Day 10
I have not been sleeping as well as I used to since I have quit and last night I was so annoyingly cranky, that I asked my husband to hang up my boxing bag - I think I boxed it till I could barely lift my arms. This helped to release some of the pent up frustration, however I feel like I am constantly on a emotional rollercoaster, never knowing what my mood is going to be like - I'm glad the kids just laugh and think I am throwing a small and ridiculous temper tantrum
It is indeed a rollercoaster and we just have to hang on tight. I think it is great you have a boxing bag - a couple of nights I have just swung my arms in the air furiously, hoping to release the tension. It is reassuring that your kids are on side and it is completely okay to be experiencing wild emotions. All of that will be forgotten when we are on the other side. Keep fighting the good fight.
Hello there, congratulations on your quitting, keep up! I just wanted to tell you something about your wild emotions. Every time when you feel angry, desperate, sad, cranky or etc. think about smoking a cigarette. Think about how much disgusting it smells, it tastes. Get a calculator and calculate the minutes and hours u are smoke free. Than calculate how many cigarettes you would smoke in those 10 days. Following me? if you used to smoke a pack per day like me, that are aprox 200 cigarettes. If you have a smartphone install a simple quit smoking application and put it like a widget on your home screen. Everytime you unlock your phone u will see that u are smoke free for more than 10 days, that u would BUT didn't smoke 200 cigarettes, and your saved money. These are the tips helping me every day and i'm on my 13th day, with more than 20 unsuccesfull attempts to quit smoking. This is the longest one and i'm proud.
Oh my God, i was such a grumpy cow last night...spent the whole night apologising for being a hump!! I smoked between 2 and 6 cigarettes for the past year after getting down from 20 a day and i swear sometimes i think i was alot easier to live with for the sake of those couple of fags!!
I hear you all, I think because I used to smoke more often in the evening then the day, I'm not sure what to do with myself, with all this free time on my hand and the fact I have not had an alcoholic drink since I quit, so I think I am giving up all my vices at once. Not that I was an alcoholic but probably the longest I have gone without a glass of wine in a long time
I have not been sleeping good either. I am on day 15, but I hope my body will regulate soon.I wake up at 3am and can't get back to sleep. So I end up reading a book or coming on this site. It stinks for now, but it's working. Your doing great, hang in there!~valic