Hello everyone I'm new here...well not really, because last year I tried to quit and signed up for this web site but never used it. I was able to quit for 3 months or so and then started back up. I am 29 now and have been smoking since I was 15 usually around 15 ciggs a day. This time around I mean business.I have tried to quit 5 or so other times unsuccessfully.
I am quitting cold turkey, and today is day 2...brisk walks and lots of vitamin water, but damn I am definitely feeling all anxious and crazy like. I was so hungry at lunch that my pb and J didn't last but a second, and I think I cut the inside of my mouth because I ate my apple so fast!!! Deep Breaths...ok I good,,,anyways
As I mentioned in my first post I am going on a tropical vacation next week, coupled with my family coming to visit in a few days right before I leave, these are as big as triggers as it gets for me. I feel that if I can get past these events I am good to go.. the vacation will be hard because I will be traveling with 2 of my old smoking buddy's who fully support my quitting, but will openly smoke in front of me throughout the whole trip for sure. I do have one non-smoker to hang with that will be traveling with me as well.
My rewards seem obvious to me, with my family coming to visit my reward is how proud of me they are for not smoking, as far as the vacation goes my reward is that I should be able to snorkel with the fishies much longer, even after day 2 my lungs feel much less tight.
-G
