Quit Smoking

I’m still hanging on, though the thought of sneaking one has been popping up more and more. This is dangerous because that is the way I have defeated myself in the past.

There is definately a part of my brain that wants to smoke despite everything that I have done. Its little voice appears every now and then - I know it sounds strange, but that is how it feels. I logically know starting again is totally wrong and that I have defeated the physical cravings – so the ‘voice’ is just the addiction talking to me.

Still standing strong and backing all my fellow quitters.

I still think about smoking, but have remained smoke-free. It’s good and I’m proud of myself, remaining on guard against back-sliding.

I was able to talk with my cousin while she smoked and I was fine; didn’t even think about lighting up.

It’s been 11 days since I quit. This time it was cold turkey after getting myself motivated with a self-hypnosis program. By making quitting a positive process, the cravings and the second guessing were minimized tremendously.

Of course it is a struggle and I went through a rough point last week. Feeling low, slow and a bit sorry for myself. Thank goodness for my level-headed daughter who just talked me into getting active and doing stuff. Since then I’ve made an apron, gone junking at the flea market, called friends and cooked and baked. Just moving really helped.

I’m still holding back from saying the worst is over, because you just never know. I had a smoking dream last night and that scared me. Also, I have quit in the past and then taken it up again when I thought I had it beat. This is a continuing battle with myself, thankful I’m on the winning side today.

Hang in there everyone. Make quitting a positive move; don’t let the addiction tell you otherwise.

It’s been a week. The physical addiction is not a factor for me at this point, but the psychological part is being difficult.

I am struggling with depression and negativity. I just don’t have my usual positive attitude and feel a bit weepy. It’s probably from missing all that dopamine that I got with cigarettes. Bearing this in mind, I’m trying to avoid things that bring me down and hoping to find something that gives me a healthy dopamine hit or something.

Things are still going well. My daughter is back and some of the urge to smoke came back too. I don’t really understand that, as I thought time alone would be worse than when I was with her.

Anyway, I’m into my fifth day—that’s 65 smokes, not smoked!

I made it to day 4 and feel very good. My daughter has been out of town, so I did it on my own. This has minimized my using her as an excuse to start again while in withdrawal.

I need to keep at it, but I’m so pleased to be smoke-free.

I’m hanging in here, but it’s a little hard right now. I’m deep breathing and trying to be active. But sitting at the computer makes this hard; I either want to smoke or sleep.

Still being strong—but it’s hard right now.

Okay, I am smoking the last one. Taking a shower and then popping in the hypnosis program again.

Clean start tomorrow.

I’m still staying off the cigs. It seems kind of anti-climatic though and that scares me.

The first two days I had some real physical changes, but now I’m more settled. In the past, I have kidded myself at this stage that I could smoke just one or two a day and be A-OK. I guess I need to tough it out against myself and resist the ‘just have one’ voices going through my head.

I’m hanging in here and keeping my cool. It’s cold turkey this time and so far, so good. 39 hours quit and counting.