Please tell me it gets easier
Hi Wolfmother,
A big congratulations on your quit! A lot of new years resolutions for quitting smoking.....go up in smoke so to say.
Usually it's because they were not really prepared for the quit. Resentment and being over emotional is NORMAL during a quit. Don't worry about it. You'll learn to adapt to the "new you" soon. There's a lot of other emotions you're going to have to learn to deal with too, but you can do it. Hey, you've been smoke free for going on two weeks now. If you can do that, you can do anything if you put your mind to it.
Have you went through your program at the top of the page yet? It has some great tips for helping you along your quit journey. Also do a lot of reading in the forums. There's been countless other people struggling with the same issues you are learning to deal with. Maybe one of them has that magic tip that you could use to help yourself out. The cravings will subside in time, just keep your guard up and don't give into them. Make sure you reward yourself for your great accomplishments too, you deserve it!
Working on it has some good tips too. Deep breathing really does help during the quit, and triggers are everywhere.
After this long you don't really want a cigarette do you? You just want the feeling it gave you when you smoked one. That's a false feeling too. It's that nasty Nico-Demon trying to trick you. You were putting poisons in your body through your lungs and thought that it felt good. You've completed hell week and you should have all of the nicotine out of your system now. Now it's all mental, the hard part in my opinion. Read read read and learn as much as you can about your quit. The more you know the easier it will be.
As for your husband smoking in the house, could you maybe ask him to do it in a room that can be closed off, and preferably with a vent like to restroom? My wife still smokes but she does go in a different room and uses a air purifier. I still smell them though, and even after 14 months I think they still smell good. That is until I get too close and then they really stink.
I wish you the best on your journey, stay strong girl!
If you do, dust yourself off and try it again. There's nothing wrong with failing so long as you keep trying. It's when you quit trying that you really fail. Do you know why you started smoking again, and have you made a plan for it so it won't happen again this time? It sounds like your ready to give it another go.
Clean lungs, no more ash burns, no stinky ashtrays, no more yellow fingers. I could go on and on. Working on it has some good advice about continuing your program. You also need to read all you can and learn as much as you can to help prepare yourself for what lies ahead. The more you know the easier it will be. There's a lot of good advice in the forums here. And if you need an answer, the search feature helps find specific answers for you.
