week 2....

[nsd_user663_45655]

Second week!! day 13 actually . I won't lie I'm in a strange phase . My hunger seems pretty much satisfied (ie eaten for a week straight so it should be), but now I feel my brain turning into an ennemy. I thought since i was done with physical addiction , i'd be alright , but it's actually getting a little tougher .

I feel sort of "meh" when people congratulate me on quitting , sort of "yeah , don't get all worked up, i might not last another week "

Sometimes I REALLY want just one.

Now don't get me wrong , i don't want to smoke . I "wish I could ", which is just as stupid as thinking "whyyy can't i eat the laundry detergent ? so unfair !!!" It's just a feeling of "why can't I", but it's fightable, i just shake it off and hope it doesn't come back too soon.

I want to be relaxed and forget cigarettes even exist ......hope it will come one day.

[nsd_user663_45023]

This is how I feel/felt... but now I just let my brain keep whizzing around and ignore it and carry on with whatever i'm doing or also thinking (I can have several thoughts running around at any one time) not concentrating to hard on the 'negative' thoughts/feelings just letting them run their course. I hope this makes sense. But once you can not give them much attention, it really is not hard to deal with or have very much impact. I also like to remind myself that there WILL be a time that I just do not think about fags for days and this is all temporary, but I have to stick it out now to get to that point.

ramble over - basically your not alone and are doing really well and these feelings do get better (and from reading others post go away all together)

I hope it all works out for you soon

[nsd_user663_42220]

Hi both, congratulations on sticking with it and getting this far already

I'm not too far ahead of you as I will have completed 10 weeks on Thursday night, but as I'm not that far ahead it will give you an idea of what to expect not too far in the future.

It really does get better and better

I felt similar to you both around the 2-3 week mark but as I approach 10 weeks I'm thinking about smoking rarely, and thoughts or craves last seconds and are really weak.

In fact the most time I spend thinking about smoking is when I'm on here!

Stick with it as it really, really, really does get better :cool:

[nsd_user663_18145]

WELL DONE ON GETTING TO WEEK 2

your smoking mind is trying to use anything it can to temp you back :eek:

i used to think of mine as a very annoying kid having tantrums when it couldnt get what it wanted and the best way to treat it is to just ignore it

i know thats not easy but with practice you will get there and the longer you stay quit it will get weaker

try not to think to far in ahead just try and keep mind and hands busy when your having smoking thoughts

you are getting the control back in your life rather then letting ciggies control you

onwards and upwards is the only way to go

[nsd_user663_45894]

Wow, Clarinette this could have been written by me today , :eek: I am also on day Thirteen , and i feel exactly like you do today feelin like i want one just one .. but knowing that if i do then thats it game over, i dont really want too go back too smoking i know its just nico bastid just playin games with my head lol, ... So no , i know i wont go there again , jeez i am suffering big time with this quit , this is my second one in over a year , and i aint goin back too day one with this shit again hehe , and besides my mouth is really sore , but the plus side is my gums are a lovely bright pink colour looking really healthy and when i brush my teef they acctually feel clean and my tounge too look hehe, all nice and pink , stay strong love , and we will enter week 3 room 3 together lol xxx

[nsd_user663_33441]

Hi Clarinette,

I went a bit wonky on Day 13, and again last night, and again today on Day 19, and yes I did eat the laundry detergent lol :eek: But everyone is saying its just a phase and will pass so I will try and stick it out. I've been quit for longer than this before and felt contented, so surely I can feel that way again?? Although I have to say I felt stronger on Day 1 than I do today. Could really murder a fag urrggh and feel like kicking the Champix up in the air. But if I smoke I will have another crashed quit on my hands, and who knows how long it will take before I quit again?? So I'm sticking it out for today.

Wishing you all the best,

Zoe xx

[nsd_user663_45894]

Hey Zoe , youre doin well girl , keep it up and kick it up the ass kid , you are winning xx

[nsd_user663_43344]

dont give in ladies!!:)You are doing soooooooooooo well!!

and we are all so very proud of you!

It does get easier, I quit on the 17th Feb and think about cigarettes only when I log onto this forum which is maybe once a week...

Life goes on and you adjust quickly to your new life as a non-smoker and you are not missing out on anything because when you quit smoking you never gave up anything or made any sacrifices because smoking did nothing for you...It was merely just a drug addiction... Keep going! You are doing great!

[nsd_user663_45655]

You guys are so great

I will not give in obviously , first of all I've saved 119 euros since i quit (i'm french , no idea how much that is in pounds), and I refuse to be poorer than I have to be.

Secondly I'm never going through days 1 to 3 again . Ever . If I smoke again I know it will be years before I dare attempting to quit again , and I'm 35, i'm not immortal (i wish ...)

I won't be a slave and that's it, even with no motivation left I will not smoke, it would be harder to smoke again and have to quit again from day 1 than it is to just keep walking on this path, plus it smells nice around here

Big hugs to all of you going through the same thing... We're strong gosh darnit!!

[nsd_user663_42220]

Great stuff!

Keep blowing your own trumpet clarinette...wait?

[nsd_user663_44157]

Second week!! day 13 actually . I won't lie I'm in a strange phase . My hunger seems pretty much satisfied (ie eaten for a week straight so it should be), but now I feel my brain turning into an ennemy. I thought since i was done with physical addiction , i'd be alright , but it's actually getting a little tougher .

I feel sort of "meh" when people congratulate me on quitting , sort of "yeah , don't get all worked up, i might not last another week "

Sometimes I REALLY want just one.

Now don't get me wrong , i don't want to smoke . I "wish I could ", which is just as stupid as thinking "whyyy can't i eat the laundry detergent ? so unfair !!!" It's just a feeling of "why can't I", but it's fightable, i just shake it off and hope it doesn't come back too soon.

I want to be relaxed and forget cigarettes even exist ......hope it will come one day.

"Why can't I" The answer is you can. You can smoke anytime you want. The truth of it is you don't want to smoke.

"I really want just one" OK so you want just one. But something inside doesn't want one and your desire to not have one is strongest.

You are becomming more in control as the days go on. You are training your brain to what you want. It will keep giving you a little tester but it will be less and less as the days, weeks, months go on.

You are winning, you are in control.

You are the winner.

[nsd_user663_45655]

You're right . I just read a post somewhere else on the forum by someone named alex, he said the same thing you're saying , that I do have a choice , I'm just choosing not to smoke. Smoking isn't "forbidden ", it's just something i choose not to do, refuse to do, no matter how big my ex addiction 's childish temper tantrums are... She'll calm down eventually .