Keep it up!! It DOES get better, I promise. Just plan to stay busy with your hands to avoid the cravings.

The deep breathing helped me a lot with my cravings when they were bad. Inhale deep breathe for 8 seconds, hold for 5 seconds, exhale slowly for eight seconds. Works great!!

Keeping your quit stats is kind of fun too. Mine is:
One month, one week, one day, 2 hours, 7 minutes and 9 seconds. 571 cigarettes not smoked, saving $99.98. Life saved: 1 day, 23 hours, 35 minutes.

You can download the quit meter for FREE from http://www.silkquit.org/sqmmiv/meter.aspx

Good luck and God Bless!!

I'll pray for you. With God's help you can do this!

I like your determination not to run out to buy any......remember it's a choice, it takes action.

Stay positive!
:)

Thanks so much. The deep breathing does help. 11:30 am and still smoke free! LOL! I can't wait till my husband comes Home and I can say not one all day! The only other time I was able to say that was when I was in the hospital. I went out and did not buy any! Another great accomplishment.
Baby steps , baby steps.

I wish you the best. You will feel so much better when it's behind you. God bless you and I will pray for you!

That is right, baby steps. Keep setting small short term goals like your doing.

Keep it up!!!

Good for you!! Keep it up! Keep thinking positive thoughts about why you are doing this. Take deep breaths and walks. The first few days are the hardest. I am at day 29 and it REALLY gets easier. :) This may be the most important thing you can do for yourself AND your family who want you around so put it #1. Do whatever you have to to get through this.
I just reminded myself that feeling the cravings were because I was doing something really GOOD for me.
YOU can do it!!!

Congradulations on your choice to quit, I quit cold turkey and found it was easier then I ever had an idea it would be. It been 4Months today I feel great no craving at all. So you can do it. Good Luck with you all the way

Thanks for all your support today. It is 3:40 and I am still smoke free! Onward and upward. I find myself breathing deeper as the day goes on. I think I will have the cleanest house in town by the end of the week. I am just keeping busy!

You made the best decision ever to quit smoking. There are some things you can do to help ease the cravings. Drink ice water when you get a crave, water helps flush the toxins and is a great crave chaser. Get up and move around, do light exercise if possible. Allow extra time to sleep, your body and brain will be getting a lot more oxygen than it's accustomed to having and this makes a lot of folks tired. Keep healthy snacks handy. I ate mega loads of frozen green grapes and sucked on cloves (not at the same time! LOL) Cloves numbed my tongue and helped me really not want to smoke. If you are quitting cold turkey or using Chantix it will only take about 72 hours for all the nicotine to leave your system. Pamper yourself, I did bubble baths in the evening as my reward for not smoking plus the tub was not a place I never smoked so it was easy to relax and not want a ciggie. Get some friends on your friends list and read the journals then post in your own. You aren't smoking when you're typing! You can do this and in no time at all you will begin to see and experience some very positive changes to your body and mind. Best of Luck and you CAN do this!

Keep up the great work. We are all very proud of you. Oh by the way, would you come clean my house too? Just kidding! I thought I would make you smile. Good luck and we are here for support.

Congratulations!!! Wooooohoooo!!! Another beautiful soul breaking free of that horrid addiction. How wonderful!! :) :) :)

Yes, baby steps. How do you stay quit? Just never touch another cigarette.

NOPE:
Not
One
Puff
Ever

A quit meter is great, too. Seeing those numbers climb is a great motivator.

Bless your heart for the gifts you are and this gift you are giving yourself and your loved ones.

Keep up the great quit.

Well it is 7:30 Pm. I am still smoke free. But I must say the last 2 hours have been soooooo hard. My daughter called from St.Croix to wish me a happy birthday. All I could do after I got off the phone was cry. I miss her so. My husband told me to just go buy some cigs. and have just one. I told him no I was fine. I seemed to have regrouped after reading all your post. I can't thank you enough. I don't know if you really know how much help you are. But each of you have helped me make it through this first day. Thanks and God Bless Each of you.

Well I am going to bed I am exhasted from trying to stay busy all day and not one smoke break ! Tomorow is day 2! I made it ! I did it! One full day smoke Free!
Thanks agian and God Bless.

Well I am going to bed I am exhasted from trying to stay busy all day and not one smoke break ! Tomorow is day 2! I made it ! I did it! One full day smoke Free!
Thanks agian and God Bless.

Your husband told you to go buy some cigs!?!? He must know my ex-boyfriend! He was sooooooo bad and tried to get me to keep smoking, but I never did!

I even created a blog at http://unsupportiveboyfriends.blogspot.com

Don't smoke! Don't smoke! You can do it!!!!

Msg me if you need someone to talk to please!

Elisabeth