I think that you will find many people increase their intake of cigarettes between the time of making the decision to quit and the actual quit date. I read on whyquit.com that it is actually quit common. Not to worry, this is definitely doable. We will be right here when and if you need anything. Make sure to sign in at roll call and daily pledge to reaffirm daily your commitment to yourself. Look forward to seeing you there. : )

Sorry, I always goof up the "advice" and "topic" thing. Thank you for your response. I am pretty shy when it comes to posting things, and have a lot of anxiety when doing so, which is probably why I goof it all up. Thank you again. You give people very good advice and are so positive in your comments, I love reading them. I'm sure you have helped a lot of people. Thank you again.

Hang in there with yr quit and stay with the forum here as there is oodles of magic support and encouragement. You will also find as you fight the craves and become stronger it will spill over to other areas of yr life. Pretty soon we will have you hosting the Bonfire....hey dont giggle, i was only here about 4 months when i hosted one. Oodles of fun. Thursday evenings, keep yr eyes peeled for it....hugs oz...oops btw, i am just restarting my quit, again. It is a tuffy to beat but it is very doable.

Oz, I never thought of it this way....The bonfires are on Wednesday nights 6PM EST...but you being Downunder, it is the next day for you..hahaha
Hopeless, I too quit by using
Chantix and for mei t was a wonder drug. byt you do have to be aware of the side effects. The only one I experienced was bizarre and very vivid dreams. But remember, the med doesn't make you quit...you still need to do the work, it is just a tool to help you quit.
Stick close to us and you won't be Hopeless for long. :)

oh yeah, hope.......what is your profile called? should we call u hope
???????? yeah my quit date was yiesterday and i like smoked a whole pack the night before .. .because we will miss them. u know , they are part of us for so long. it is time to get rid of them, becaouse i know they hurt us---health, confidence.....so i am new on here too. so write me i look forward to chatting with ya.

good luck, i love your puppy!!!
cathy --Gizzy is my cat's name

I sure like to see newbies here in our group.There has been some wonderful advice given here, so I won't say but one thing... You can do this, just put your mind to it and things will work out.

I am with you Jeanne, love to hear from the Newbies!

My answer is no. I put my cig out, because I was just told to quit or soon choke to death. That would be 1362 days ago.

If you want to quit, you gotta suck up that bad habit and move on. All of you newbies are doing great I might add.

hi hopeless and welcome. I've heard good things about chantix. I hope that it works for you. I personally used the patch. I made a list of the reasons i wanted to quit. the night before, get rid of all ashtrays, lighters including the one in your car. water, lots of it will help the first few days. snacks for cravings. frozen grapes were my favorite. some swear by black licorice. have some projects to do to keep you busy and distracted. You may experience that you are more tired than normal. Sleep is always good.

do roll call and pledge with us every morning. It helps and we do have a virtual bonfire on wednesday evenings. Good luck and we will be here .

Will water and juice really get the nicotine out of your system quicker? That is a great idea about getting rid of all ash trays and lighters and stuff. Maybe I'll shampoo and febreeze the couches tomorrow to keep busy. This will hopefully take all that smoke smell out. I'll bet my furniture smells horrible! Thank you for your comment, I will do all that you mentioned. :)

I know I smoked all I could the night before I quit, and will do the same again because I must restart my quit. Now to choose a quit date, that is always hard as no time is the right time. Maybe tomorrow just doesn't work for me. Setting a realistic quit date is the only way.

Well, I am glad to see that I'm not abnormal with the smoking so much. I was thinking today on my way from dropping the kids off at school, about the one web site at whyquit.com. It's at the very bottom. It's about the man who they show with his two year old son and then they show him 63 days later........oh my heart just broke for that family. What if tomorrow isn't soon enough like it wasn't for that man.......I just keep thinking this. I have to keep my quit date no matter what! Like someone on here said, "no one has ever died trying to quit smoking" or something like that. The point is that I won't die from the withdrawl of nicotine.