Hi...Yesterday 11/2 was my quit date. My last cigarette was around midnight on 11/1-11/2. Did surprisingly well yesterday. Wrote down every time I got the urge for a cigarette (which was about 11 times throughout the day and night). My biggest urge was at the end of my work day. I babysit my 3 year old grand daughter and always loved relaxing with a cigarette when she went home and the house was calm again. I also got urges (although less intense) after eating, while on the phone, and reading (I believe I've done most of my smoking while reading). The real challenge was when my husband came home from work at 10 pm and placed his pack of cigarettes on the counter. He says he's quitting after he finishes this one pack...time will tell...but I can't use his smoking as an excuse for me to be weak...been using that one for too long. I am not using any aids outside of self control....just gotta be strong. It's 8:10 am on 11/3 and I had an urge for a cigarette with my morning coffee...my husband not having left for work yet today with that single pack of cigarettes available was a challenge I won...thank God. So it's been about 32 hours smoke free and I'm loving the sense of a healing body instead of worrying if this is gonna be that one cigarette that triggers a heart attack or stroke. I have high blood pressure, high cholesterol and trigylcerides, and a family histroy of lung cancer and heart disease...I was insane to smoke in the first place! I pray I stay this strong and the urges don't get more intense. At this point it's a relief not to have that squabbling going on inside "Want a cigarette, light it up, I shouldn't be smoking this, I have to quit, I feel like garbage, why am I giving in, just gotta stop, after this pack, sure feels good relaxing with this cigarette, felt better before I smoked it, etc, etc, etc,... In general...I feel good,..and happy...and more at peace with myself in just 32 hours...Keep your fingers crossed that I stay on this path and continue to feel positive about quitting! Good luck to all you November quit dates!!!! We can do it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
