Second Day... I need to make it.

[nsd_user663_4661]

Hi... I found this web just a few minutes ago... and regret I didn't do so two day ago when I decided to smoke my last cigarrette. I thought I would not make it it... but hey. Here I am.

I was afraid that a regular day at work would make me want to smoke again... and yes. I'm being tempted every five minutes, but I still resist.

Ok, I must confess I'm using these nicotnie gums... Taking about six- seven each day. Anyone using them? Any advice?

regards and keep up the fight!

[nsd_user663_3936]

Hi there jlgbuss,

Welcome to the forums and congrats on your decsion to quit,

In answer to your question, sorry I have never managed to quit for very long

using nicotine gums patches or liquids! etc - however I am sure there are others

that use these cool forums that have.

Personally, I have found after many failed attempts to stay stopped

that my mind holds the key to stay stopped - not my body.

Its all in the mind ( the worst possible place for it to be haha )

Anyway, to cut to the chase,

What worked & what works for me now is this -

Reading and listening to "allen carrs easy way to stop smoking"

This puts the willing to quit smoker in a really positive frame of mind

that truly makes it easy & enjoyable to stop,

then, helping other willing to quit smokers on these forums and in the

real world to stop - like how alcoholics and drug addicts can stay clean

by helping each other.

Thats it - it works for me

I love being a non-smoker!

Good luck & all the best

[nsd_user663_4627]

Hi there. Well done you. Im on day four today...aagggh!! Im so proud! im using the nicotine patches, which im terrified to take off.. i think its all psycological for me thou. I was dreading work, and the ciggertee breaks too, but i just took my lunch into work. Loads of fruit and no money at all! so i cant get any even if i want them!

I find myself doing funny things now, such as when poeple come up after having a smoke, i smell them. and eeewwww do they smell bad! haha! Try it, honestly it helps! especially when your about two more breaths from running after them to join them for a ciggerette, it really makes you think! Im loving the way my hair smells too, its all about the little things!

Good luck, i know we can do it!!!! xxxx

[Deke 9 Years Smoke Free]

Hi Jlgbuss, and welcome to the forum.

Can't help with advice on the gum, but many people on this forum have experience of it and will no doubt offer their own thoughts. Also you could check out whyquit.com and woofmang.com both of which have loads of great advice and helpful articles.

Well done on getting through the first day. The milestones soon add up. keep strong and keep going.

Deke

[nsd_user663_4661]

Thanks everyone! Its great to have each other around here... It really helps. I'm already in DAY 3! Posting it up there.

[jackieinv]

Hi Jlgbuss

Well done you have stopped smoking. It really does help to read lots about the addiction to nicotine and what we can expect while stopping, this you will find in the web links in Deke's post. Reading helps to set your mind right about what you once believed about cigarettes and the truth. On this forum how you stop is personal and anything goes except smoking, the important thing is staying stopped. I did start with patches and gradually came off them.

Good luck you can do it.

Jackie

[nsd_user663_3738]

hi jigpuss,,glad you found this site,it will help you right throught your quit,lots of very very nice people on here,any time you need to rant or rave you just come on here ,help will be at hand for you day or night,and congrats on you quit,,like i say you just keep the faith and most off all keep :D:D

[nsd_user663_4683]

hi jigpuss,

i am also new to this site,just gone into day 3,i too am also using the chews.

i try and mix them with regular chews,up till now it is taking the edge off things,now with my coffee of a morning i pop a nicorette chew in my mouth instead of the killer weed.

i wish you well.

lets chew are way through day 3

doey