Day 5 then...

[AngryBear]

Day Five it is then, fit to kill again this morning through no-one's fault at all; however strangely calmer this afternoon. Nicotine running out of the system at last? Or just a placid spell?! Cannot believe I have got to the fifth day, the brief, and much regretted, puffs on day two notwithstanding! Thinking of doing a bit of housework later; I usually don't stop all day at work and at home but since quitting haven't felt like doing anything at all. Almost feel as if I'm waking up after a few days being ill, if that makes sense; maybe my head is clearing a little. Maybe I will get through a week at least; wouldn't have put 50p on that this morning!!

[nsd_user663_49734]

Keep going mate it's around this time I found it starting to get easier every day, first 4 days were awful, on day 9 now and fingers crossed if keeps getting slowly easier like this I'll be more than confident I'll never smoke again. It's absolutely nothing compared to how i felt this time last week.

Tom

[nsd_user663_33441]

Hi Bear,

You are doing so well so keep going :cool:. We all feel crap in the first few days and have anger issues, all par for the course I'm afraid. But give it time, get through the first three weeks, sounds a long time I know but worth it. For me, today on my 1st Month anniversary I feel great was watching tennis this afternoon feeling really chilled and thought 'how good can it get?'. Well according to the long-term quitters it gets even better, so lets trust them and be a bit patient. Rome wasn't built in a day, and breaking a long-term addiction is hard too, but doable. There are hard days, but not every day is difficult and there are some great ones along the way even in the early days.

So hang on in there mate

All the best,

Zoe xx

[AngryBear]

Thanks for the replies...the support you get really helps I think; I thought this morning about, if I'd had a fag, I'd have had to come on here and confess all! Zoe, congrats on a month and Tom, nine days is twice what I've done, it helps because I thought, and had read, that the first few days were the worst, so hopefully week 2 (if I get there!) will be easier, sounds like it is! Anyone fed up of sweets yet though??!

[Hidden]

Here's the deal:

The first three days are the worst.

The first three weeks are the second worst.

The first three months are the third worst.

If you can get through three days, you can get through three weeks. If you can get through three weeks, you can get through three months. If you can get through three months, you can get through anything.

In other words, it gets easier every day. The second day is half as hard as the first. The third day is half as hard as the second. The second week is half as hard as the first. The second month is half as hard as the first, and so on.

You'll know you're pretty much "there" when you can't remember how long it's been since you stopped without looking it up.

[AngryBear]

I'll go with that; seems to me each day's easier than the last by a fraction; not felt mad and angry now since mid-morning after about two constant days of it...fingers crossed!