Hi All,
Not been on here in a little while, so hope everything is going well with everyone. I am coming up to 6 weeks, and have felt really down recently for some weird reason, even though everything with my quit is going superbly!!
I came across this article recently and it blew my mind :
woofmang.com/tales/choose_y...
Amazingly thought provoking I'm sure you will all agree.
KB
Yes I've read that article several times, very thought provoking, Kevin has some very insightful articles.
Congrats on your (soon to be) 6 weeks quit and I hope you are feeling less blue soon.
Best wishes
Nic
Firstly well done on your quit
I think that article is so very true.
I struggled for a long time with the "Pain" of quitting but lucky for me I got the "Fear" the "Fear" was much stronger for me so the "Pain" was not an Issue just something I had to go through for the "Fear" to go.
Sorry Does that make sense?lol:confused:
I've read that article many times and it is indeed superb. Congratulations on your progress.
Reading Kevin's tales is one of the best ways I can imagine to stay focused.
Hi there, hope you dont mind me butting in, Ive been smoke free with help from champix for six weeks, Im really pleased with myself but Im finding it so hard. I thought the longer I don't smoke for the easier it would get but six weeks in and Im still waiting, would be nice to hear if anyone felt the same and when they got though this horrid bit. Will I come out the other end eventually?
Sorry but I don't have enough time at the mo to give more than a short reply. The vast majority, if not all, of us quitters have discovered that initially it is quite difficult but that it DOES get easier. Rest assured you too will get through this. Possibly what you could do is read some of the links others have in their signatures that will lead you to: WhyQuit, Woofmang (sp?). These have proven very useful to a lot of members in helping them understand their quits and what they are going through.
Others will no doubt back this up in their replies to your post. Do come back on and post away your thoughts and/or concerns.
Oh, and welcome 
Hi there, hope you dont mind me butting in, Ive been smoke free with help from champix for six weeks, Im really pleased with myself but Im finding it so hard. I thought the longer I don't smoke for the easier it would get but six weeks in and Im still waiting, would be nice to hear if anyone felt the same and when they got though this horrid bit. Will I come out the other end eventually?
Hello and welcome to the forum.
If you have been smoke free with Champix then you have gone through the physical withdrawal of nicotine but it sounds like you are having trouble with the psychological part of the addiction (and it is an addiction). The desire to smoke in order to cope with or to enjoy situations is much harder to deal with than the physical addiction because you have years of learned behaviour to unlearn.
The 1st stage in doing so is to adopt a new mindset regarding smoking. If you consider quitting smoking a sacrifice and regard cigarettes as forbidden fruit then it is going to be much much harder than if you can get it into your head that by quitting you are gaining an better healthier way of life and that smoking is not a pleasure it is an addiction that controls you.
The websites cavalier mentioned are :-
woofmang.com/tales/index.shtml
It really is a mind game though. Those people that find it easier to quit are the ones that have found a method of changing the way they think so they no longer wish to smoke.
Best wishes
Nic
Ange,
I am on week 5 so about the same. I did the first bit withoutthinking about it and so got through the nicotine without actually getting my head around anything at the same time. It sounds much like you too. As everyone else has said the mental block seems to be the key. I'm finding Allan Carr good every night at the moment even though you are supposed in theory to read it then give up. It is helping with the mind games.
A bit I read last night has really stayed with me all day. He talks about quitting and waiting for something to happen, but it never does. I too have been thinking all the time - is this it? And yes it seems that nothing does actually happen. I thought I was wanting a smoke all the time but actually I was just constantly asking myself "do I feel okay" or "do I want a smoke?" because I was waiting for a reaction.....
I'm not sure that makes any sense reading it back but I hope it does
xx
hi angle...last time i stoped smoking,..i just went for it just stoped on the spot ,and every day was like hell,,waiting for something to happen,but nothing did,..this time i read all i could,..mostley alan carr,..i found this fourm was the best read i could ever had done ..just reading how people got there head round smoking,..gave me the hope i was looking for,so much info,..im on my 12th day ,feel greatttt,..just keep the faith....all the best tonyx
Wow, who woulda thought it!! 
