Today was my first day smoke Free! Iam a Canadian who spent 3 years working in the UK pursuing a career in the offshore oil industry. I now work on a ship in Nigeria, where i control or pilot,as we say, a remotely operated submarine.
When iam offshore working 12 hour shifts, 7 days a week for 28 days, i smoke up to 20 fags a day. At home i smoke between 5 and 10 a day.
Anyways I feel like a slave to the smoke! I do not enjoy smoking! Iam an active skier and surfer and both of these sports are psychically demanding. After 6 years of torturing my body my abilities in these two passions of mine have most defiantly been affected!
I have been wanting to quit since i got addicted, but seriously started wanting to quit 6 months ago. the second day i was out here i was smoking outside and looked at my smoke and realized how much i f&^%ing hate it! I had a very profound feeling that something changed inside my head. Later while on the internet, I found this great forum by mistake!! I was searching for reviews of the nicotine inhaler, which i purchased before starting my month long shift at sea. This in turn led me to a link to Allen Carrs Easy Way book. I read it all at once and really connected with it. I then started reading some of the old vets on here's stories and became INSPIRED! Iam honestly not an emotional person but i have been crying a few times today reading some of your stories. Tears of joy for you guys even tho i will never know any of you (I wonder if the tears are a personal withdrawal? because crying is very very abnormal for me)
So thats it for now ill stop rambling. But day 1 in the bag and this ship is a massive trigger for me!
thank you for the inspiration and advice. I have a very very very long way to go but iam excited to wage war!!!!!1
Hi there and welcome to the forum
your emotions can be all over the place for a while crying and getting angry very easily are quite common they will settle down the further along the quit journey you go
just remember to try and focus on one min one hour one day at a time and everytime you feel a crave a yearn come on distract your mind and hands till it passes reading and posting on here will def help
there is a link in my signature for tips as well
onwards and upwards is the way to go
regards
Carol