Just starting and its kicking my butt

[infiniteree]

Smoked my last cigarette on March 15th.  Had a puff on the 16th and another puff on the 17th.  Won't do it again.  I am done.  This is the hardest thing ever.  Using patches, but the urges are still extremely strong.  No matter how strong the urge, I will not give in. 

[galaxian]

Welcome.  I stopped on March 12.  It gets better.  I'm using patches, too.  I've altered my physical location for a while as well, to avoid the dingy yellow room where I smoked so many years.

Quitting is very hard.  But it is worth it.

We are all smokers on this web site.  We believe in you, your efforts to quit, and the probability of your success.

Cheerio!

[kasensmom]

Hang in there!!  You can do it!!  My very best advice is to read, read, read, all the blogs and info everyone hear will give you!!  It's the only thing that got me thru!!  Congrats on your decision to quit and your 5 days in!!!

[JonesCarpeDiem]

well if you've gone since the 17th, you are kicking its butt!!

[jojo29]

 Good for u. stay focused and positive.today is the 22nd right, well ur doin good, key is to saty busy very busy in the beggining. drink plenty of water and try to excersie when u can, that opens up ur musscles and will releve tension, I rei recomend YOGA, HIGHLY RECOMEND THAT, :)) i smoked 40 yrs, 2-3 pks aday, i watched my mother die in 6 wks from copd/lung cancer, I lost my job, I have stage 4 copd now with end emphysema, I just threw them away,i new i was done.I was payin for a slow death,believe me. I now save my smokin money and do bigger and better things with it, Im smoke free 141 days, u can do this ,do it dont sell ur elf short.we have one life,not 2 so make the best of it 🙂 stay strong and keep busy and ur gona be just fine 🙂 joanne, smoke free 141 days,after 40 long smelly yrs at 2-3 pks aday, im still solid as a rock!!

[infiniteree]

Thanks for your comments.  I am in tears.  I will take the great advice and will continue to read others blogs.  Thanks, you guys may have saved my endeavor.

[lynette9]

Hey, welcome! One thing that might help us to help you would be to fill in a little more about yourself on your profile page. How long did you smoke? How much? How old were you when you started?

Many of us here also have planned for our quits by studying up on www.quitsmokingonline.com and www.whyquit.com.

Also, Alan Carr's book The Easy Way to Quit Smoking is downloadable on Strudel's page, just type in her name "Strudel" in the search box and you'll see her. Read lots of  blogs here. So many have written with such wisdom! Like Jonescarp, Mothergoose and Peggy.

Please come here and blog often. There will be many more folks signing into this comments section to welcome you tomorrow. It appears many on this site live on the east coast!

Again, welcome! And believe me, this is totally doable!