Thank you for your response and support. I sure can relate to what you are saying about retraining the brain. I have that want also not some much a craving. The emotions can be hard to deal with when you used nicotine to deal with everything and every emotion, happy, sad, lonely, bored, nervous, anxious, angry , mad , etc. etc. etc. I do find being that I smoked for 35 out of my 55 years on this earth that I never really learned how to deal with the emotions. That was my downfall on my previous quits but I have learned from those quits and I am determined not to loose this quit to emotions. Nicotine will not fix anything or make it all better. No matter what I have promised myself I will not smoke. I will come here and post. You are so right we can all learn so much from each other here in the support group. I will also being praying and asking for strength and guidance in fighting this addiction. So far its all been working. I have faith that I can do this. I will be finished with Hell week tomorrow night at 10 pm. Good luck hope. See you on the boards.
Rose
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/30/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 5 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 200 Amount Saved: $60.00 Life Gained: Days: 0 Hrs: 19 Mins: 31 Seconds: 46
Thank you for your response and support. I am watching out for those triggers and dealing with them one at time sometimes two at a time. When that demon starting whispering and then yelling in my ear that I need a cigarette. I get real mad and start yelling back. I am a non-smoker get away from me, buzz off.
As for the rewards I am just starting to get the of hang doing that. I went out and did a little shopping for some new clothes last night, for the new and improved me. I will worry about the weight gain later. I refuse to give up my quit because I am worried about gaining weight. I am in this for the long hall. This is my last and final quit. I will be done with Hell week tomorrow night at 10 pm. Hip Hip Hooray!!! No more nicotine for me!!
Rose
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/30/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 5 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 200 Amount Saved: $60.00 Life Gained: Days: 0 Hrs: 19 Mins: 28 Seconds: 1
Hi Rose: Keep going. I have cried some days too. I read some old posts earlier about the brain retraining to being a non-smoker and I am trying to think of those words with each want. That's what I find now. It is a want and not so much of a crave and I too hope someday that want will go away. Everyone has told me it gets easier and I believe it. This forum got me through a few tough moments. I need support as we all do. I was such a closet smoker that noone hardly even knows I quit because they never knew I smoked. Somehow that made it O.K. When I finally spoke to my Doctor about it she was concerned that I was a psychological smoker and not so addicted to nicotine. She was right so like all of us I must learn to disassociate smoking from certain situations. Sounds like you are doing great at that. I'll learn from you and everyone here. Good luck. You will do it.Hope
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/12/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 22 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 176 Amount Saved: $88.00 Life Gained: Days: 2 Hrs: 5 Mins: 10 Seconds: 30
You are right... as long as you do not smoke, you ARE a non-smoker!!! You will come across thousands of triggers in the next few months and every time one comes up and the demon starts telling you that you need a cigarette, you just reply, "NOPE, not any more!!! I'm a non-smoker!" That's because you want freedom way more than you want to smoke!!!
I'm glad to hear that you are getting some exercise in, too!!! Gradually try to increase you daily exercise to at least 30 minutes a day, as that is recommended! As for the weight gain caused by quitting... don't sweat it now!!! Go ahead and eat a little treat every now and then for a reward, cuz we need those rewards!!! Get your quit really under control and then start to concentrate on losing the gained weight!!! Right now, job #1 is to do whatever it takes to keep that quit!
You are doing great so far!!! Keep your eyes on the prize.... FREEDOM!!!
Jim
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 3/5/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 820 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 20,500 Amount Saved: $3,382.50 Life Gained: Days: 141 Hrs: 6 Mins: 22 Seconds: 9
Thanks again everyone for your support and for cheering me on. It really helps.
Today is day 5 and I am beginning to lose count so I guess it must be going pretty good. No more counting the hours for me now. This morning I reaped the reward of being a non-smoker. I was able to go for a 2 and a half mile walk. My pulse rate was good, breathing much improved and my bp may be improving also. I didn't tire as easily and my color was good. I have exercise hyper tension, restrictive lung disease and very high lipid panels with high inflammation levels. Quiting smoking is something I needed to do if I wanted to live and have a better quality of life. I am already seeing improvement and am very excited and feeling good. I am a little worried about weight gain being I have gained 10 lbs on each of my last four failed attempts so this time I am trying to do 30 minutes of exercise every other day at least. The exercise is so much easier to do now that I am a non smoker and can breathe and I can tell that my O2 exchange rate is much better. I honestly can not think of one bad or negative thing about quiting smoking as far as my situation goes. I am sure most of the weight will come off in time as long as I don't smoke because if I don't smoke I can exercise. If I smoke I can not. If I want to live I can not smoke. That is why I choose to be a non-smoker I WANT TO LIVE I AM A NON-SMOKER
Rose
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/30/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 4 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 160 Amount Saved: $48.00 Life Gained: Days: 0 Hrs: 15 Mins: 24 Seconds: 14
Way to go Rose your doing great. Don't forget to drink lots of ice cold water, I put a lemon wedge in my water sometimes to make a change. Take deep breaths and if the craves get to bad try exercising. I remember when I was on day twenty of my quit I felt so sad, like I lost my best friend or something and I was on the treadmill and strated crying because of the cravings but after a good cry I felt better and now I'm still smoke free. Good Luck Rose you can do this just say NOPE
Memie
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 1/25/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 128 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,280 Amount Saved: $512.00 Life Gained: Days: 15 Hrs: 16 Mins: 18 Seconds: 45
It is day 4 and I am a non-smoker. I am fighting the craves which is to be expected. The biggest problem is going to be retraining my brain that I do no smoke while doing anything or everything or nothing anymore. So here I am posting and telling myself "I am a non-smoker" my idea is that this is reaffirming and reminding and retraining my mind to the idea and fact that
" I am a non-smoker"
Rose
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/30/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 3 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 120 Amount Saved: $36.00 Life Gained: Days: 0 Hrs: 11 Mins: 33 Seconds: 18
You all are so Great, Thank you for all of the support today. I have been reading your posts off and on all day and your words have given me strength. I am now 1 hour and 45 minutes away from day 4. It sure looks like I am making it this time.
I really think this is going to be my final quit. I am a non smoker now. Oh I forgot to tell you. I was able to walk 2 miles today Because I am a non smoker.
Rose
My Mileage:
My Quit Date: 5/30/2010 Smoke-Free Days: 2 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 80 Amount Saved: $24.00 Life Gained: Days: 0 Hrs: 9 Mins: 45 Seconds: 13
That's because you want freedom way more than you want to smoke!!!
