5 Weeks

[nsd_user663_62294]

I'm on five weeks today and oddly I have wanted a cigarette more this weekend than in the previous weeks. I will not give in, I will not give in....

[nsd_user663_59644]

Hey, doing so very well indeed, tbh I feel ltoday is also a difficult day for me.

Just keep at it Nicky,

Do you know how much cash you have not spent on those nasty killng sticks?

Hope your proud :)

May be a little treat would be nice👠👛👙👓

[nsd_user663_62023]

Hi Nicky

Hope you're getting through today Ok.

I had some difficult days in the second month, I felt a bit disillusioned. I thought I should have been through it by then and the relentlessness of wanting to smoke started to grind me down. I felt like the whole thing was unfair and why couldn't I just smoke one to make me feel better and then I would carry on with my quit. Fooloish thoughts that have to be stamped out of you head.:mad:

Please stick with it as it does get better and these feelings will end just as the constant craving of the first few days ended. It's just a stage though a particularly annoying one IMHO. Head down and grind your way through it to the other side.

[nsd_user663_60964]

Yes, despite the general concensus being that the third month is a toughy, I remember my month two was a bit 'wade through treacle' at times. I think Sue is right in that everything starts to feel slightly stale by month two- the initial excitement has worn off and you're right in the midst of the grind with very little sensation that it will ever feel any better. But it does, of course, and it will for you too.

You're doing fantastically well. Just keep telling yourself how blinking marvellous you are (because you are :D) and you'll soon feel better, I promise.

[nsd_user663_62294]

Thanks for the words of support guys, I'm ok, I won't give in as I don't want these last five weeks to be a waste.

I have only saved a little Tracey as only bought one pack of tabacco a fortnight, so about £8.50 a week, and I have ordered some shoes with what I have saved so far as going on Holiday in a few weeks.

[nsd_user663_2681]

Congratulations Nicky xxx

[nsd_user663_2096]

Hey Nicky,

Messaged you and just saw this post! It's weird that we felt the same yesterday, hope you are feeling a bit better today!

We will do it!!!

Bev. xx

[nsd_user663_62294]

My purchases from the 'smoking money' saved arrived. For my £50.00 I got a lovely dress, a pair of gorgeous wedges and a pair of pretty flats - all for my holiday on 9th August.

Looking forward to that holiday loads BUT, my Mum is coming and she is still smoking On the plus side my husband and daughter don't smoke

[nsd_user663_62023]

Fantastic... one of the big things for me was spending my smoking money in the first few months.

Holiday sounds like it'll be great though not without its temptations. Are you staying in this country or abroad? I must be honest the smoking regulations over here have really helped me.

I'm thinking your Mum will be smoking out of sight some of the time if you know what I mean.

[nsd_user663_62294]

We aren't going abroad and it's a good thing too, as you said Sue, it's easier to smoke abroad than here. Last year in Greece there were lots of smokers.

[nsd_user663_62023]

Oh that's good, it might help a bit as I can't imagine how difficult a smoky bar would be early on in a quit.

If it's any consolation you won't always feel like this. I stayed with my brother and his partner who both smoke in their house a few weeks ago and I was a bit worried, first time around people smoking etc but it was easy. I was sooo amazed, it wasn't that I overcame temptation. There was no temptation.