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I think I am doing ok

Trisha76
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5 12 156

Well I am at day 62.  I have given up all the nicotine replacements (gum) was the last to go  3 days ago.  I had really worried about the gum as I have a friend who quit 10 years ago but she still is chewing the gum! I did not want that to happen to me. So I started with patches and gum and gave up the patches over a month ago now as I really felt when I put them on that they made me want to smoke more. I know that sounds irrational but that’s how I felt.  The gum was harder but somebody on this website suggested that I start cutting it in half and then move to regular gum and I did that and it worked. Now I just have to stay with my daily “ I have the power “ as I still get little twinges but they aren’t bad and I just need to do something else and get my mind in a better place.

Stay in your day, you only have today, do not worry about tomorrow and gradually it starts adding up.

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I started smoking at 25 and it took me a year to learn to inhale so I really was hooked by 26. I have smoked 50 years and quit August 11, 2020 so today is my 28th day. My husband of 54 years died March 1 and he had smoked for 65 years. I knew when he died I would quit as I had tried 5 times before but his smoking made me jealous or I could smell it. Used him as an excuse to start smoking again. I am retired from a university. Raised in Nebraska and living in Iowa since 1978.