Hi all. I would like to pick your brains for some more info.I recall reading somewhere that the 3 month point can be dangerous for one to relapse. I'm a firm believer in NOPE and am not that worried about relapsing. I just made it through the 1st 3 months with no real probs. In 3 days I'll be celebrating my 100th dsy :) what is strange though is that this last week for some strange reason an urge to smoke is kind of half heatedly lurking around on the back of my head. did any of you have urges like this pop up around the 3 month period besides having an nice enjoyable cruise. In looking forward to getting to the breech in a couple of days ;). John
It's difficult to say what triggers these "urges". I used to get urges and cravings when I would see certain people light up. That seems to have gone now. I do not want to physically smoke anymore but rarely I crave the illusion of placidity and calmness that smoking gave us. It's all in our head life is much better without cigarettes. I guess all ex smokers will get a craving every now and then. As everybody points out the cravings don't last long and are really easy to overcome. It's not worth the trouble to relapse.
I had a couple of nightmares that I smoked again these past 10 days. I guess that's part of the equation too, I noticed the last times I had the nightmares was after drinking. Since I enjoy various beverages a little too often and the nightmares are not so frequent I will not associate them to ingestion of alcohol.
Getting back to the urges discussion. I used to be a chain smoker so it is difficult for me to discuss about triggers for me personally because I used to smoke all the time. When it was necessary though I could go for hours without smoking and I was fine too. The only time when I "had to smoke" these past 24 years, was when I used the W.C. That was the hardest part for me when I quit. Nicotine being a stimulant has a great effect on intestinal movement. I had terrible constipation for 2 weeks after I quit. Now 100 days later things are better :)
I just completed my 100th day 10 hours ago :) Smoking seems to now be a distant memory. There are still the odd cravings now and then which will probably never go but who cares I have just decided to turn them into positive energy. I am happy and enjoy my new lifestyle. I even had a good effect on a mate of mine. He quit three weeks ago cold turkey like me. The only thing I use are worry beads but not all the time.
I was thinking to write the above in my post "My first 50 days!!!" because of all the support and nice comments I received from all of you and thought it would be nice to have all my support in one place. Anyway I decided to start a new thread
I hope they are all fine and managed to quit. Now and then people pop up and start threads about their quits. Then suddenly they disappear. Some seemed to be doing really well until they disappear. It always makes me wonder if they managed in the end. I can understand that not everybody will remain and write in the forum regularly. I for some reason feel attached with fellow quitters who I chat with thus am left thinking and wondering if they made it.
I will remain hopeful that most of the quitters who manage to get through 72 hours will continue and become non-smokers.
Congrats Ron. I totally agree with you. EVERY SMOKER SHOULD TRY TO QUIT. Just give it a try and then take things from there. Who knows they may even like it ,) John
Hi all thanks for your comments. Ashley I went out with loved ones for a nice meal. I will do something really different and special for my six months I think. I better decide what to do soon because time flies. John
Congratulations cdngreeneyes. You are doing really well. I'm a believer in the cold turkey method. From what I know most people who manage to quit do it straight cold Turkey. Many people who go on NRT just never seem to make it. my opinion is that cold turkey is the easiest and kindest method to quit. I'll post my views on NRT on my blog soon. I'm not saying that NRT will not work I just believe there are easier and better methods to quit. So count yourself lucky that you didn't start NRT.
Hiya All.
For some strange reason what Ron is saying is almost exactly what I'm going through. I'm on my 111 day soon to hit 4 months :). Despite not getting too many cravings and finding things easier than expected the nicodemon is keeping me well aware of his presence this past week. No cravings I don't feel like smoking or really want to smoke but he is there I can really feel him, it's as if he's just waiting for poor John to let his guard down.
Well I have bad news for him. He is not going to win. I feel as Ron said that maybe I got a little bored with my quit. I used to rejoice many times a day for the first 2 months. I think I better start again because it's worth it. I hope to be getting a straight razor as a present soon and yes I will start rewarding myself more. I'm worth it, you all are worth it, ALL QUITTERS ARE WORTH IT....
It's strange how one can be so free and happy but at the sametimne so much in danger of relapsing, I guess that's a price addicts pay. Maybe it's canceled out by the power and selfsatisfaction we can tap into at any point but saying to ourselves "we beat it, we won". Anyway friends I'll be fine don't worry
John
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