I joined this site today to see if I can get any additional help and inspiration. I tried to quit last July and made it 28 days before it started to not work out and have been back smoking since. I was using the patches which were very itchy and disturbed my sleep. I have a very stressful job and my coping skills at work we’re not the best. My initial slip was while at work.
My parents decided to quit when I did. We initially discussed quitting together. Everyone smoked when I was growing up and I naturally acquired the habit. When I eventually pursued my education, cigarettes went hand in hand with my studies, so I think I began to associate them with working and concentration.
My parents, despite being very heavy smokers, were able to successfully quit on the first try. My mother acts very condescending towards me about this. She almost acts as if she never touched a cigarette in her life. This is very annoying to me, because although I know that I started smoking despite her telling me not to, she fails to acknowledge her role in normalizing the habit. Thus, I don’t really have my parents as support for when I quit.
I am also in the process of getting a divorce. My husband moved out. I think he played a role in why my last quit failed because he used to stress me out. He would even say things like “I don’t think you can really do it.” I was refusing to acknowledge at the time that my marriage was failing. With him gone, I was very upset in the beginning but I have to acknowledge I am starting to feel better.
I don’t really know right now what my exact quit date will be but I am starting to think about it more and more. I don’t want to be a smoker for life, and I feel like I only do it because I feel like I have to. I need the money I am spending on cigarettes as well.
Have any of you managed to quit during a stressful time, like a divorce?
What skills do you recommend for a high stress job when quitting since this is what set me back the last time? (P.s. there is nowhere to take a walk where I work, I go into my car to smoke, and the reason I took these breaks during my lunch time was to have a moment to myself... there are no parks nearby, no malls, only shopping centers with relatively dangerous parking lots). I am also sometimes required to use my vehicle during the work day.
thanks for any advice you can give 
Do some recommended reading so you understand what will be happening in your body and mind when you quit. Get your quit kit ready, making a list of your reasons for quitting and activities/distractions you can use when the going gets tough. You don't know how quitting will affect your migraines with the medications and treatments you are doing now...so don't base your decision on the past. Get ready, set a date, and get to it. You can deal with what comes as it comes - one day at a time! You might enlist your physician's help in that process.
As far as patches, you might try a generic brand (like Walmart). It may not be as itchy. You might also cut out the nicotine pad and affix it with paper or surgical tape. You can take it off at night to eliminate the vivid dreams and put a fresh one on in the morning.
You only have to quit for one day, then rinse and repeat. We ALL quit just a day at a time, and dealt with what life dealt us that way, too. EVERYBODY has stress - everybody who has been successful figured out ways to deal....you will, too - I have no doubt!
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Thank you for the advice I do have to get a quit kit ready and part of my quit kit (unfortunately) is you are right, this time could be different. Just in case it isn’t though I have to have all the migraine stuff ready too as part of the quit kit as well. I have a lot of ideas for things that I can do to keep myself occupied once I quit - I’m really overbooked maybe it is a blessing in disguise but I wish I had just a tad less on my plate 
You might do a reality check for ALL you have on your plate for the first couple of weeks of your quit. You just might be tired, or out-of-sorts - and your quit needs to be your #1 priority in the beginning. Are there things for which you could ask for help? Are there things that you want to do but aren't 120% necessary? Give it all a good, hard look and see if some adjustments aren't possible. Busy is good...over stressed with too much isn't.
