quitter in the making
Hi all !!
a newbie here so be nice :) So I've decided this morning I'm well & truely over smoking and ready to give this quitting thing another shot. Its been on my mind for a few weeks but now smoking is really bugging me. I hate the smell & taste of them & i hate so many other things associated with it. My biggest motivation i guess is the effects it has on my body, I'm attempting to lose weight & at the moment it doesn't take much for me to start losing my breath during my training sessions & thats delaying my progress massively. Ive tried numerous times with e cigs, nicotine therapy, hypnotherapy & prescription meds but failed each time. The thing thats getting to me is the fear of failing again & my inner evil beast raising its nasty head... I get so darn aggitated & i can become so irrational its not even funny and i have no idea on how to work through it. when i get into these evil moods I seem to be really good at self sabotage & convincing myself that everything is hopeless so whats the point of even trying but yet every other given day i know very damn well its worth the struggle & i know i can do it - Im so sick of being tied down with this feral habit & i want it gone!! any advice on how to tame my evil inner beast & how to shut it down would be awesome! I have my quit date set for Friday, until then I'm on patches to cut down & I'm seeing my GP tomorrow to see if maybe champix / zyban is worth another shot (tried them both before & had terrible side effects) Anyway fingers crossed this will work, hubby will still be smoking but instead of seeing it as a hurdle ill be looking at it as a deterrent, hopefully the smell of them & him will be enough to stop me wanting to light up! Here's to a smoke free, fitter & better version of me !! good luck to everyone else & stay strong XX
good luck and I understand how that mind works the mind of an addict it can be a scary place some times.
drop in here daily and more and read on the net about addiction as we need to know what are dealing with,
so coming here for me is a chance to maybe help someone and forget about how I feel for awhile while I do that and get a check up from the neck up.
so share away and read even more.
IC
Hi there,
My story is very similar to yours, I'm having my last cigarette as I type... I'm so over it ... I'm trying to also lose weight and have not been motivated as I'm always out of breath ... Enough is enough .Good luck to you !
Hey MelMel and JoJoBg,
Good on the both of you! I have have been a non smoker now for 35 days now and I am on Champix. You have to eat breakfast before having the tablet and not have it after 5pm which should help the side effects. I had a few days of really bad mood swings but I recognised them and signed up onto an online journal penzu.com where I would openly type everything that was in my mind no matter how it came out. That really helped me.
I have lost 5.2 kg also in 4 weeks. Simply by counting calories and being completely honest. I have a fitbit and use their app, it's so helpful! It finds out the amount of calories I naturally burn a day and I have been eating at least 500 calories less than that a day. I don't go to the gym or anything yet but I am getting my energy back. I do feel so much better with not getting breathless etc due to not smoking anymore.
I know that if I can do it than you can.
Other suggestions is to make a playlist with music you can rock out to, download the headspace app and learn some meditation, podcasts about not smoking ..
Good luck to you both and we are all here if you need :o)
Hi MelMel. IC hit the nail on the head. Those of us who have gone a long way to staying quit like to take the opportunity to return and encourage others. Compelled to do so because that is why we are where we are. We really owe it to encourage the newer group coming through who are trying to quit. Best of all, we recognise the pain...We also benefit from the reminders of how day one is so difficult to entertain. This reminds us that there is never a moment when we can regress and reward ourselves with just that "one"...
Hi MelMel. There are various methods to stop but the one thing we all have in common is our minds. Changing how you look at smoking and the effect it has on you is critical. I read a book prior to stopping and changed my perception of smoking. In my head I used my brothers face on a 6 foot tall cigarette telling me I was hopeless and would always be smoking, that I didn't have the willpower to stop and being the bloody-minded/stubborn person I am, I was determined to prove him wrong (plus his imaginery face was so punchable). So that's how I did it. I have offered the face of my brother to others on here trying to quit, no charge!!!!! You have to find a way that works for you. For the first few weeks I stopped, I would get myself a coffee each morning and instead of a smoke, I would go on this chat page and look through other peoples vents and fears and the replies from veteran quitters. Massive inspiration from those people and as there are people on here form all over the world there is normally someone looking at this site who can offer a shoulder or some advice. Keep posting, we want to hear how you're getting on, vent, rage, pat yourself on the back - whatever you need to say to get you through that craving and out the other side. Hugs