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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3

It is really hard but just remember your reasons for quitting in the first place.

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6

Hi Hamlet, keep on pushing through and you can do it. I'm on day 16 and get good days and bad days. I've had a failed exam and someone pushed me off the road and wrote off my car. Still haven't smoked. Smoking really resolves nothing and I'd have felt worse if I started again after these events.

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1140

Hi Hamlet,

I'm glad you reisted the urge to stop for a pack.

One of the things that has kind of triggered desires for me all along is a sore throat. I finally reasoned that my sore throat reminded me of what I felt like when smoking, which then made me think about smoking more. It is a weird thing. You'd think the last thing a person would want for a sore throat would be a cigarette.

I am glad that I resisted those urges. Each time you resist, it gets weaker and weaker. Sonner than you think, "craves" wll just be brief thoughts that come and go. They will also be fewer and further in between.

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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2508

Hi Hamlet..

Writing here helps me a lot too..Keep on writing and keep on quitting..Your doing great..

Red..:)

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 186

Hi Hamlet.You are doing Great "9 days ".For me those first bad days is what kept me going.

I did not enjoy them at all.I was not myself,couldn't concentrate,I was aggitated and knew I should do something to get my mind off of it but that

too was a battle to make myself but I did.

I kept telling myself after 3 days it will be better then after a week it will then 10 days and that is

what kept me going as I also kept telling myself I am not going to do any of those days again.

Before I knew it it was easier and has continued in that direction.

I just had an extreme weekend full of conflict which I had no control of it was just shoved in my face.

A voice started chanting somewhere in my brain that a smoke would solve everthing,I was quite surprised that

I was able to turn it off so quickly just by remembering the struggle I had gone through to get this far.

Don't give in,It is such a gift to give to yourself to keep going.

N.O.P.E.

Sherry

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 87

Thanks not feeling to bad this morning , work nearly over now will be glad to get home another day done ,

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2534

I'm sorry it's difficult but with every little battle that you win, you are one step closer to winning the war - and it's a war that you must win or face potentially dire consequences.

Believe me, it does get easier as time passes so stick with it, tough it out and make yourself proud, healthy and happy!

Good Luck!

Penitent

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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 3307

I don't know day 7-10 can be so hard, but for me they were and there were lots of time I lost my quits. So you know what? I had to start all over again. I wish I would have held out, but I didn't. I really don't know what it takes, but try and recommit to yourself and to your quit. We are here for you. Take care and try not to be so hard on yourself. I like to use a straw cut down to the length of a cig and take drags off of them. That way I "drag" in fresh air.

Keep the Quit

Sparky

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 12049

Hamlet,

Keep the faith and keep busy!

Chew gum

Go for a walk

Run past the store!

Good for you for posting!

Josie, Health Educator

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 86

Hang in there! It gets easier....

And, your throat is hurting because it is already healing

Shannon

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