wow nearly a full week without a smoke. Am doing okay only find that my anxienty is back on a higher level again. Am hoping that this will soon pass. Plus I have an appointment with counsellor on Tuesday which should help. The other help is seeing how much I have already saved.

When I was on my 2nd week (heading into my 3rd week) of not smoking. I noticed that my chest felt so congested, but oddly I couldn't cough! Oh the irony. At night I found myself taking very shallow breaths, scared me and scared my husband who can sleep through anything! I would sit up and drink more water, (hint: drink water water water) and try to calm down and not focus on the fact that my br...

I cannot get past day 3. Sometimes just the fear of day three causes me to lose my resolve. I just don't understand why I keep doing this to myself. My throat literally aches tonight from smoking. I am in tears, feeling defeated, yet again because of my own poor decisions. & for some unknown (at least to me at this time) reason I keep running right back to it. I am so angry at myself. Why can't I...

It has now been 10 months since I had a cigarette. I was smoking a pack a day and 1 day I just stopped with the aid of nicotine patches. The first 6 weeks were the hardest. At 4 weeks I was very anxious but i thought that it would be a huge waste to get this far and start smoking again. It is by no means easy but after 6 week the cravings started to subside. I still get the occasional feel for 1...

Hi All, just want to say that for those struggling....try embracing your quit totally. I read stories on here and you sound so sad about quitting. You have to want to quit...if you want to quit then be happy about it. Embrace it...look forward to each new day knowing it will get easier and better. Don’t feel as though you are depriving yourself of anything good, because you are not. Quitting is ...

TL:DR - I'm still a bit shocked or confused that it is extremely likely I won't ever be a smoker again. I've been smoking 20 a day for the last 14 years. Not sure when exactly, maybe a few years ago, I started disliking smoking immensely. So each year, I'd say... maybe this is the year I'll stop. And it kept rolling over to the next year. For the last year, I've increased my exercise (spe...

Hi back again ,after relapsing for a few months, onto day 5 smoke free and feeling great

Hi everyone I'm on day 3 nearly early I no but I want this to work I've tried once before but I seem more positive about this time around ok so I'm on 21 mg patches but I was heavier smoked me n my partner smoked 40 a day sometimes more an I'm having withdrawals cravings etc hot flushes and the withdrawals ain't over the top very mild but still there the cravings is wen I'm not doing ne thing I'm...

Having gone cold turkey on a Saturday I was able to spend time with my fiancée who recently stopped smoking. We went about our day doing things together and a few times when I was feeling weak my love set me right with a If of tough love and understanding

Hello I quit smoking 4 days ago. I had a slip today and smoked 3 cigarettes. I gave them away because I don’t want to be smoking but I do not want to feel the need to sleep all the time either. I start a new job June 5th and cannot be sleeping until 2 pm. Have others felt this way? Suggestions?