I quit. It's harder than I thought.

[korygrandy]

Re: I quit. It's harder than I thought.

Thank you everyone for the words of encouragement and stories. It helps me. :happy:

Day 4 and it's been a terrible four days. Hot/Cold sweats, not sleeping, having a tough time focusing throughout the day and the first 2 days I had zero appetite.

The habits are dieing hard...I am thankful when I bought my new truck I made the decision NOT to smoke in it. I do find myself thinking I am forgetting or MISSING something and that is a strange feeling to constantly have when you are used to having ALL of your i's dotted and t's crossed.

My wife is having a tough time since her car smells. She is also PO'd at me because of my positive attitude of the whole thing and it actually agitates her to see me not struggling AS much as she perceives she is...oh I AM STRUGGLING!

She's mentioned multiple times to me she is not ready to quit but she's made it 4 days so I am going to keep pressing her. There is NO way I could do this alone. I feel like if she keeps on smoking its just not going to work and I will fail also. Mind you we both agreed on our Quit dates of April 1st.

My sense of smell feels like it increased 3x easily. Unfortunately I can smell that smoke from a mile away. It is definitely a nasty smell but at the same time it's like a shark smelling blood! Why does my nose say yuck, but my mind says yumm! :grumpy:

It's funny, we have a pack of smokes in our "spot" with 2 left. I was going to burn them, smash them and take a sledge hammer to them but for some odd reason my wife wants to keep the pack around. Its too much of a temptation if you ask me.

My plan is to just keep busy, work out tonight after work and just try and do ANYTHING I can to keep the mind off of it. I swear the more you think about it, the tougher it is...especially the one single thought of "I will never have another cigarette for the rest of my life!" That's hard for my to type as I fear failure.

Thanks again guys! I can do this, I can do this!

Oh on a side-note the state of MN just HAPPENED to have a Quit Challenge. If I can stay smoke free for April I am entered in for a chance to win $5,000. Even if I don't win it's fun to think it's an option!

 

[The_Kid]

Re: I quit. It's harder than I thought.

I was a pack a day smoker for over 45 years. It's been about 120 days since my last cigarette. I don't recommend using my method to kick the habit. Losing half a thumb on the table saw. The Doctor said it would heal faster if I quit, so I did.

I kept a tin of sugar free Altoids smalls around to help kill the urges during the first few weeks. There are still those times when the brain says a cigarette would really taste good right now. Like when you're sitting there drinking a nice cold beer. Hang in there, it gets easier as time goes on. Now, if I can only get the wife to quit.








I miss my thumb more than I miss the cigarettes.

 

[bruceb58]

Re: I quit. It's harder than I thought.

My sense of smell feels like it increased 3x easily.

All the people I know who quit mention this. They never realized what they were missing until they quit.

Good luck...your future health and being around for your children depends on it.

 

[flycaster]

Re: I quit. It's harder than I thought.

If you are really into quitting, read up on this individual. Roger Ebert,
He just passed away, there are pictures of him BEFORE and AFTER of his bout with tobacco.
Print out the pictures and place them over the pack of cigarettes, if this don't make you quit, I don't think anything will help you.

 

[agallant80]

Re: I quit. It's harder than I thought.

Get a good e-cig. Not the bad ones you get at the gas station. Vulcano makes a great one. Its about $70 for the starter kit but well worth it.

 

[dingbat]

Re: I quit. It's harder than I thought.

All the people I know who quit mention this. They never realized what they were missing until they quit

Or in my case, realized what they didn't miss. I had a habit, not an addiction. Mind over matter. It's been 22 years

 

[bruceb58]

Re: I quit. It's harder than I thought.

If you are really into quitting, read up on this individual. Roger Ebert,
He just passed away, there are pictures of him BEFORE and AFTER of his bout with tobacco.

Roger Ebert never smoked. He lost his parent's from smoking so he never took it up.

 

[bigdee]

Re: I quit. It's harder than I thought.

Get a good e-cig. Not the bad ones you get at the gas station. Vulcano makes a great one. Its about $70 for the starter kit but well worth it.

This worked for me and to whomever invented the e-cig,thank you thank you! The cool thing about this technique is it allows you to continue with the mechanical and tactical feel of a real cigarette. I slowly decreased the nicotine solution until I got it down to 0% then about six months later I quit the e-cig completely. These things work and they SAVE lives with no ill side effects. I wish the pharmaceutical companies would roll over and give credit to something that actually works.