Giving up smoking... an online diary.

keep it up, yes, another ex smoker here, i've been quit for a year and 3 months. I smoked 20 a day for 14 years, tried quitting with patches etc and never lasted more than half a day, then last august/september, i thought to myself i've had enough and i stopped there and then, i can only say it was my frame of mind at the time that made it easy, infact, i found it much easier than i thought i was going to because i truly 100% wanted to do it. I don't even crave a ciggy anymore, when my workmate go out for a ciggy still go sit with them and the smell doesn't annoy me, but i try not to breath it in.

So my advice to you is be in the right frame of mind, and IMO nicotine replacement therapy is pointless as you are still getting your intake of nicotine, others may not agree with me on that one though.
 
The hardest part about giving up is making the decision to do it. The first day can be a bit sketchy but it's not so bad after that, especially as lots of parts of your body starts to feel progressively better from the 1st hour onwards.

Nicotine replacement can help for the first stint, but you'll get withdrawals when you stop using it, although not as bad as that 1st morning.
 
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DAY 2 PART2


DYING< MAD< INSANITY< AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

i really dont want to smoke, but this is killing me, i just popped to the post office in the town center, ive never been so stressed and grumpy :/
 
get it into your head that you don't need one, believe it yourself, you don't smoke anymore, you don't need a smoke, say it loud and keep repeating it. Every time you have an urge , laugh it off and just remember they will go away within a few minutes. Take your mind off it by doing something like knitting :D or a jigsaw or sommat daft.
 
Day 2 - Afternoon (+18hrs)

Was getting bad earlier this afternoon, but food + lots of diet coke sorted it. Played bf2142 for 3 hrs solid which was good. Keeping busy helps.

Going through phases of really wanting a cig then forgetting about it. Happy I'm saving so much money tho.
 
Until June 11 this year I was on about 30 a day, as was my other half.

Then she was diagnosed with a heart and circulation problem and told by the consultant
"If you want to keep your feet stop now"

So I thought it would be unfair of me to smoke in front of her so I stopped as well.

No patches just stopped.
 
Day 2 - 21:42 - +23 hrs

Almost 24 hours since I've stopped. I must admit, I've missed it a lot today. I know from past attempts this will pass after a few days.

Mind over matter I keep telling myself.

I got out some olf free-weights today and do some quick reps when I feel like I need a cig and it always takes my mind off of it.

I'm finding this thread really has helped a lot.
 
locutus12 said:
im dying here... absolutly dying :(
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It gets a little easier each day. This is about as bad as it gets right now.

I'm really getting hungry but I've already eaten a big dinner. Chewing gum is helping as is all the diet coke!

Your mind will start trying to make excuses why you should start again, don't even let yourself think about it. Never let yourself think about justifying smoking again and it will help you a lot.

I'm in quite a good mood now, really starting to think I might be able to do this.
 
I'm currently on 4 months 2 days. For me it was a long process, more mentally than actually. I had been smoking since I was 13 (nearly 15 properly), so that's 8-9 years, no less than 20 a day, and a lot of other smoking activities over the years also. I basically wrestled with it for the last 3 years, every time I picked up a fag I felt as though I was applying fat to the lining of my arteries (which I was), and it really freaked me out. Anyway, one day 4 months ago, totally random really I woke up and said to my house-mate "No more of that for me. I'll quit once, and that will do it.", and so I did, and I haven't had one since. I'll only ever quit this once, so it better stick. Good luck to you, and good luck to me. I must have thought about that kick in the chest 30 times today (the good kick, when the smoke goes down just right and BANG, it's in you, I... OMG STOP).
 
I gave up tobacco a year ago but I had a bit of help as I was in hospital for seven days and that got me over the initial urges. One thing I have noticed (and I loved smoking BTW) is how stupid people look smoking. Particularly when you see them standing outside to get their fix.

That has helped me stay off the weed is the knowledge that it is very difficult to be a smoker these days with all the restrictions and it's going to get a lot worse.
 
Day 3 - 12:20 - 36 hrs

I woke up feeling really good this morning. Got loads of sleep so hope that hellped. Haven't har the urge to smoke yet today. I'm sure it will come tho. Feeling great tho.
 
ok, I have been meaning to try again so I think I will join in later today. Tried many times in the past but never made it to more than a week. That time I ended up in a pub having a good time but sitting next to a smoker who had their ciggarettes in front off me was too much and I stupidly gave in.

I know it has huge effects on me both mentally and physically now and I really need to stop. Going to reread Allen Carr today and then stop.

Having made me take this decision I expect you all to be online 24/7 for the next week or two to give me support when I get desperate ;)
 
freebooter said:
ok, I have been meaning to try again so I think I will join in later today.
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Start now, rather than putting it off? Otherwise you might just keep having one last one. I know a few people who've done that.
 
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