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Today is day 28.Im proud of where im at & so is my family. My hardest time is once the sun goes down & im home alone. Reading other peoples struggles & problems makes my giving up smoking seem trivial but still worthwhile if that makes sense. Why does it seem to get harder the longer you go without ?
Hi Shyang, I am on 89 days and it does get easier. I can remember being around 3 to 4 weeks in and how hard it was. I think I had a false sense of security that it will be the hardest the 1st week or 2, but honestly I was like a little spoilt brat (and I am 61) stomping around the house thinking :WHY can't I smoke, that's all I want to do" "It's so unfair" "I just want 1" and sometimes accompanied with crying. I loved the ,I have cooked dinner,cleaned up,now let's have a cuppa and a ciggie at night thing and have found this the hardest but believe me when I think of those early times I really do have a giggle. Just remind yourself why you decided to quit and keep hanging in there,
It really does get easier. I found naming the addiction of someone I really don't likes helps. Even when I crave a smoke I ask myself why I would let "j " back in my life. She makes me sick and smelly, manipulates me and takes my money. That's enough to get rid of that craving.
Good luck.
Shyang, I am on day 18... I tried before and stayed smokefree for 6 years!!!! It is great when you are lulled into this belief that you can smoke a whole pack at a party and still kid yourself you are a non smoker....I am afraid that with smoking, you cannot have it both ways. You are either a smoker or you are not. I have friends that have been married for over 30 years. They have been trying to give up smoking now for 25 years, but keep rewarding themselves with cigarettes when they stay smokefree for a couple of days. And so the story goes on. It is impossible to stay over in their house, because it reeks of smoke, I even thought it stank when I was still a smoker....Try to celebrate your non smoking status!
Thanks everyone for the support. Day 33 & going strong. Brought a pushbike & was a bit wobbly at first but all good now cept I cant get up the hills that to me are like everest & to everyone else there a speed bump.