New quitters you may want to read this

[nsd_user663_7235]

I posted this thread on here in my early stages of stopping smoking almost 3 months. Reading this may help you to understand why we think it is so hard to stop.

forum.nosmokingday.org.uk/s...

Jack

[nsd_user663_22968]

Great post and yes very true.

Just thought I would add my story:

I quit on Mon 7th Feb 2011 and wanted to but in my head (due to the brainwashing) I thought I can not do this. I spent everyday talking about smoking and longing for one. I really felt as though I hadn't had my last one. I had read so much but it didn't matter at that time as I already had it in my head I would fail and couldn't do it.

Anyway Friday night (11th) I smoked 2, they tasted awful but I believed it made me feel better. Saturday (12th) smoked 4 and as I smoked them something sunk in.

I failed because I really believed I couldn't do it, I felt I was too weak and then it hit me - I was doing it!!!!!

Sunday was then my day 1 again and this time I have not longed for that last one, infact I never want smoke again.

I can do this and I am doing it and you all can too, you just need to believe in yourself, we really are much stronger than we think

Sorry to hijack day 1 but I felt that those first 5 days (my failed attempt) really influenced why I am now so positive.

[nsd_user663_7235]

Hi Chrissie, I don't think you or I are hijacking day one. If anything this will help them coming on here at day one.

You sound like I did at the beginning, determeined to quit. I was lucky and did not have any blips, that's what you have had just a blip. You now are very determind to stop and that's what makes the difference, but mainly knowing yes you can stop.

If someone had said to me at the beginning of December 2009 I could stop smoking I would have said yeah ok I've more chance of winning the lottery. Now here I am stopped for over 15 months it's still hard to believe sometimes.

So come on you beginners believe you can stop, some of you can look at something you have achieved in your lives because you believed you could.

Now believe you can stop smoking, nicotine is a drug and you are like it or not an addict. But like any addict you can dry out and be clean, you will feel better, cleaner, healthier, get back your sence of taste and smell. But most of all you will feel so proud of yourself.

I'm going on again okay I'll stop ranting,

Jack