First off - congratulations on your quit! It is really a big deal and double good for you for tyring cold turkey. I have used the commit lozenges in the past -- though I admit that I just used them at work to get through the day without smoking.
So, yes, they work, but you just have to NOT have a cigarette at the end of the day like I did. YIkes.
I'm on Chantix with great success!
Anyway, I also recommend Allen Carr's book the easy way to quit smoking -- it really gets into your head.
Smoking is an addiction - it is a drug, not something we choose to do, it is something we NEED to do. once You kick it -- you just don't NEED it AT ALL. It's very freeing. Just keep telling yourself that you will feel "normal" one day. It WILL get easier -- hard to beleive in those first few days/week but it does. Hugs to you! ox Tikka

Mindy you can do this I know you can! Simply do not smoke as hard as it is do not smoke! You will have semi crazy days but you can handle it, keep your envirement safe come here often and to whyquit! Study read learn and like I said cruise the COPD site! Yikes!

(((HUGS)))~~~~~~(((SUPPORT)))

Try to stay grounded in the moment. I recommend taking it one craving at a time and talking yourself through. Cravings last 3 to 5 minutes; you can do anything for 3 to 5 minutes. And remember the 5 Ds: distract yourself, drink water, deep breathe, delay smoking, and discuss what you are going through with someone. If you are feeling squirrely, get on this board and read through old posts. Read on www.whyquit.com. Find some things to do that will keep your hands busy and your mind occupied. Do some light (or not so light, if you are up to it) physical activity - that helps get the blood moving and the oxygen flowing into your cells. If all else fails, take a shower, go to bed, or go to a movie. Just don't smoke. Hang in there!

Hi, Mindy. Congratulations on your quit. This is a fabulous gift you are giving to yourself and those that care about you.

Whether you have asthma or not, smoking is definitely killing yourself. We knew it, yet we all continued to smoke. Such is the nature of addiction: "Get the fix now, death won't come until later."

By the time payday comes, you will be mostly through the detox period and will barely have any nicotine left in you. My advice would be to forget the NRT and stick out cold turkey. But you do what you feel is best for you to keep you quit. The how isn't important. The quit is.

Shevie
Quit May, 2005

Mindy, Your a Star.

1 day at a time and as already posted, if your going cold turkey it's said that after 3 days your body will be free from nicotine although the cravings will come and test you. I ain't got the balls to go cold turkey.

Drink your water, suck ya mints, chew your gum and scream and shout & post on here.

Keep busy & keep the quit.