1 Week Free!
Well guys I am just over the 1 week mark of being Free!!! 8 days to be exact :-D
Yesterday (day 7) was abit hard for me, many times I really felt like a smoke but still soldiered through it.. today (day 8) has been reallyyy hard for me for some reason :-( the first half of the day I mostly stayed in bed & then decided to get up & rid my car of all things related to smoking (lighters, empty packets, vacuumed all the ash etc) & whilst doing that I really wasn't coping to well :-( I felt like I could of killed for a smoke! After that I went & had a cold shower & put a patch on, felt abit better after that :-) I heard that it's the hardest in the first week, but for some reason the first 4 days were reasonably ok for me, it's days 5, 6, 7 & 8 that have been a struggle for me :-( maybe it's because I have found myself being more bored on these days & all I wanted to do was sit out in the sun & have a coffee & a smoke.. did any1 else find they had this problem? Still trying my hardest to keep on track tho :-)
I feel exactly the same. I’m only on day 5, but I thought day 1-3 would be the worst, and yet day 4&5 have been the pits!
I’m still feeling strong mentally and determined to do this but I wasn’t expecting it to be like this.
Huge congratulations on getting 1 week behind you. Have a great weekend :)
Thanks :-) yes it is really hard! I agree I thought days 1-3 would be the hardest.. I seem to struggle when I'm not wearing a patch but I also don't want to become dependant on those things either.. I am confident I will succeed, I just wish more time would pass so I could feel like it was worth it! Good luck to u :-)
Hi KingKelz
just checked in today and read your story, I hope today is a better day for you.
Everyone is different but I struggled alot (inside my own head) I had a lot of arguments with me and i wish i could say it didn't last long but for me it was on and off for months.
My advise for what it is worth is use this forum i think i posted daily for weeks every time I thought it got hard.
Read other stories they can help you feel your not alone.
Early in my journey i read someones post that said something like 'remember that having a cigarette will not change anything whatever is going in that made you look for that cigarette will still be there after you finish the cigarette '
hang in there if you hang in there you will succeed
Thanks for the comments guys :-)
Steve - I know EXACTLY what u mean! It is exactly how u explain it, the first few days ur thinking "yes! There filthy, disgusting & I never want one again!!!" Now I'm past all that and my brain is "yeh but remember when u use to love smoking while doing this and doing that etc etc"
I have also been keeping a separate app on my phone (sort of like a diary) where I write a little something each day explaining how I feel & how strong the cravings are so I can see the progress as I go along :-)
Storm - Today is a 50/50 for me.. I think it's cause my partner comes over and stays on the weekend and he smokes (he tries not to smoke around me and is one of those people I envy who can somehow only smoke 3 a day and be ok with that!) When he is not here my house is smoke free so I probably don't think about it as much (my mum was a smoker but she also quit when I did due to health issues) and I currently live with her so it's good in that sense that we can try motivate each other :-) and OMG do I relate with the head games! Ever since day 5 and onwards I have been constantly arguing inside my own head "u don't need one and u need to save money and get ur health right" "yes but ahh I'd love a smoke and a coffee like when I use to sit out on the veranda" "yes but remember how gross u felt when u were smoking?" "Yeh but it's not that bad, maybe I can buy one packet and make it last me a week" etc etc etc u know the drill! I'm trying my hardest to stay free but I just get frustrated because I'm constantly thinking "how long are these thoughts and feelings going to last"? That's when my brain starts to think it's not worth it and to just give in but I tell it to shut up lol!
How long have both of you been quit for?
hello KingKlez, today is day 670 smoke free, unfortunately for me is was at least 10 months before the thoughts went away, but you only have to do a day or an hour or a minutes at a time I tried not to think ahead I also never said I was Quitting only that i wasn't smoking today I don't know why but it helped me Good Luck
Actually it makes perfect sense.. I find if u put too much pressure and stress on urself, that's when u tend to fail the most :-) thanks for the advice :-)