Ok, so it seems to be part of my therapy posting on here with a daily update. I will be returning that support when i have won the war, for now it is a daily battle but most definitley getting there.
My cravings are definitley easing BUT seem much stronger when they happen. Stressful afternoon at work and breaking the "crisis = cigarette" is still my biggest obstacle but a few puffs on the e cig and i'm back to sanity.
This morning someone asked me how i have found the quitting so far and i automatically said "the hardest thing i have ever done but i'm doing it". They replied with an interesting comment "be careful what you tell yourself because if you keep telling yourself it is the hardest thing you have ever done it will become just that". Interesting psychology - so from now my response will be far more positive and perhaps in truth "easier than i expected". no negativities.
so now i am off to raid the cupboards yet again for a little bedtime snack - i expected to enjoy food more with my taste returning but was not expecting my appetite to increase so much:eek:
next challenge - heading abroad on saturday for a week - hmmmm:confused: (no negatives, no negatives, yes yes i can abstain, of course i can:D)
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Wow, again, me too- having a stressful week at work and normally would have rationalized smoking as much as i want when i got home because of it.
I think quitting is maybe the hardest thing I have ever done, and I am only on day five! It's true that using positive thinking and being in the present moment is the best way to go.
Sometimes, I think it is ok, too, to talk about how hard it is. I don't want to let my guard down and tell myself that giving up smoking is easy because then I might, as I have in the past, tell myself I can smoke again. Which I am learning can never happen- this is an addiction. I used to tell myself that I wasn't really addicted to smoking and I could stop at any time, but then I would come up with reasons why I didn't have to stop yet, or why it would be ok to have one cigarette. This time I am quitting for good!
I just want to say that is is so helpful reading about others out there, feeling what i'm feeling about quitting smoking. Great job so far, everyone, and keep up the good work. And work is stressful enough- smoking won't make it any easier!
when i have won the war, for now it is a daily battle
That is a positive comment, take each day as a battle that you are most definitely going to win.
there are times when quitting is the hardest thing ever and it would be so very easy to cave. other times when it is the easiest thing to do and you cant imagine smoking and wonder why you didn't quit years ago...luckily the easy time get more frequent and the hard times, well even they get easy :D
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