Monday is my Quit Date...I'm nervous but eagerly anticipating a Smoke Free Life from now on!!!! I've done all my homework now all I have to do it Just Do It!!! Wish me a Happy Quit :)
OMG I've done it, 24 Hours :) Started a day early because I bought non menthols and Yuck one puff was awful. So I decided that was it. Had some very strong cravings throughout the day but walked or talked to loved ones. Went out to dinner and a movie with non smoking friends.
I have the mindset of a Winner!!!! This will be a journey but I'm a non-smoker!!!! For now one day at a time :)
Also tonight I attend a Quit Program; 1.5 hours at a local hospital, weekly for 4 weeks. That should really keep me motivated. Strong cravings right will go to the park and have a brisk walk, breathing deeply.
Thanks again, looking at your quit stats gives me power!
I am on Day 2 and feel so Proud and Motivated :) The cravings come and go, at times severe; I'm sure that will happen for a while but the key is to just push through them! They Always go away and soon they will be fewer and less intense. In a while they won't come at all!!!
Humm, I didn't write a goodbye letter to cigs. However I did a little ritual; crumbled them up all...18 of them. Tossed the ashtray and lighter. Had a cup of fresh blueberries with a dab of whipped cream and a candle that I blew out to celebrate my 'rebirth' into a non-smoker. I'm starting out Believing I am already a non-smoker, it makes me stronger to see myself successful!
Thanks all, some great posts here. N.O.P.E.-wrote that one down.
I'm on Day 3, I am undaunted by the withdrawal symptoms!!!! Grouchy, headaches, Intense cravings, constipated, anxious and bloated. Just have to push through it!!! When I look in the mirror I say out loud; 'I see a non-smoker, she looks good' :) Da*n can hardly wait to make it through Hell week :) And I have N.O.P.E. signs posted all over my house!!!
The mind is a Powerful Tool!!! If I believe that quitting smoking is Hard, it will be hard. If I believe it will be difficult but that I am strong and can face the challenge because I am a non-smoker, that is what I will accomplish.
I have made sticky cards to use when I need reinforcement. When I have a negative thought I read my cards. They say things like 'I am in control of my life, not cigarettes', 'No way, I want my life back and some defeatist thought will Not stop me', 'the urge to smoke will go away whether I smoke or not', 'I AM a non-smoker; I am Free' and as of yesterday there are N.O.P.E. cards all over my house :) I Visualize myself running and breathing fresh air, exhaling poison and replacing it with Clean Air. Jumping with Joy because I am making my body clean and healthy!!!!
My strong and determined mind will assist me to become a non-smoker; positive beliefs breed positive results!!
I take it a step further. On the inhale I say 'I can be' and on the exhale 'calm'. while visualizing the word calm in my mind. Very softly and gently without pushing for a result, just letting calmness wash over me. Works wonders :) Another one is a segmented exhale. Breath in, exhale in 4 parts; very calming :) In my experience it is easier to banish self defeating thoughts and reduce cravings if you learn this skill.
Day 4, it's a Whole New World and I'm Loving it!!! For years I have gone for walks at this park not far from me. It is nature trails, not a cultivated park. There are large fields of wildflowers some that tower over my head. I would walk by and say 'how pretty'. Today for the First Time I Smelled them!!! It is Amazing the world I will discover after 38 years of dulling my senses, it makes me feel childlike with wonder (at age 62) :)
Yes the withdrawal S*cks but it will pass, I choose to focus on the things I am gaining it helps to make it through the tough periods!
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