Day 13 and winning 😊

[Wifey9879]

Hey ...

Just thought I’d post to update on my journey as I’ve been on and read other people’s posts but not updated my own.

Today is day 13, cold turkey quitting. I feel so much better than what I thought I would, the cravings come and go still but I think it’s a mind game issue along with triggers of when I used to smoke, sometimes I still think “ah now it’s time for a smoke” these come and get me when I’m least expecting it and I have to put up a bit of a fight but they pass quite quickly.

I feel getting up in the morning is so much easier, I really used to struggle, I would snooze the alarm 3 times and occasionally oversleep because I was shattered now I wake up before the alarm and go to sleep at night so much easier than what I did whilst I was smoking.

I have found that I can become quite snacky of foods that are really not good to be eating.. chocolate, sweets, cherry bakewells especially but I’ve been making a conscious efforts to remove these and eat foods that are good instead of going for the sugar loaded treats first.

Anyway it’s an onwards and upwards journey and I’m excited for the future.

I want to thank everyone for replies to previous posts, your replies have really helped on this journey so thank you to you all x

[Cigpeace]

I m kinda doing the same thing, but it’s a little bit harder when you wrk for a place that has just that kinda stuff, I stoped the coffee thing cause it just gives me the craving to light one up, keep carrot and stuff like that around you

[Wifey9879 in reply to Cigpeace]

I’ve been bringing coffee back in slowly because I miss it, so I might increase it just by a little bit so I can adjust and tolerate the caffeine, I seem to be doing loads better with it now.

I’m still having quite powerful cravings and really have to give it some fight to move on from it but I’ve achieved so much over the past few weeks that I know I wouldn’t light one up even if at times I think I really want to. This is a cold turkey thing because I didn’t want to drag it out with NRT, I just wanted a clean break from it.

My husband smokes too which sometimes can make this journey harder than what it should be (he will be quitting too at some point soon) I’m hoping that I will be over the worst and I will be able to support him during his quit process hence why he hasn’t stopped already.

However I’m proud to have made it this far and I’m extremely excited for the rest of this journey of recovery... I’m 33 and have smoked for 18 years, that’s a lot of brain conditioning that needs to be redirected to a better place 😊

[Cigpeace in reply to Wifey9879]

Your doing good and that’s great I quit for 3 months last time and I feel in the stress got the better big me, this time it doesn’t seem as bad, cold turkey is the best method, I’ve been smoking sense I was 13, m husband has decided to join me now, he’s using patches, because he’s has smoked longer than I, he has to deal with a lot at wrk so I’m good with it always he’s trying, I wish everyone all the luck in the world, let me know how it goes

[Wifey9879 in reply to Cigpeace]

I sure will, I’ll keep you updated and please keep me updated on your journey, it’s always best to rant away sometimes it’s needed, good luck dear