As I approach day 100
Today is day 95 of my quit journey. Day 100 is fast approaching. I haven't logged into this site for a number of weeks as I have been trying all avoid all thoughts of smoking for a while. In general, things do get easier over time as you move further away from your quit date. However, I have found that there is a nagging 'voice' in my head that does randomly pop up from time to time (some days more than others) that tells me 'It will be ok, it won't matter if you have just one'. I have strategies in place to deal with this 'voice' and will continue to deal with the temptations as and when they rear their ugly head. I know that one cigarette will be all it takes to lead me back to smoking. What these 'voices' show me is that quitting smoking for ever is going to be an ongoing life-long battle for me and I am only ever one cigarette away from being a smoker again. The good news is that in the next couple of months I am going on 2 x overseas holidays (which are all paid for) which I would never have been going on if I had continued to smoke. The tangible benefits of not smoking (e.g. better health, more money in your pocket and not stinking all the time) far outweigh the 'false' benefits of smoking.
And I just want to add that it was the posts of others on this website that helped me get through the 'dark' early days of my quit. Thank you.
Congratulations Threds. I am at day 95 too and know that sometimes we want to completely get away with reading and talking about smoking. The posts on this site have helped me a lot too in my journey. Enjoy your 2 overseas holidays as you deserve to celebrate your success with the money you have saved. The long flight is going to be so much easier now that you are smoke free.
Lots of congrats to you, enjoy your exciting life on your travels, keep on listening to your thoughts of no way will I light up, you have a lot of living to do. I am so impress by you, especially your fitness approach. Well off for another walk seems to calm my head down, will be sure to believe we can stop choosing the demon.
Congrats to you too Iwillbeatit. Sounds like you are well on your way to doing so!!! Yes, I never looked forward to a long plane flight when smoking. It should be much better!!! Thanks for your words of encouragement cath57. Yes, walking has been a big help in stopping smoking.
I just checked my online 'My Quit Plan' for the first time in a long time. Today is actually day 94 for me not day 95. I stuffed up somewhere in my manual diary!!!! LOL. 94, 95....who cares, I will soon get to 100 and beyond!!!!
Oh Threds, you have done sooooo well, a humungus congratulations.
You got to stay ahead of the demon in your head that wants you to fail, and it doesn't matter what habit you are trying to overcome.
My little nest egg is growing aswell saving $120.00 a week and it has been 141 days or nearly 19 weeks for me, but i still get the pangs, but I am so stubborn and determind.
Looking forward to reading about your travels.
Hi Threds, hope it is not Margaret Thatcher trying to get you to reward yourself with a cigarette. She is rapidly giving up on me and may be looking for another conquest. There are better rewards than what we have been trying to give up.
congratulations on your journey so far...Aint it funny so far along and that thing in your head still trying to JAM it up you...Just keep knocking it back and as Lia said its game over soon enough and that demon is looing for somebody else to fail at there weekest moment... No going back from here just about to find that big CENTURY
So So easy to get Run Out from here:) so keep in your crease and youll have no probs
Today is day 250 for me and it is good to know the "veterans" on this site know" the journeys we have endured. Good to know it's win, win, win from way back then & no way are we taking a backwards step. We owe too much too ourselves and to all those who have encouraged us along the way...
Good on you Threds and the rest of you who keep powering ahead. I do think there will come a day when it will absolutely NOT matter but I think that day is still a way off. What we do know is that we are actually going through a process of grief for something we loved and that is now gone. The only difference here is that we could get it back in two minutes and it takes will-power not to do it.
I am five months down the track (almost six) and I can only say that it is so very much easier than the first three months but there are still moments when I have to slam down a craving (just been to see a movie where they didn't stop smoking). But, like grief, we get over it and we look back on it with sentimentality and no sense that we would cave in. That's what I'm hoping and I reckon if we all keep at it, that is what will happen.
Well done on your achievements.
Well-done Threds. Congrats on your continue success. You should be very proud of yourself. That "nagging voice" you're talking about will also disappear in time. I have been smoke-free now for 530 days, and I feel amazing, and fantastic. Enjoy your new life :). Best wishes to you!!
Oh, I haven't been in this sight for a while myself, I only post on special occasion like this :).