Counting down to quit day.

[jzip123]

Good morning, 

i have been reading as much as I can on this site. My quit date is Oct 18. I keep coming up with reasons that it is just "easier" to keep on smoking.  They are irrational and are lies I tell myself. I know this.  Even this morning. I held out until three hours after I got up and had a half      - I have been decreasing.  But saying "only a half" is also a lie. I am using the tracker and am decreasing. As depression issues have become more complex over the past years, smoking has become something I have depended on more.  I am so tired of it though.tired of the congestion, bad breath, stinky hair and yellow teeth.  

As other people contemplated their quitting seriously, did anyone have trouble sleeping? 

Thank You all so much to everyone for being here in this amazing community. 

[bacardigirl]

Good for you for setting a quit date! What a difference you will feel after even one day...I am on day 5 along with my husband and we are doing well! Stick with this site, it has wonderful advice and great people to support you in your journey!

I noticed that without the nicotine, I was more tired. This prompted me to go to bed a little ealier in the evening - but I have noticed that I wake up in the middle of the night and have trouble getting back to sleep. I do eventually fall back to sleep, but it is just one of the side effects of smoking cessation.

Good luck to you - I sincerely wish you success!

[JustSharon]

Yes it would be easier to keep smoking, but we are like babies who don't want to give up their pacifier. We are all chicken shits when it comes to quitting, Hard work it takes to quit, but anything worth having is worth the fight. So step out, do the work and hang tight to this group and I think you will be just fine.

[jzip123]

Thank you both very much.

[Thomas3.20.2010]

I'm sorry to hear about depression but I would like to reassure you that depression is much less when you have an established quit journey. That's not to say you won't feel some depression while launching your quit journey. But in just a few short Months it will be worth it! 

Read, read, read! There is so much info here about Smoking Cessation under many many circumstaces. 

As for the negative talk, yes, it is part of being an Addict and thinking about quitting and it will intensify! But that's not just you - it's normal! But don't let those thoughts stop you!

The whole trick about that is although Addictive Thoughts do pass through your Brain, you still have a part of your Brain that got you here! That part must become stronger and you do that by hanging out here! You have the Executive Control to not act upon the thoughts that nudge you toward smoking!

Stick around and we'll help you obtain FREEDOM from Nicotine!

[elvan]

Thomas is so right, please be honest with yourself and accept the fact that smoking does not relieve your depression, it does not do anything good for anyone.  It sure does a lot of bad things though.  Education and support are key to successful quits, as is commitment.  No matter what happens, don't smoke over it.  I used the acronym here, NOPE, Not One Puff Ever and I found that it made me stronger every single time I said it. There is great support and wisdom on this site, use it and you will not be disappointed.

Welcome.

[maryfreecig]

Well, if I had trouble with anything in the contemplation stage, I soon realized that in order to succeed at quitting (as nervous as I was about the quit day) I had to make quitting my number one priority. I just couldn't handle worrying or working at more than quitting. Everything I had to do, I did, but it came second. Quitting was my sole focus. Note--I used to sleep less well before I quit, my sleep is far better today. 

Welcome to the quitting community. You will have lots of support here along the way to quitting and staying quit.