Here we go!!
Well, where do I start? I have set my date to quit for tomorrow Mon. 7/11. I am already feeling anxious and nervous about quitting. I am 50yrs old and have been smoking since the age of 16. It has come down to the point to where I HAVE to stop smoking. I'm very scared that I will fail, as I have several times in the past. I am taking Chantix and I hope it works for me this time. I am not too worried about weight gain at the moment because I need to put on some pounds. I guess my biggest fear is not having that crutch when I am feeling stressed. I have COPD and other respiratory issues that I know I must quit if I want to continue to live. I am looking forward to seeing an improvement in my cough, my ability to breathe better, and not feeling embarrassed when I light up! Any support I can get here will be very much appreciated!
Hi Julie! You can do this! We all believe in you and are here to support you any way we can. Don't be scared that you will fail, be excited that you will succeed. Write to us as much as you need on here and just remember every day will get that little bit easier. You will have control over the habit. :o)
Well, welcome to this support site! I am soon to have thirty days nicotine free and whew! It has not been easy, has not been as hard as I thought it would be and I am feeling so much better. Like you, my health was a big motivator to my decision to quit. I am 61 years and began smoking at age 15....quitting hurts, but not as bad as smoking...today has been a rough day for me, I have wanted a cigarette all day, am tired of shoving food in my mouth, deep breathing, hot showers, long walks, riding my bike, playing my flute, banjo, guitar, singing a song, writing a song, beading, mending, cooking....still I choose not to smoke...tomorrow may not be better, but it will be different!
Julie we are all in this together, we all write, vent, rant and support each other, I am on the evening of day 6 smoke free and believe me I am so surprised i don't think I could have done it without this site and the wonderful supportive people here you can write whatever, whenever you need too and believe we will be here for you. I do wish that there was a chat room on this site tho it would be lovely to talk in real time .
Thank you all so much for your warm welcomes! I feel that since I have joined this group, it might make this a little easier for me. I did not join any support groups when quitting in the past, maybe that is where I went wrong :). I did wake up to a nice surprise this morning. My husband was already awake and took away my ashtray and he took his out to the garage. He has agreed to not smoke in front of me while I am doing this. I wish I could get him to quit with me. I guess it's one step at a time!
Has anyone here tried using Chantix? I was doing fine with the lower doses, but when the doses increased, I have been extremely nauseas with severe vomiting. My last dose I cut it in half and that seemed to help me a lot. I was just wondering.
no sorry didn't use that, but we still have to put the smokes down and FEAR is false evidence appearing real.
its the boogie man we think will get us and the reality is the smokes are the boogie man we been dancing with the devil and now we want to stop its more like how to do I escape from the fear.
so yes it might be scary stopping but keeping it up is 10000 times more scary.
keep writing and reading and one thought at time we don't smoke today all we can do is today !!
so well done and if I can do it then so can you :) 104 days for me today easy nope doable yes !!
IC
Not too well I'm afraid. I'm jumping back on the wagon and I am doing this :) Not giving up! Thank you for checking in on me!