fighting the urge
It has been 74 days now since I quit after smoking for over 37 years and 40 a day. I find some days it is just so hard and I want a smoke badly but I say I am not going backwards. I still have smokes at home and in the car so if I wanted to I could just light up and that is the challenge I have set myself not to. It is very much a mind game and the nicotine is not going to beat me. I want control over my life not hankering for hit. I get cranky and I know that will eventually go (or at least I hope). I could light up right now but it is not going to beat me.
Hi LynnDiane,
Wow girl you are doing awesome, after such a long time to be smoking,great work.
I personally would get rid of the smokes hanging around... you have proved you are super strong. It is risky for you to have then close by let go of them.
well done on reaching day 75. thats great.
I agree with converse and stoprightnow. with the fags so close, the tempation is pretty close. You have proved that you dont NEED them. youve survived 75 days. So dump the fags and enjoy being smoke free, one day at a time..
good luck and stay strong xx
Hi LynnDiane. I am very early in my battle at the moment but I am keeping my packet round as well. It's not so I can smoke whenever I want it is to be able to say to myself they are there and I don't want one. If I threw them all away I think my mind would go to pieces. It would make the urge to smoke much stronger. I would feel like I was denying myself or something. The old 'what you can't have you want' stuff. Anyway, I guess whatever works for you. I'm only 3 days without smoking so I don't really know how this works. Good luck
You've done so well to get this far and if having smokes helps then you do whatever it takes. I can relate to the urge for having a smoke cause I'm at day 85 and still want one at times but refuse to give in - keep up the great work!!
I too still have cigs in my bag, and have been wondering if the urges would last less time if they were not there, if I could say well tough you don't have any so just get on with it!!
When I was smoking I always panicked when I ran out, so it seemed easier to just have them there to avoid the potential panic. And having a couple left meant if you just couldn't help yourself one day you could then still just have one, if I had to buy a packet I would probably smoke them.
Its a toad of an addiction isn't it? making your brain tell you stories all the time that you know just are not true, like you need a cig, just one won't hurt etc!
Congratulations on beating it for 74 days, that is SUPER.
I am only day 23 after 40 yrs smoking, and it is a little discouraging to hear that after 74 days you still get strong urges!! I suppose pre-warned is pre-armed though, and it certainly wouldn't be worth going through the angst now only to give in down the track, makes all the prior suffering for nothing!!
Looks like I'll be keeping he rescue remedy handy for a while longer!
Sorry the post got long. We just have to all stick together I s'pose and support each other and stay strong, as it is well worth it eventually!
Hi there Lynn well done on coming so far,but i have to agree with the other ladies get rid of the fags that you have it only takes a lapse in concentration to pick them up especially while you are driving,you dont need to set yourself a task by having them there you already know that you can do it. Sorry if it sounds harsh but dont tempt fate. GOOD LUCK STAY STRONG.
I kept my smokes around for quite a while, this was so I could say to myself that I was not smoking because I wanted to give up, instead of not smoking just because I didn't have any. Another 3 weeks and it's 500 days.