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Day three was hard but I kept breathing through it. Had a few beers and the urges heightened but I didn't give in. I've found that if I cut a straw in half and breath slowly and deeply through it I helps the craving subside. Cheers to another day! My boyfriend is also trying to quit cold turkey and is doing well. We support each other and that has really helped as well
You did well, congratulations, Nancy gave a lot of stuff to read and think about which is going to help you!
you might also want to read about what to expect in the first 4 months:
the better prepared you are for what's to come, the more secure and ready you'll be for this awesome journey you started on!
Welcome to the community, we are very happy to have you here!
That is awesome news. Sending you and your boyfriend encouragement and support!
Congratulations on 3 precious Smokefree days for you and your boyfriend and this evening will be 4 glorious Days of Freedom and you both can look yourselves in the mirror and smile and say yay for another Day WON!
Good going on the 3 1/2 days! Woooo Hoooo! Straws are a great aid. So it water. I used to use one of those sports bottles with the little nipple on it. Our need to suck is rather primal and I found it helped. Also just made it more fun to drink the water. Be real careful of those beers in the early stages of your quit. It takes a goodly amount of self discipline - this quitting thing - and booze can make your brain very fuzzy and your self discipline very weak. Word to the wise....
Another good place to do some reading is in the Relapse Prevention group. Type Relapse Traps in the community search box for specific topics. Come on here and put up a blog with the title HELP if you get shaky. You're doing well. Stick with it!
Congrats on holding your Quit! I like my cocktails too...What I did with my supper last night was
took a large wine glass and filled it with ice,added 2 oz. of Apricot Nectar and filled it with club soda.
It tasted like a wine spritzer but didn't have any alcohol in it. I know from past experience alcohol can really Trip you up..... Be Careful with that.........
Keep up the good work! Smobriety gets more and more attractive every time you overcome temptation by sticking with your decision.
I am addicted to your word smobriety! I love it !!!!
Congratulations on making it through. Hang tough, Stay close. The best in yet to come. NOPE no matter what not one puff ever.
Thank you all for everything! I made it through another day because of all of you! Love you guys lots! Thank ypu!
Congratulations on another Day WON! You're doing super fantastic one precious Smokefree Day at a time or hour minute or even a second at a time, keep moving forward and stacking up your precious Days of Freedom.....
Awesome. One day at a time and they start to add up. Good for you
Just hang in there you're doing it!!!!!! Prairie
Welcome to our community!
Congratulations on your decision to quit smoking and your first three days! Be careful with alcohol so early in your quit. It clouds your decision making and can provide the wrong answer to the question: "Surely one won't hurt?"
It's sometimes difficult to separate your quit from another's -so be alert to a problem with yours if he has one. Be sure to keep them separate in your mind.
The most important thing you can do right now is to educate yourself on what nicotine does to your body and mind. To that end, I highly recommend Allen Carr's “The Easy Way to Stop Smoking.” This is an easy and entertaining read. You can search for a free pdf of it on the net (copyright enforcement won't allow me to post the link here).
You should also read the posts here and perhaps go to the pages of folks who you think might be helpful. You might visit whyquit.com, quitsmokingonline.com and livewell.com for the good information contained there. @https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/groups/best-of-ex has lots of blogs written by members of this site with their experiences and guidance.
The idea is to change up your routines so the smoking associations are reduced. Drink your coffee with your OTHER hand. If you always had that first smoke with your coffee, try putting your tennies on right out of bed, going for a quick walk, then taking your shower and THEN your coffee! Rearrange the furniture in the areas you used to smoke so the view is different. Buy your gas at a different station. Take a different route to work. Take a quick walk at break time where the smokers AREN'T.
You need to distract yourself through any craves. You can take a bite out of a lemon (yup - rind and all), put your head in the freezer and take a deep breath of cold air, do a few jumping jacks, go for a brisk walk or march in place, play a computer game. Don't let that smoking thought rattle around in your brain unchallenged. Sometimes you need to quit a minute or an hour at a time. You will need to be disciplined in the early days to distract yourself when a crave hits. Get busy! Here is a link to a list of things to do instead of smoke if you need some fresh ideas:
https://excommunity.becomeanex.org/blogs/Youngatheart.7.4.12-blog/2013/02/25/100-things-to-do-instead-of-smoke
The conversation in your head in response to the "I want a cigarette" thought needs to be, "Well, since I have decided not to do that anymore, what shall I do instead for the three minutes this crave will last?" Then DO it. You will need to put some effort into this in the early days, but it gets easier and easier to do.
Stay close to us here and ask questions when you have them and for support when you need it. We will be with you every step of the way!
Nancy