Well after my last attempt of giving up I failed after 14 hours in... Not good at all... In fact pretty poor... Sorry guys, just call me "Larry Let Down".
I then promised my self I wouldn't post any more "I'm giving up messages" until I'd mananged at least a couple of days...
However here I am on day 1 again.
Yesterday (Sunday) I partially talked my self into today being my quit day... So I have done it again, trying to quit with out being 100% committed...
However, luckily I gave my wife my tobacco, papers and lighter last night and said hide them (probably should have said destroy them!).
I woke up this morning, thought "Time for a smoke!" and realized I was trying to stop. I then proceeded to my office to start work @ 7 am and felt the urge again. For about 5 minutes I thought about getting in the car and going to get some more smokes, however for once I actually talked my self out of it.
Hopefully I will hold out until 9:30 am when I have a work associate coming over for the day (I have already briefed him on his duties "No Smoking Moral Officer".
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I am not getting on to well at all... Its now 8:40 am and I am smoking again...
WHATS WRONG WITH ME!!!!!! I AM TOTALLY USELESS!!!!!!
Don't really know what to do for the best, at the end of the day the bare minimum requirement is some form of Will Power.
Which is very odd as I can be a very stuborn person and if I want something bad enough I tend to achieve it whatever the cost... But for some reason this smoking is my nemesis...
I think I am going to have to take a different approach... Friday the 24th my parents are taking my son on holiday for a long weekend, I am also planning on having the Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday off work (which will be my longest break from work in 6 years). So thats 4 days of no problems, relaxation and not being disturbed through the night for drinks and stuff.
This will also mean I can do things spontaneously, like go out for lunch and not have to get the kids ready, just jump in the car and keep myself occupied (keep my mind off smoking).
The thing is I know after the first 3 days or so I will be able to maintain the no smoking, it won't be easy but i've been there before and it's doable...
Am I kidding my self? Am I talking complete rubbish? Does that sound like a reasonable plan or am I just trying to make my self feel better and giving my self a few more days of smoking???
I am sure all you guys are thinking here we go again... And I don't blame you... Even I am starting to think like that...
Any comments / suggestions are welcome, don't hold back, if you think I'm a loser than tell me, it might be what I need (I am thick skinned, i'll take it like a man)...
Well done - it's a big decision and the fact that you've stood up and said NO MORE is fantastic. We have all had previous attempts at quitting that've not worked out. This does not make you Larry the loser. In fact you are LARRY THE LEGEND because the desire to quit is so strong and you keep trying and this time you're gonna do it.
When you want a smokey joe just come on here and chat away. Everyone has a laugh, and cry, and fun and it keeps your hands and mind busy and before you know it the urge to have one has vanished. Also I find sticking on some cool tunes and having a boogy on down is a good way to use hands, mouth (singing or trying) and you're keeping fit - way hay!!
Good Luck for today - BE STRONG - and catch you later. Just think by 10.30 tonight you will have done 24 hours and starting day 2, while there will be someone else just quitting who thinks wow you made it to day 2 wish i could.
Have you been to docs to get support - ie NRT, or Champix etc? Or just going to talk to someone. Often it is the demon voice behind why we need to smoke that needs addressing i.e. the demon voice in my head told me that I would never be able to cope with my two disabled children unless I had a smoke. I'm just on day 4 but realise that it is a whole load of rubbish - I have coped for 9 years and always will because of me. Just like what ever is going on in your life you will do and do brilliantly without a smoke.
Have a think, chill out, don't panic and get back. I'm sure some of the more further along quitters like Buffy, Boudee, Funkmunk, Befly etc. will have some good advice.
No, you're not a loser but a winner, you're a winner because you want to be free of smoking. It's a very hard habit to break, you need focus, so your idea of setting a realistic quit date is a great one. Start working on yourself during this week. Be positive, think about why you want to quit, write your reasons down, think of coping strategies, which cigs are difficult to do without, what will you do instead? The key is in the planning as it really helps the will power. Think about trying patches or lozenges. I went cold turkey for 3 weeks, but found that after a few weeks the strong desire to quit fades so I have the odd lozenge when stressed as a pre emptive 'strike', I know when I'm likely to crave and potentially cave so i take a lozenge before that feeling strikes. You know yourself, a-nalyze your smoking habits this week and you will come up with a 'cunning plan' to suit you.
Gav, you are not a loser, we are all behind you here, the last 2 weekends for me have been a nightmare, I am now in 7th week (just starting) but I know how you feel, you want to give up and old nic is in the background dragging you back, you will succeed you have done well in deciding to give up. Stay strong, stay focussed.
I am still struggling at times but it is a lot easier now. The first 24 hours or so are killers.
I try and use a future time to get passed a bad spell so when I wanted a cigarette I would look at the time and think to myself I can hold out for another half an hour. When the half and hour was up I would hold out for another half an hour and kept this going. I used my statistics (see my signature link) to push the time since I have had a cigarette. So far it has worked. I found a few cigarettes in a packet in the car on Sunday. I was going to keep them "just in case" but threw them away. It was a strange feeling.
Ok GavVikMeg so you're a loser. If the definition is one who is seduced into a life sentence of addiction and has trouble breaking free. Guess we're all in that category since I haven't noticed too many posts saying "Yippee, I had my last fag XX hrs/days/weeks ago and i've never done anything so easy in my life".
What I can say is after all the times I've tried to quit and failed miserably, I am now doing ok - not easy and not over yet but it's made me feel quietly proud as opposed to years of suppressed shame and denied realisation that I was killing myself. Hey.. give it a go, perhaps you're not a loser at all but just like the rest of us (God help us all! ).
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you don't want that bungalow stinking of ciggy smoke now do you?!
Here we go again!
Here we go again!!
