New member... Feeling positive now

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hi all i joined this forum today after reading through some very inspirational posts! .... i have smoked between 20-30 a day for the last 16 years. I have been using patches for 21 days but have decided today that i am going to take the patch off as of tomorrow. I have lots of support at home, i have a supportive husband and 3 wonderful children all cheering me on but today was my worst day by far

i woke with an extreme craving that seems to have lasted for most of the day, no matter what i have done i have not been able to take my mind off having a smoke but i have managed not to have one, and thats mainly due to reading through everyones post on here and realising i am not alone

I have also been readin allen carrs easyway to quit smoking and would ask for peoples opinions on this book?...i like the way he states that nicotine is a drug addiction and the only reason why we see it as a pleasure is because when we are smoking we are temporarily relieving a craving and that gives the illusion of smoking being pleasurable :confused:

anyway nice to be a part of this fab online community and wish everyone all the luck and energy for the battle against the evil one.... nicotine!

[nsd_user663_50109]

hi all i joined this forum today after reading through some very inspirational posts! .... i have smoked between 20-30 a day for the last 16 years. I have been using patches for 21 days but have decided today that i am going to take the patch off as of tomorrow. I have lots of support at home, i have a supportive husband and 3 wonderful children all cheering me on but today was my worst day by far

i woke with an extreme craving that seems to have lasted for most of the day, no matter what i have done i have not been able to take my mind off having a smoke but i have managed not to have one, and thats mainly due to reading through everyones post on here and realising i am not alone

I have also been readin allen carrs easyway to quit smoking and would ask for peoples opinions on this book?...i like the way he states that nicotine is a drug addiction and the only reason why we see it as a pleasure is because when we are smoking we are temporarily relieving a craving and that gives the illusion of smoking being pleasurable :confused:

anyway nice to be a part of this fab online community and wish everyone all the luck and energy for the battle against the evil one.... nicotine!

Hi.. Well done on quitting and quitting the patch 2. It's bin 3 weeks since iv gone CT from the patch and for me it felt like I had to quit all over again. So I'm glad I took it off when I did. Iv had craves kind of bad theses last few days my self. So bin chewing lots of chewing gum. I did skim thru Alan carrs book but I didn't really like it. Because I think everyone's quit is different and no book can tell me what to expect really.. No book or nurse told me about anyof the symtomes I got. I only found out that there wasn't anything medically wrong with me when I joined this forum.

Well done for quitting if u need out just pist up here someone will help you

[nsd_user663_50109]

Well done for quitting if u need out just pist up here someone will help you:confused:

I mean post up.. Silly phone