Day 2 - Kind of...

[nsd_user663_50956]

Hi there!

Originally I had my last on Monday 30th of July at 3pm.

Soldiered through until the Friday 3rd/Saturday 4th August where I had my first cigarette of the week at roughly Midnight. I followed these up by having four more over the course of the night.

I woke up Saturday afternoon and then had a cigarette at about 8pm that evening offered by my girlfriend.

Sunday I didn't smoke and am not experiencing the urge to smoke today.

I'm only 19 and I know I shouldn't smoke again after my recent relapse. It really is the psychological addiction which is the toughest to break.

[nsd_user663_20558]

Hey Jordan,

Welcome to the site. You're right - 99% of any successful quit is in the mind. Most of us underestimate that when we start out, and can't understand how we can be nicotene free and still climbing the walls. You have to retrain your brain, which you have taught to expect a cigarette in all sorts of situations. It's achievable, it just takes time and the will to succeed.

You're still young and trying to quit - that's so great. Please stick with it. There are a lot of us on this site who didn't have the good sense or the guts to do that when we were younger, and carried on smoking into middle age, and paid the price in terms of health. Yes, changing the habit can be really tough, but not as tough as facing a smoking related illness.

You stand a great chance of avoiding all sorts of damage if you stop now. Not to mention saving yourself a small fortune, and smelling a damn sight better too!

It can be done. Really. You just have to grit your teeth and make the right choice. One day at a time. Just don't light up. Sooner than you think you'll be at a place where you wonder why the hell you ever smoked.

Good luck,

Helen

[nsd_user663_50956]

Thanks Helen!

Is it normal to have a dodgy stomach after quitting? Haha

[nsd_user663_51052]

Jordan - I just feel generally terrible, so yeah, dodgy stomach is normal.

Your body is used to having nicotine running through it all the time. You're not getting that now, and that's what all the strange reactions are.

Good luck!