Day 30 and not good...

[nsd_user663_8102]

Hi all

its not going well today having lots of thoughts of smoking but the cravings i'm having are not helping they are so strong every part of my body is aching and it feels like its crying out for a smoke, when and will this pass they are or seem to be worse now than in the first few days..

Plus ive put weight on and ive not been eating anymore, not substituted the cigs with sweets or choc's is this normal?

feel so angry at the moment....like i want to scream shout anything but smoke..

[nsd_user663_3282]

Neddy,

I'm at a loss...just don't know what to say to make it better. The thing is that I can't say anything to make it better. But I can support you and say that eventually it will change back to normal times for you. Only those normal times will be that much better as they will be smoke free.

We on this site bang on about reading and educating ones self into an understanding of the process of quitting. Believe me it does help.

But a damn good rant will also serve as a temporary measure

Keep on keepin' on,

Cav

[jackieinv]

Sorry you are struggling, I agree with Cav, read as much as you can to help you understand what is going on in your body and mind at the moment. It also helps to post regularly and get encouragement from others, find out how you and they are doing.

Jackie

[nsd_user663_3910]

Neddy, what can I say? Going into the first month I had a few tough times at the beginning. I think that I'd felt quite good in the week or so before and that i'd expected it to just get better. When that crave jumped up and bit me in the a**e a few times it hit me hard, but mentally you have to stay positive, it's almost like the last mental attempts of trying to get you to cave in. I'm only a couple of weeks ahead of you and I can absolutely assure you that it does get better.

Don't worry about the weight, your body has a lot of adjusting to do to get back to it's natural way of doing things, all those chemicals we used to inhale don't flow around the system without consequences. Don't let your mind use it as an excuse to smoke, it's not the answer.

As Cav says, do plenty of reading to reinforce the reasons for not smoking. The longer we stay off the smokes, the longer we tend to go without reading up on the stuff.

Remember, you've come a long way, don't give in and throw all that away. Stay positive, stay busy, go ahead and scream, sing, shout, dance (if it's appropriate), if not have a bloody good laugh about something, jokes, videos on the internet, a good laugh will have the same effect as screaming, and it doesn't matter if you get teary either cos people will just think you were crying with laughter.

So go on then, LOL,

Lorraine

[nsd_user663_7469]

Hi Neddy

I hit a concrete wall at roughly 4 weeks and it was as bad as it could get for me, but as I just said it was the worst and since then I have had the craves but not a patch on that full week of feeling like the end was nigh LOL

I can say that for me it’s got better every week and I am glad I had that week now as I’m hoping that was the worst it could get and any less I can deal with.

That week I gave up Caffeine as well and I think that helped me but that’s personnel choice, and if you read my threads I also put weight on but its slowly going again now, perfectly normal it’s because for the first time in probably years the body is getting the right nourishment from the food you are eating and soon your energy levels will increase and you will become more active and the weight thing will right itself.

Keep pushing forward it will get sooo much better I promise, 41 years a smoker and now proud to be a quitter and you will be too xx

[nsd_user663_8222]

you probably dont feel like doing anything cuz ya feel sh1tty or try and make ya mind up about anything cuz all your thinking about are fags! well thats how it was for me! but try n do somthing that wil take ya mind off it! play a game or go for a walk, pick up the phone and talk to a friend or family member and just tell em you need to vent and explain how your feeling and why, they will listen as your doing a really hard thing! everyone ive spoke to has been proud of what ive done!

good luck mate