day 15

[nsd_user663_19503]

thought this was supposed to get easier, I am finding it so difficult, all I think about is wanting a cigarette. I am keeping myself occupied all the time, but the thought is still there. I want so much to succeed and I will but this is so hard

[nsd_user663_20591]

yes it is hard but not quitting is harder in the long run!! we have all been through this and you can get throught this also!! you have come a long way and it takes time!! you gotta get through this begining period and you will see as time goes on it gets easier...there will be times you think about it but as you get more time not smoking you will be able to tell yourself that you dont need this anymore and you are ensuring yourself a much healthier life and quite possibly saving yourself from a premature death...

good luck hun..you can do it!! i smoked for 18 years and iv been quit for almost 3 months now so it can be done!! remember one moment at a time..whatever it takes!!

[nsd_user663_19503]

thanks for that, I feel so much better now.

[nsd_user663_24115]

smoking addict

hi Jeanie sorry to hear your struggling. Have you tried writing down your reasons for quitting , and reading through them just to remind yourself why you wanted to stop in the first place. when i get thoughts of smoking i recognize that its not me that wants a smoke its the addict in me just trying to re assert itself. i found it helpful to also write down what smoking was really lllike when at its worst, how i was a slave to it, how i stunk how i didnt care for myself , how it was damaging my health .when its written down you cant forget those things . i do hope you manage to get through this, it will pass.

mashx

[nsd_user663_19503]

thanks Mash I will try that, I have had a couple of good days so maybe I am winning. Still not sleeping properly though. I will win through I know will I am determined this time not to give in as I have done in the past.

last cig smoked 4.3.11

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