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So it’s been 11 days - was so much better than last week but yesterday was brutal with wanting to smoke?!!!! I stuck to my guns though and made it through. Today is much better. I just can’t wait until the day I wake up and have the first thing on my mind be - we can’t smoke today. Just feels like it is the central focus in my life right now
Exactly!!!! I know I need patience but some days it’s just like - ugh!!!!! Awesome on your 13!!!
So tell me, what guns are you sticking to? And by that I mean, what's the self-talk whenever the brutal cravings hit?
Mine was smelling something wonderful. Really. I'd grab a fragrant candle, or burn incense, or pull a lock of hair around to my face for the shampoo smell. Some people think about who would be proud of them for quitting. Or some other goal.
Most of the time it’s deep breathing but sometimes - like at work when I’m seeing everyone go on smoke breaks - it’s practically like getting the shakes so it’s just white knuckling it at that point until it passes
Work breaks are super tough. Gotta find something else to look forward to while others go outside.
AnnetteMM, I used the tip of smelling the shampoo smell in my hair earlier this evening! It is a good reminder of a wonderful benefit to quitting smoking and really helps me to get through craves!
YAY!!!!!
Congrats on your 11 days smoke free. You're early in your quit and there will be ups and downs. You'll build strength and confidence as you move through your journey. Stay close.
Barb
I hate to be the bearer of bad tidings, but you have a ways to go before you can expect this not to be an effort.....
but that day WILL come. You will need your patience, and your grown up pants - but that day WILL come and you will agree, I know, that it will ALL be worth it!
Stay the course!
Just be in it for the long haul . It gets easier and that day will come sooner than you think . You will forget about that morning cig and after dinner cig and your focus will change . Patience and time . Congrats on 11 days .
Remember we have many habits to break , not just one . Give it the four seasons , each season gets easier .
You won! Congratulations. Keep it coming.
Congrats on 11 days!! Keep going - it will get better!
Great, Congratulations for 11 days.
Good to keep reading quitting effects, and how to face those. It is indeed challenging time for everyone when into first few days of quit.
That's price to be paid for quitting.
.. say no smoking, ..no. Not now, never.
.. free from smoking.
All the best !
Congrats on 11 days!
That's HUGE!
Stay strong!
I know what you mean. It has been 13 days for me. This week is much better than last week, but yet some days are very brutal. And if I could just forget- even if for a short time- that I ever smoked/ don't smoke now, things would be much easier....
Congrats on you 11 days!