After 22 years of smoking, tomorrow is the first day of my new life.
I will never smoke another cigarette.
I have had several quits before, usually every 5 years there is a serious attenpt. I once quit for two years! Still can't believe I started back.
I have my patches, gum, hard candy....
I have plans to occupy my time....
I am trying to change my paradigm from "I am not looking forward to this" to "This is the greatest thing I have ever done for myself".
Okay, I am happy for the company.
I will be thinking "Jan and Sparky are going through this with me".
I will keep posting and checking on everyone's progress.
Dee
Well, it hasn't been too bad, as a matter of fact, it was a pretty good day.
I do not smoke at work so that was nothing new, but after not having my usual 2-3 this morning, I expected to be climbing the walls and that did not happen at all.
I quit with the patch before and thought I remembered it being much worse but on a scale from 1 to 10, I may have briefly reached 3.
How about you, Jan and Sparky? I hope your day went as well as mine!!!
I did catch myself doing a couple of habit type things- starting to grab my cigs to put in the car and then going in the glove box to retrieve them when I got home but, alas, no cigs to be found.
I hope it doesn't get worse but, for now, Day 1 is going better than I expected!
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/16/2006
[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
Hey, today was the first day of my new life and it wasn't that bad. I really built it up in my mind from past experience and at around 11:00 this morning I thought "you know what, I can do this. It is a choice".
Good luck and remember that I am going throught the exact same thing as you are.
Dee
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/16/2006
[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
I am here... about to leave for work and starting day three. I have a hurdle today because I have to drive 20 minutes to a meeting across town and I always used these opportunities to smoke. I have avoided driving alone the past two days and this will be a little tiny test.
But, at least, I won't be worried that people will be smelling smoke on me when I enter the building.
Dee
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/16/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 2
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 29
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $7
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 4 [B]Mins:[/B] 50 [B]Seconds:[/B] 40
Well into day two. Not as good as yesterday but not terrible, either. On a scale of 1 to 10, I had a 4-5.
I think that's pretty good for day two and I am grateful!
Well, here I am. No cigs in 6 days. This weekend was better than I thought it would be. My son had a footaball game , then a team pizza party, then his own birthday party. Cigarettes? Who had the time?
Okay, day 6 is here! I am still up and down but I keep saying to myself... "Just take it day by day, hour by hour"
[B]My Milage:[/B]
[B]My Quit Date: [/B] 10/16/2006
[B]Smoke-Free Days:[/B] 5
[B]Cigarettes Not Smoked:[/B] 71
[B]Amount Saved:[/B] $17.5
[B]Life Gained:[/B]
[B]Days:[/B] 0 [B]Hrs:[/B] 11 [B]Mins:[/B] 33 [B]Seconds:[/B] 13
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