My 55 days smoke free
My 55 days quit cold turkey. Today I still feel tight chess and short of breath. This two nights start to cough more. For me I had no problem with the craving,but I really hate the physical and mentally feeling. Now already 55 days and don't know still have to take how long to get rid of the feeling. So that means can back to my normal life. I wish I can go out for a walk,shopping and to meet up with my friends.
Hi Amy3565 Thank for your support, 55 Days is quite an achievement you must be proud of yourself, don't beat yourself up the only way to beat your fears is to get out there and face them, you don't need cigarettes anymore and there's nothing outside to be afraid of so walk tall, be Proud and keep telling yourself I can do it.
Amy do ypourself a favour and buy Allen Carrs book, you can buy it asan audio book (audible.com.au - part of Amazon), it helps you understand the addiction and fears you have.
If you quit cold turkey, like I have tried many times using the willpower method, i feel that I am being deprived of something and thats why stop start all the time.
His method basically gets you to understand the trap, in that we smoke the next cigarette to satisfy the empty insecure feeling created by the last cigarette and then the next one for the empty insecure feeling caused by the one we just smoked, thats the trap.
The physical carvings do not last its the mind games that are played out that get us back into the trap. If we can get rid of that "deprived" feeling then we have amuch better chance of staying quit long term.
I understand the logic and can deal with the physical cravings, but the big nictine monster in my head plays mind games and I succumb to the "just one more" signal
I have thrown away over 5 packets this week (most still close to a full packet), I can deal with the physical cravings but not the mental mind games.
I need a mechanism that makes me stop and think before I succumb to the mind games "go on just one more". If only I stopped and thought it through I possibly would not light up. I go smoke free for up to two days and then back again. Sime quit attempts only 6 hours? I am strong willed in other areas of my life, but this mind game that the big nicotine monster plays on me is something else.
When a craving comes along, I get very anxious and want to drive to the deli and get some tobacco. Then I think "hang on, I don't have to do that any more, yahoo, thank you Alan Carr". 😁😁😁😁😁😁😉😁
Oh no not again where do theses people come from IDK?Hang in there Amy help is on its way.