I stopped smoking for my New Year's resolution. I smoked bidis (an unfiltered, supposedley pure natural cigarette) consistently for 10 years. Oh my am I hurting. Day 2 was probably my worst as I thought about smoking the entire day. In fact, I am thinking about giving this quitting thing up, but I keep returning to this forum and receiving a new renewed sense of enregy to keep going.
All I know is that I am completely shocked to be 5 days smoke free. Damn, it is hard, but with the strength and motivation of all of you I have made it.
Thankfully, I am about to go to sleep and be on Day six. Thanks everyone and God Bless!
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Yeps, I found the last two days the worst (even worse than days 1 and 2).
I can't exactly explain why, but I have a feeling that everything drags on and on and on and on. I feel like it should be a month, and it's only beginning of day 6. Aaargh.
But then I do sometimes think about it and go WOW! 5 entire days without smoking and starting the 6th. Amazing!
So head goes up and down; one moment you're fed up and feel like giving in and the next you feel incredibly proud of yourself... We have made it to day 6!!
Congratulations to all of you and a big pat on the back (giving myself one right now). We can do it. After tomorrow we'll have done one whole week!!
I am like you - can't believe that I have not smoked for nearly a week - this is the first time in 15 years I have tried to quit.
It is hard and I am going through so many mood swings and horrible feelings to get this crap out my system - I just know that if we all stick with it, we will live longer, feel fitter, enjoy our lives more and not smell like an ashtray (I went to bowling yesterday with a smoker - I tell you, I could smell him from 10 meters away and it was disgusting).
I also feel that no-one is finding it as hard as I am to quit, but thanks to this forum and speaking to other quitters, I know we all struggle the same. Millions of people have stopped, millions have felt like we do at the moment, but they have succeeded...and if that many people can do it, so can I and so can you.
My problem over the last 24 hours (apart from feeling like I want to punch things) is that I feel down. Not down over not being able to smoke, more I feel like I am a different person and just feel queiter and more depressed. I am hoping that one of the senior peeps comes in now and reassurres that this is just a temporary thing.
Yes, I have been feeling incredibly down in exactly the same way you describe. Somehow you'd expect to feel incredibly good about yourself because of making it another day and managing to stick at it, but there is something about feeling different, down, bored and even boring (?) that is really knocking my self-esteem. I'd also feel reassured if all the nice senior peeps came in and told us it's a phase :confused:
I do think it's something to do with the fact that when you've been a heavy smoker for such a long time, smoking and having a cigarrete in your hand is somehow built into your identity, and you literally have to build yourself a new identity and a new public "you". It may sound drastic, but that's the way it feels. Like you actually have to build yourself a new non-smoker identity. And I think that's the tricky part.
Aanyway, I'm twittering again.
Good luck to all on day 6!! Week 1 soon under our belt!
Keep slogging on! You're doing great! One thing is for sure, the one-week mark is magical!
Remember that all of us here "feel your pain" because we've been through it ourselves. I know that I just had to keep telling myself that when you "quit the quit" you go back to the end of the line. Next time you will have to go through week one all over again! No one wants to do that!
In about another week I'll have completed 3 months without cigs, and I can tell you it's worth the hassle.
My problem over the last 24 hours (apart from feeling like I want to punch things) is that I feel down. Not down over not being able to smoke, more I feel like I am a different person and just feel queiter and more depressed.
I know it sucks but hang in there, it definitely IS just a phase A very painful one, mind you - I found myself sobbing a lot and for no reason other than I had quit smoking :rolleyes: - but not only it does go away, you will also be rewarded with a lot of new and unexpected happiness I know, the initial days are kind of too confused and painful to be really appreciated, I used to feel like my mind was kind of paralyzed because I couldn't rely on cigarettes and nothing seemed to matter anymore, it all felt like a terrible struggle to get nowhere for reasons that suddenly sounded too weak to be that important anymore - but that's just the nic demon trying to manipulate our mind! once the fog starts to clear, and luckily is does so in a very short time, you find yourself again and you realize that everything is indeed alright, then I can assure you that being really happy and in a totally new unexpected way becomes the main thing and it's an amazing feeling
The pain goes away soon. Mine has settled down a bit now and I am starting to feel better, nerve endings all warm and tingly. It's great. Best not to forget what the withdrawal symptoms feel like though. It is too easy to get complacent and think it will be OK if you have "just the one".
Plenty of vit C helps the pangs. Cranberry juice seems to be best. Lots of water too helps to flush it all out. Anyway, the physical symptoms should definitely be subsiding by day 6 or 7.
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