God help those around me.....
Hi there fellow non smokers ( I hope I can stay this way ) I am 46 yrs old and have smoked since I was 9. I did manage to stop for about 9 mnths ( all that time I was smoking pot ) but when my daughter had her first hospitalisation for asthma I started again. I couldn't stand the taste of my old brand so I started on the menthols. Now that was 10yrs ago and it's that daughter that has made me make the dicision to stop. Her and the fact that I haven't really enjoyed a smoke for months now. I tried to stop cold turkey about a month ago and went totally insane, I was crying at the drop of a hat, angry at everyone and craving so bad that my anxiety levels went through the roof. I went to see my Dr and he told me to smoke and just cut down slowly until I stopped. Ha Ha I lasted 1 day and I was smoking nearly as much as what I was before I stopped. It took me a couple of weeks to get the courage to try again, this time I'm using patches and have found it much easier, I have been stopped for 9 days. The first 6 were good but the last 3 have been hard. I'm ready to rip heads off shoulders and really restless the cravings seem to be getting worse. I was even concidering rolling up some butts tonight ( YUCK ) thank God I didn't, that's what prompted me to get online and have a look at what help there is out there for me to help me to stay on the path of being a nonsmoker.............
Hi Eric and thanks for your reply. No I don't still smoke pot I have been completely drug free (including alchol ) for nearly 3 yrs and the smoking is now going too. The reason my Dr said that is that I suffer from depression and the withdrawals were incressing my symptoms and he didn't want me to rush things he wanted me to quit one ciggy at a time. I have read the easy way to stop smoking and I didn't stop smoking. The nicotine replacement is the only thing that has worked for me. I would like to add that I felt quite offended when you said " good luck your going to need it " what were you trying to say??? What makes my quit journey any different from any one elses journey??? If anything you've made me more determine just to prove to you that you shouldn't have judged me so harshly......