It's been horrible for the past few days, I have been thinking about buying a pack all day just to have one. I don't know why it is so hard now at day 89, maybe because i went to the 7mg patch 6 days ago. I get short of breath and my mouth salivates when i think about having one, then theres a snowball effect. I want to break something.
My reasons to NOT give in...
I know it wont satisfy me at this point.
I know it will taste horrible at this point.
I know it will probably make me feel sick at this point.
I do not want to be a life smoker.
I do not want to die of lung cancer.
I do not want to spend more $$$ on smokes.
I do not want to fail again.
I do not want to let my friends and family down who i have told i quit.
This feeling will pass.
*deep breath*
back to work....
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Hi Jemi - Hang in there - you've been through 89 fantastic days - just let it pass and try to chill - you have done so brilliantly, just keep thinking of your list and imagine what might be on other people's lists who post on here.....hey we could write an epic...so many reasons...
I am in the early stages (day 3) and reading that after three months the craving is still there is really scary to me. I really hope that if I make it even half that far there will be a difference in craving. Right now my head feels like a balloon. Like only a fag will relieve the pressure. It is an extreme of the way I felt as a smoker when I got out of a movie, woke up and had a cup of coffee burning, or after a large meal. Does that aching for a smoke go away? Are there days you don't even think about smoking? When did that happen?
I was just reading Jemi's post and thinking exactly that. That for anyone just starting on their quit that they may feel demoralised by what they have ahead of them. Don't be because though these episodes of craving do occasionally arise, by 3 months however they are an exception not the rule and are - as Jemi has experienced quite short lived.
A few years ago I quit smoking for over a year. I got a shock when out of the blue after about 6 months I got an evening when I found myself battling to resist a really strong and irrational urge to rush down the shop and buy a pack of fags. It came as an unwelcome shock because for the last couple of months I'd been getting on with life with hardly a thought for smoking anymore. In the end I went to bed early just to escape the temptation and the following day it was forgotten about and back to normal. Don't believe that at 90 days you'll still be battling every day because that just isn't the case. Everyone's quitting experience is different and personal to them, but I find that things start to get noticeably easier after week 6 and by 3 months I feel like a non smoker as thoughts of smoking by then are maybe a once a day passing thought and not a constant pre-occupation.
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