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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2508

Evilcanofcocacola...

Congrats on your decision to quit smoking...the craving do suck that is for sure...Keep riding it out like your doing and you will get there..

Red...

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6

Day 2 myself. My previous stint was 37 days and I started again for the dumbest reasons. Currently going as I feared. Absolutely insane and my black cloud is hanging over my head again. Been breathing, drinking water, training, studying and putting off that wonderful beer I used to relax with. Sadly I don't tell people I quit because I don't want to create the expectation of disappointment if I do start again :( Guess riding it out and being left alone is all that helps? Blegh. Just tired of failure. Bit cravings seriously sucks.

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 11214

Hi Missjkh,

Like many members have already said, feeling like your identity is changing is completely normal. In fact, it is a big part of the process. You are still the same you only upgraded

. What do you want the new non smoking you to be like? How does quitting smoking align more with the authentic you and what you value? Take some time to think about it and visualize it.

It sounds like you have a determined attitude and are ready to dive in. You have lots to look forward to!

Ashley, Health Educator

Here to help :)

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 115

Missjkh, You have some good advice here, well done to you to be so carefully planning & preparing for your quit. With such determination you can beat this. I so remember that feeling prior to quitting, when every cig tasted awful and, hurt my chest, yet I kept going back for more. By the time I got to my quit day, it was a relief to be able to say NO MORE! Keep on with your prep. Viv

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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2778

Hi again!

It's good to set a date in advance and start to psych yourself up! It's like rallying the troops and building up that determination so well that you know in your heart that you will not fail! Also during this time you will be able to let it sink in that once you reach quit day that it will be N. O. P. E., Not One Puff Ever!!! You will become a non-smoker!

Jim

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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6

I've set a date 5/19/13 but hoping to have quit sooner than that

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2508

Missyjkh!

Good for you!! For not giving in..You threw it down and you are getting stronger. You are listening to yourself and not the addiction..Remember nicotine is not your friend..Your friends don't choke you and make you cough..Your friends do things that are good for you..

There is another web site that I visited during my quit and it really helped me understand the addiction to nicotine. The site is Whyquit.com they have free learning lessons and videos and there is one about wanting just one cigarette..anyway your mind keep saying I want to smoke, I don't to smoke over and over during the detox period but you really know you don't want to smoke..Check out their site Whyquit.com if you want to..it may help your understand what your body and mind are going through while you are quiting..It is a free Cold Turkey quit smoking site but you do not have to be going cold turkey to utilize the wealth of information there..

Keep going girl..You Can Do this..

Red....

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2778

Hey Missjkh!!!

Hang in there, buddy! Once you get that Positive Mental Attitude in your head you definitely will NOT give up! You will begin to see that those nasty cancer sticks are causing you more harm than good! In the beginning of most of our quits, we do go through a sort of grieving process; like we're losing a friend. Well, we sort of did lose something that wasn't necessarily our friend. We had a nicotine ingestion device that we could count on to give us a nicotine buzz, but the damn thing is that those things were killing us!

I think that there is an exercise it the Program or the Tools where it is suggested that you write a farewell letter to your cigarettes. I wrote one and let those suckers know exactly what I though of them! After you get finished you will probably recognize like most of us did that those things were definitely NOT our friends!

Stick close and continue to read and learn. Knowledge is power and you may need all that you can acquire to defeat your nico-demon! Just know that you CAN do this and we're all rooting for you!

Jim

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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1140

Hi missjkh,

Yes, it is very common to feel a sense of loss and grief over quitting smoking. Several of us have written eulogies to smoking/ cigarettes during the quit process in order to identify and express those feelings. It is a good exercise, when and if you want to try it.

I went through something similar to you, as I was cutting down. I would want a cigarette and then find it not nearly as enjoyable as I had anticipated. It is part of the change process. What was once pleasurable no longer is.

Have you scheduled a total quit date yet? Or are you just focusing on cutting down right now?

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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 6

It's only 11:20 and I just attempted to smoke my second cig of the day ... I felt so bad I couldn't finish it... I put it out halfway through and went straight here ... Is it normal to feel like my identity is changing? Like I've lost a part of myself and I'm grieving the loss? The good thing is I listened to the voice in my head and three it down ... I'm not giving up!!

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