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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1140

Original Post by: Carols

Dart, the crazy vivid dreams are a side effect of the patch. If you take it off one hour before bed they will stop. Heard that at a smoking quit session and thought I'd pass it on. Yes you will wake up wanting a cigarette. But don't you wake up wanting one now also?

Good Luck and keep repeating NOPE!!!!

Just keep a fresh patch by the bed. As soon as the alarm goes off, slap on the patch, and roll back over for snooze time. Hopefully, that will be enough of a kick start for the day.

I used to do something similar with the lozenges. Had one under my tongue at the first awakening. Then rolled over for more zzz's. By the time I got up, I was under control.

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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 152

Dart, the crazy vivid dreams are a side effect of the patch. If you take it off one hour before bed they will stop. Heard that at a smoking quit session and thought I'd pass it on. Yes you will wake up wanting a cigarette. But don't you wake up wanting one now also?

Good Luck and keep repeating NOPE!!!!

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 22

Thanks so much for the support!

So true about the scents I was missing... I think my sense of smell is beginning to return which has been amazing! I can't believe I was missing out on so much goodness (and some not so goodness, lol).

Today was extremely hard. Very, very hard. I had a presentation to do, and I find them extremely stressful. When it was over and I got back in my truck, I felt like something was missing, like I needed to expell all that nervous energy out with smoking. I thought back to a post I had read earlier, that someone had put nice smelling perfume on their wrists and if they felt like smoking, smelled their wrists to remind them how great it is not to smell like an ashtray! Thanks so much to that poster because it really worked for me - along with some deep breaths and a very lound radio sing-along!

Sly you and others are so strong for going cold turkey! The Patch is really working for me right now, finding it easier to think & function than I have in the past going CT. I'm still on 21mg for another 3 weeks but hopefully when it's time to step down I'll be used to living life without smoking.

Right now, I've got migraine headaches, crazy vivid dreams, and gut-rot... but I am deliriously HAPPY that I've made it to Day 5. NOPE works!! Hope everyone is having a great day!!

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 186

Hi Dart.I see you are on day 3 now.I had quit cold turkey and getting day 3 done was important for me

as that is when the nicotine is to be out of your system. After that its one day at a time some good some not.

Sitting on the front porch with my other half smoking and sharing our day was a favorite place for me as well.

I did give it up till I felt strong in my quit. Now it is even a better place to sit and enjoy each others company

and to take in deep breaths of fresh air and all the other wonderful scents we had missed as smokers.

What kept me going was the fact that I never wanted to do those horrible first 3 days again.

In one of your posts you said you were good at quitting .If you have the strength to keep doing those first few days

over and over you most certainly have the strength to keep it going.

Wishing you the strength to take your patio back as a non smoker.

N.O.P.E.

Sherry

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 22

Thanks Red, I will do that!

And WorkingOnIt -- I couldn't agree with you more. I did have a glass of wine last night and went downhill so quickly. I ended up in tears, going to bed depressed, discouraged, and just miserable. Was NOT worth it. I felt like a caged animal in hy house, pacing and unfocussed. I'm pretty sure that's the exact opposite effect I was going for to relax with a beverage. Think I'll stick with tea for a bit.

The worst emotional part of last night (and what made me cry) was the thought that I may not ever be able to enjoy certain things without feeling that uncomfortable need/want clawing away at me. My partner and I have a routine of sitting on our patio and chatting with a drink after work (he's a non-smoker), and it made me so angry to think that I don't have the ability to do that right now and relax.

Today I feel better. One hurdle at a time. I don't need to "bully" myself into feeling normal and resuming my regular life right away. I need to respect the process, listen to myself, and take it one day at a time. NOPE.......... and more than half-way through HELL WEEK!!!

PS - I was joking about smoking the patch.... I can't believe people were actually doing that!! What a terrible horrible drug nicotine is. So happy to be breaking the addiction!!!

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 2508

Hey Dart,

It will get easier..Making a daily pledge on the tread titled "What If part III" Helped me..Something you might want to give a try..

Red..

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 1140

Hey Dart,

Just a thought and you can take it or leave it. You might want to skip the alcohol when you are working to get the nicotine habit under control. Alcohol encourages smoking in several ways: lowered inhibitions, associations with smoking and drinking, and it actually flushes nicotine out of your system, so you might find yourself craving even with a patch on. You've got enough other triggers to master at this point, so maybe save alcohol for later.

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10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 816

Dart You know that we can rationalise and justify just about any type of insane behaviour when it comes to addiction. When they banned smoking at our local jail a while back they gave out the patch to the inmates and they were actually rolling it up and smoking it. Yuk. I found ice water really helped with the craves. Excellent for you for not smoking. breather

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 22

Thanks so much!

It's funny how I do associate so many activities with smoking. Driving, having a glass of wine, reading, my little "me" breaks at work.... it's really difficult to reprogram, but I am really determined to have it stick this time. I have done enough "hell weeks" and I never want to do one again!! In fact, that used to be my justification for going back to smoking! "I'm so good at quitting, it really doesn't matter if I buy a pack and have to quit again. I can do it no problem". Ridiculous, right?!

Anyway, I love N.O.P.E. It's such a simple rule to follow, which prevents me from making up all the other ones I had for myself when I was starting to slip.. "just one a day, after work", "only when I'm drinking", "only at work and when I'm drinking", "only week-days, not weekends..." You know the story. I know now I can't outsmart my addiction or make allowances - and why would I want to, anyway?!? I am so happy to be free from smoking!

10 years ago 0 +0 / -0 87

Stick with it will get better.

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