Starting to QUIT
Only just starting to quit and hoping that I will be successful. My reasons for quitting include health, finance, dental and being a good role-model for my children. I was never proud to be a smoker, it was embarrasing that I smoked because I knew of all the negative facts. The advertisments on TV are hard to watch when you smoke. I am using patches and herbal cigarettes for now, but hope to get rid of them too.
Hello Donnak1 !! I am so happy that you decided to start being nicotine free from today. I am at day 11 now and already feeling much better. The first days are the hardest .. and slowly it will get better and easier. I really suggest you to inform the people who are close to you so that they know you will take/need some alone time. When the motions come up try to observe them instead of living them. It is only a temporary state of mind and its your ego who wants the cigarettes back. Stay calm .. breathe and the minutes will pass by. Then the hours .. Then the days .. and then the months. I wish you all the energy needed and take your time! ;)
Thanks for your support and tips. I will need it! 11days is an achievement too. Glad you are feeling better already!
Hi, I'm very close to my quit day (using champix) and feel confident of succeeding although I am a little nervous about it at times. I find whilst smoking, the ads on tv really annoy me, but when I had quit for 8 mths a few years back, I actually think the ads helped me. Also, I was a big fan of Mad Men at the time and watching them all smoke on that show never bothered me, and didn't make me want to smoke. I even used to go to the smoking area with friends at work just to chat and never even wanted a cig. I believe it was champix that got me through and hopefully it does this time as well. Starting again was simply a moment of weakness during a romantic tropical holiday that went all wrong.....no excuse is a good excuse, but it's easy to slip back into smoking if you let yourself.