how do you feeL now ?

[nsd_user663_8685]

Hi and well done getting this far ... i hope i get past 6 months

Im interested in knowing your experience with craving after you quit

Im on week 3 so wondering what to expect

to be honest though im not having it that bad now

Do you still crave oR when dId it stop ? :cool:

[Atomicguy]

Markus

Hello - I meant to reply to this earlier.

Everyone's quit is different so there's no fixed answer here - as indeed there isn't for anyone to quit.

However, if you look round this room you'll see lots of stories of experiences over the alst 6 months - I just posted a 6 month diary - Bev has just posted about how she feels at 6 months.

Hope it continues to go smoothly for you.

[nsd_user663_4990]

Markus,

In honesty with regards to smoking, I really don't miss smoking as such now. I had challenging times to get over cravings back where you are now, and generally after the 3rd week i found that my feelings were up and down up to about month 4/5, but around the 6 month mark and beyond to where i am now, things have improved immensely.

How do i regard smokers? I don't see them as having a dirty habit, i don't preach to them either.. each to their own, if they choose to remain addicted that is up to them.. i can sit in the same room as a smoker and not feel tempted, and if they ever ask me if i mind them smoking (eg if they know i've quit them), i tell them to go right ahead if its their house. I try not to sit in the same room as folk smoking though truth be told but i won't do the typical 'ex-smoker' cliché on them complete with coughs

The sense of pride and achievement you get as you go further on into a quit the stronger you tend to become, and even though you do tend to have some ups and downs (part of normal life i reckon), you do tend to be much stronger quit wise. You do need to keep things in check though as you go.. eg.. never see a smoke as an answer to any life stress. In fact, find good ways to deal with life stress by way of exercise, or hobbies etc, and you should do ok.

Every quit is indeed different.. but every day you are free is an achievement. You don't count the days quite so much after the first month, you count whole weeks instead and after that.. don't quite know when, but suddenly you set monthly milestones instead.. it just seems to normalise after a while and then you get to around the 6+ month mark and you can go an entire month and not notice time going by so quick.

so yeah, at 6+ months.. life is good.. a huge difference to the first month and definitely something i'd recommend.

keep going, its worth all the effort!

J

[nsd_user663_5031]

How do I feel? In a word, GREAT!

No coughing, no spluttering, more healthy, only a very rare pang now and again.

I do look at smokers older than myself now, and thank my lucky stars im not gonna face the health problems they will, at least not smoking related anyway! I also saw smokers huddled out in the cold in winter getting their fix, poor souls. I don't miss that, lol.