Tears

[sarah-manley]

This is first morning without nicotine in years. Tears. The weird sensation that i will find myself smoking without even realising that I had gone out and bought cigarettes. I am reading Nicotine Addiction 101 from whyquit. I know all that already but it does distract me a little.
This is hard.

[jason3]

Hang in Sarah u can make. I know its hard im only in day 4 myself. Keep ur head up go out and take a run

[kellie3]

Sarah,

You are doing the best thing you could do for yourself. Congratulations. Reading that article will give you a lot of great information.
Just take the first few days a moment at a time. Those cravings won't last long. Be determined and know that all you're feeling is perfectly normal but temporary.
It will get better and easier, but you're going to have to work to get to the easy part.
If you need any help just holler.

When you need something to stick in your mouth or do with your hands a lot of people use straws. I used toothpicks and pretzles, then moved onto gobstoppers.
Make sure you are drinking a lot of water. Juice also helps clean out all those toxins.
Be kind to yourself and keep remembering this is Temporary, it will get better, it will get easier and sooner than you could imagine it will be effortless.

[liz4]

Hang in there Sarah!! At 6:00pm tonight I will have a full 2 weeks in. It is hard... The first 3 - 4 days were the worst, but it REALLY does start to get easier to get through the cravings for the most part. I can still get some pretty strong "I want now"... that can bring me to the edge of giving in, but every one I get through makes me stronger. I quit cold turkey and I honestly never thought I would get this far without a slip... I have tried to quit SO many times... and this is the best I have ever done and I hope this is the last time I will need to say that. Just do your best, and good luck.

[hwc]

A crave only lasts a few minutes. Research has shown that doing almost anything (drinking water, going for a walk, breaking a salad spinnner) will get you through a crave. So will thinking almost anything (thinking about some benefit of life as an ex-smoker). Just take it hour by hour today.

[patricia6]

Get a book on pranayama yoga from the library. The relaxation of pure deap breathing is how to learn again to treasure the benifits of your healthy bodies ability to take care of your emotions, letting them pass through you and out of you with clear aware breath.
Let the tears and the sadness however desperate you may feel remind you that you need to be the ex now and forever. They are difficult tears but I do suspect it is the body showing gratitude to you today for this QUIT for stopping yourself from hurting it once and for all. You are healing now. Healing yourself. Forgiving yourself for those deathly insults and letting the ability to live again back into your grateful body. Good luck all day and everyday.

[JoAnne5-14-2008]

I remember the habit of buying them and smoking them. It was a regular routine type of thing. Our minds would tell us that this is what we do and we did it. You will overcome the habit by replacing it with something else positive and healthy.

[edith2]

Procrastinate lighting up anytime you get a craving until it's gone. Each time you get through a craving, the next one gets weaker and you get stronger.

[pat3]

Take slow deep breathes. In through your nose, out through your mouth. Imagine all the poisons leaving your body as you exhale. Go to your special place in your mind. You can do this.

[sarah-manley]

morning two. mornings are harder for me. but im doing ok. very emotional day yesterday and still feeling vulnerable, but less so.... all that practice quitting with gum and lozenges does help because i have learned many habits of a non smoker and now the only thing i am dealing with is this stupid nicotine withdrawal.... which will end. eventually. it has to. i just have to wait it out. patience.