in the wee hours....

[nsd_user663_42145]

Day 18... It was a stressful day for me today. Ugh, I just want to never think of cigarettes again. The last hour, I have been fighting the thought of going an getting a pack. I thought I was well over those urges by now. Guess I'll just go to bed.

[nsd_user663_4558]

Hi

I am into the end of month 2 and still get the flashing images of buying a pack - but this is normal. The more I stop the less the urges and stupid images/thoughts become. In fact I now actively seek trigger situations to prove to myself I am a non-smoker .

You are doing great and just tell your urges to sod-off. I celebrate every day I don't smoke - I have lost nothing but gained so much! (not in weight as I have increased my exercise regime - another good result of being a non-smoker)

I know this might sound daft at the moment - but learn to enjoy your quit

[nsd_user663_40158]

I understand that and I am enjoying my quit now too.Am exercing more as I am eating more lol but all is good.Hang on in there it does get easier I promise.In another week you will look back like it was ages ago,and feel different again x

[nsd_user663_41857]

Deffo learn to enjoy it. Its good advice that. I'm enjoying life better WITHOUT cigs, which I didn't think would happen. It did though. And routines are starting to become normal, just without fags. Remember you're doing this for yourself, nobodys forcing you to quit. And if you buy a pack and smoke one then that would have been your choice too. And you will feel worse for it.

[nsd_user663_3282]

x4 on learning to enjoy your quit.

If you are enjoying your quit then you aren't regretting quitting. If you've stopped regretting quitting then you've accepted that this is you, the no smoker. You've come to terms that a cigarette isn't and never was 'your best friend'. You have accepted that and now...

...it's time to enjoy the rest of your life free from nicotine addiction :cool:

[nsd_user663_42145]

Thanks everyone for your responses. I didn't read them till today. I'm in the US and 5 hours behind you. As far as learning to enjoy my quit, I'm not at the enjoyment stage yet. I think my quit has opened my eyes to some other issues in my life that I used cigarettes to distract me from. I've been praying, deep breathing, even drove by my Dad's grave to enforce to myself what smoking does eventually. I'm really down, I've felt like this since Yesterday evening. I can't seem to shake it Sorry to sound so pathetic, but at least I'm not smoking, right?

[nsd_user663_40384]

That's brave, and really good. You are getting lots of insight into what this is about for you, "smoke screens' and all that. None of this is remotely pathetic. Praying, deep breathing and facing a parents grave/death are all really strong things. Keep pushing through it.