made it 24 hours. yay me!

[weeniehead]

ok, made it one day without waffling. the thoughts came, they left, i survived. have adopted the stopsmokingonline.com philosophy of transmuting cravings into pure energy. i was very skeptical of this approach until i tried it and found how very easy it is.

the nicodemon is so diabolical! he keeps telling me i can have just one, i've proven how i can easily take it or leave it and he sounds so convincing, so logical. I know this is all normal, that there's no such thing as just one as i've proved this week with all my stops and starts. fear, my worst enemy, still rearing it's ugly head from time to time.

the physical withdrawal is really no big deal. it's what goes on between my ears that takes up so much energy. not as much energy as smoking did though.

thank you everyone here who has given me so much support this week and kicked my ass when i needed a good ass-kicking. day two, here i come.

[Yaya2.6.10]

Hooray for making it through Day 1.  That is the hardest one and you did it.  Keep on keeping on.

[durkinthequitter]

You sound just like me!  You CAN do this. I'm going to check out this stopsmokingonline.com thing - maybe it will help me, too. My mind is doing the same thing. 24 hours is terrific! You can do another 24 hours!

[JimTaddeo]

FANTASTIC.......maintain that attitude and what you are doing! Success one day at a time. You are making a GREAT choice. Congratulations!

[bobbi9]

Congrats on 24 hours!! You have proven you can do it. Just keep doing the same thing every day. You are so right about all of this. You know what to do. Sounds like you have good insight into this whole addiction thing and the courage and stamina to beat it. Good going and have a great day...smoke-free!!

[Thomas3.20.2010]

You are definitely on the right track! There isn't one junkie thought that you are having that we all haven't had and when your head is clear it becomes obvious how mistaken they are! I went from  "One won't hurt!" to "it's obviously to late for you, might as well smoke yourself to death!" Now somewhere in there seems to be a contradiction but with my head all smoky I couldn't sort that part out to save myself! The longer you go without a cig the quieter those nico-voices get! Check out James' blogs! they're the best around to show you how you can have a HAPPY QUIT!

[Strudel]

I also found quitsmokingonline.com very helpful. Reading through all of their modules really helped to turn around some of my mixed up thinking! Congratulations on 24 hours!

Kathy

[Debi12]

You are right  - it was what went on in my head that was tricky early on.  But I did this in blocks of 24 hours - that was my goal each day (sometimes I had to break it down to one hour at a time)  Before I knew it I had a day I didn't even think about a cigarette (not one single thought)  Then I knew I would make it.

You can do it ---- breathe deep and stay strong 

[bella65]

good job.you can do this

[gustar42]

OMG.... I Didn't know there was people like me doing the same effors to finnally quit smoking... My first day was 10 days ago.. and i survived, my body it's getting used to not smoking... you will feel thew same way if you already worked with  your triggers....

Im proud of you!!! i know you can do it...  Start belive in it...

[MissiAnn]

Awesome! keep up the great work.

[keeptrying2]

It's rough, sometimes minute to minute...but it is worth it.  You will get through and survive just fine.  One day at a time.

[leslie32]

Wow!  You got right back up on the horse!  That's great!  You know you really want to quit.  I picture all the little addiction lines in my brain fading each day.  Let's hear it for the wiener!