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63 years old. Smoked at LEAST a pack a day - more at times, for 44 years.
I put cigs down many times over the years.
This time I put them down and didn't look back. Cold turkey... the only way to go.
anyone thinking they can't quit - yes you can. You have to be stronger than the nicotine which seems nearly impossible at time. I feel I could still cave in but keep going.
Good luck to all the quitters!
Marsha
I put cigs down many times over the years.
This time I put them down and didn't look back. Cold turkey... the only way to go.
anyone thinking they can't quit - yes you can. You have to be stronger than the nicotine which seems nearly impossible at time. I feel I could still cave in but keep going.
Good luck to all the quitters!
Marsha
lag, 15 days is wonderful, keep it going.
congrats to you both.
You can NEVER have just one, they run in packs.
It's not that I want a cigarette, that part is no problem now, it's the anger and irritability are very hard for me to deal with! All I want is to be curled up in bed all alone, but I still have to see my spouse, leave the house, go to work, etc. Don't want to see or talk to anyone right now....not fun
PS, it is hard to get to know someone when they have a private profile.
Unlike referring to other endeavors that's not a slight. :-)
As far as quitting and having that one smoke...
Been there, done that. I quit for 14 years and then had that one smoke. That was about 13 years ago and I have to keep that lesson at the front of my awareness.
at 30 days I thought I had it licked. So proud of myself and then you get slammed by 'something' that make you talk yourself out of smoking. I am happy with what I'm doing but MAN! where do these thoughts come from that I could just have one. Like Mayberry Deb points out - they come in packs.
did you dream about smoking yet? I dreamed I smoked an entire pack and then kept finding ones everywhere I looked. funny, it didn't make me want to smoke. One good thing is this - I don't like the smell of cigs and can hardly believe I smelled like that. I could always smell them and thought they smelled great when I did smoke.
I've put on pounds but if I cut out chocolate chip cookies, I seem to go down. Hmmm... wonder how that works!
Keep going - no matter what. Talk to yourself and remember why you quit in the first place. My quit was breathing heavy after a short walk and wheezing at night. Scared me! I put them down - hopefully forever. If I live to age 80, I might have one or two. :)
So - I consider myself a smoker that never lit up again.
That's interesting. I've been playing around with lucid dreaming for a couple of months now, and out of 150+ non-lucid dreams I journaled in that time not once can I recall smoking or anything to do with cigarettes.
Of course that was all pre-quit and I've put lucid dreaming on the side so I can focus on quitting. Even though I'm not writing them down during awakenings now I still remember several dreams each night. I'll have to keep an eye out for anything smoking-related popping up in dreams.