit from my determination.
I keep telling myself these things, I basically translate that into telling my body.....get lost......you did this to yourself, now you are going to get out of this yourself..
Hope this makes sense, the ramblings of a [b]non-smoker [/b] (man I love the sound of that)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 53
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 4
I have 2 sticks of cinnamon gum in my mouth now......it is not as bad as it was.
It has passed enough to concentrate on other things to push it to the back of my mind.
Another 7 days approx to go through this....not good.
:(
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 53
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 28 [B]Seconds:[/B] 50
Guys,
I am clock watching, thinking....my body is wanting one.....going through the normal withdrawals right now and it is bad.
Took a walk....did not good......willpower sucks but my butt is not moving from this chair....not at this moment in time.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 53
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 26 [B]Seconds:[/B] 22
Yeah....I think I am gonna get me a Pizza....been craving one for a couple of days....
At least that is one craving I can fulfill
:)
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 53
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 27 [B]Seconds:[/B] 39
I just want to thank you all for your words of encouragement....
It helps me take a deep breath and step back and force myself to relax.
Thank you all.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 53
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 9 [B]Mins:[/B] 35 [B]Seconds:[/B] 3
The cravings are controllable via Cinnamon Hard Candy and the Commit Lozenges......but.....
Last night I had the worse night in my 3 days so far of very restful sleep. I kept waking up every 30 min and then finally jerked away at around 3am and could not for the life of me return to sleep.
So I got up and been up ever since (7 hours later and still have to put in a full day at the office).
I know that restfulness comes with the territory with this quitting, but if this happens again tonight, this will not make me happy at all.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 48
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $9
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 8 [B]Mins:[/B] 39 [B]Seconds:[/B] 11
Yes welcome home.
As you can see from below, this is day 2 for me. I quit yesterday at 9 am. My last smoke.
It will be difficult, but my new friends here make it oh so much easier.
So, one day at a time, like many said, let tomorrow take care of itself.
We are here for you and you can make it.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 1
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 31
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $4.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 5 [B]Mins:[/B] 34 [B]Seconds:[/B] 52
Nosmo King,
I am currently using the Commit Lozenges and they do help.
I have tried the Patches, but they make my stomach a little upset and give me bad dreams....eh..
And the gum just tastes terrible.
The lozenges are the only thing that I have found that really helped me get through, those and plastic toothpicks.
And to all, thank you for your support. I need every bit I can at this juncture.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $0
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0
Hello,
My name is Steven and I started my road to a healthy life today. I threw out my remaining smokes, breaking them in 1/2 and running them under water to make sure those could no longer be smoked.
I will be able to deal with the physical and mental withdrawals (barely) with the help of support groups and my exercises when the cravings get real bad....but.......
The irritability....I do not wish to do that to my wife....she knows and understand there WILL be irritability that comes along with all of this.
I need suggestions, help, something so I can curb these irritable spots I will have.
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 6/6/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 0
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 0
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $0
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 0 [B]Mins:[/B] 0 [B]Seconds:[/B] 0
Hello there.
My name is Steven and I am a 39 year old, 18 year old smoker that has gone through some life changes in the past 3 months.
I have developed a nasty heart condition that as of this moment has stabilized and I am back to normal, except the smoking.
I was on medical leave and even tho being scared out of my wits because of this heart problem that developed, I continued smoking. Rather smoking more since I was at home and it was there to smoke anytime i wished.
Recently I have developed some really nasty body feelings from the amount I been smoking and I cannot do this anymore.
I had recently place a 3 week period of my quit date being June 22nd, but I cannot even drag a cig without feeling really sick and the blahs....so I have moved my quit date to today.
I know the whole physical and mental hell I will be going through and scared that I will be going through that, but I will not feel this sickness feeling anymore with this smoking.
Today I quit, tomorrow, well that is for tomorrow to deal with.
God help me in this change.
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