Re: Intro. 24 hours and counting.
- From: "PolarBear" <carmensk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 08:57:31 -0400
Adam, welcome to our home. We are here to help and support you.
You have great reasons for not smoking, use this as a motivation when you feel you can't do it anymore. Other than that I only can pass on the advice I get here from everyone read and post a lot. There is always someone around to help.
24 hours of not smoking is a step in the right direction. The hardest part for me was actually to how and when to quit. One morning I just woke up and didn't feel like smoking at all.
It will not be easy but its worth it, your kids are worth it.
PolarBear
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"Failing to prepare is preparing to fail"
I will not fail. I will prove that Bipolars can
stay quit too
"Adam" <adds21@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:xi4ak.188083$9x.19320@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hello people.
Well, I've been a smoker since I was about 14. That's over 25 years.
Recently, I feel like I've been getting ready to stop smoking. I've tired to quit once before, probably about 8 years ago, but failed after a few weeks. I'm not one of those people who tries to stop every few months. If I try to stop, I'm going to really try to stop. I can't actually remember how long I "really" stopped for last time. I would smoke the "odd one" now and again, so I'm not sure for what the longest I didn't smoke any for was, maybe three or four days.
So, the last few days I've been feeling pretty rough with a heavy cold. I always smoke when I'm ill, but this time, I just didn't feel like smoking. Still, my "smoking head" convinced me to have a couple, so I smoked maybe 5 or 6 on Friday, and a few less on Saturday. I have no idea how many I smoke as I roll my own, but I used to be on about 20 a day when I was on "tailor-made" smokes, and now 25 grams of rolling tobacco will last be about 3 or 4 days.
Then Sunday morning I realised I only had enough tobacco for one. I had this idea in the back of my head that now would be an ideal time to stop smoking, as I said, this idea has been building inside me for the last few months anyway. So I rolled a cigarette, and popped out to the garden to smoke it. That was just over 24 hours ago now, and I haven't had one since. I haven't gone this long without a smoke for about 8 years.
The thing is, I feel remarkably well. I'm not saying it's easy, but I just don't feel like a cigarette at the moment. Work was always going to be the hardest because I have a "smoking buddy" who I pop out with for a cigarette every hour or so, but even that's been okay. I popped outside with her earlier while she had a cigarette. I just stood there chatting, without smoking - I didn't even tell her I'd stopped as such, I just said I was trying to cut down.
So, what can I expect? I'm really trying to be positive about the whole "not smoking" thing. If I have any cravings I'm trying to enjoy them (eg, thinking "hey, that must mean my body is getting over it"), but I don't really know how long they last, or how long it will take until I go my first hour or day without thinking about smoking. I guess I'm looking for achievable milestones to look forward to!
Oh, part of the reason for really wanting to stop this time is that we found out, on Friday, that we're going to have another child. My current little boy, who is three, sometimes wants to come outside with daddy to "have a cigarette". I don't like hearing him saying that, and I figure if I stop now, by the time the new baby is born in 8 months time (touch wood), I'll be over I'llsmoking enough to handle the sleepless nights without wanting to smoke. If I don't stop now, I know I won't stop for several years because use the "sleepless nights" excuse (to myself) as a reason for not smoking.
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