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Why does it feel like time goes INCREDIBLY SLOW when you are trying to quit smoking? It's been less than two days, but it feels more like a week. For the past two hours, ALL I've been thinking about is smoking. Nothing distracts me and I can't think of anything to do. I can't wait for the treadmill to get here. I feel I will just be able to pop on it when I need a distraction. I hope it helps. It can't hurt. Unfortunately I can't use this "extra" time effectively, as nothing else holds my interest right now. 

 

Feels like the hallucinations are starting again. Maybe. I am really "restless" and I need some sort of distraction. My boyfriend is going to the store, which is 20 minutes away, so I think I will ride along with him. The only reason I'm writing is because it is something to do. I am just writing what comes to mind. I should feel irritated that my boyfriend keeps sneaking out for a smoke when we are both supposed to be quitting. For some reason I'm not. I guess I know how he feels. But we both need to quit, for financial reasons. I need to talk to him about the situation. 

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commitment

I wish I could come to this point, but I don't feel I've made a commitment with myself to quit smoking forever.    I don't know why. 
christine 12

christine 12

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three days

I've hit the three day mark. Yay! I suppose I'm doing pretty good, I haven't been obsessing over cigarettes like I was last time. I guess I'm just too busy and stressed out to be obsessing over it. Lots of cravings, but not obsessing for hours at a time. Quite irritable yesterday. I feel less irritable this morning. I am quitting caffeine as well. Doctor's orders. So I will be drinking my last cup tomorrow morning. I had to cut down over several days. I have had insomnia the past three nights. i
christine 12

christine 12

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two days

I'm now past the second day mark for this quit. I still have a good feeling about this time, like this is finally the time that I'll do it. I am pretty stressed out about other things that I'm dealing with. But I seem to be managing fairly well with out a cigarette.
christine 12

christine 12

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The good and the bad

Almost two days into this quit. I have a good feeling about this one.    The good: heart palpitations have just about stopped, time seems to be going at a normal pace, not obsessing about smoking/cigarettes   The bad: severe insomnia, I can only sleep for a few minutes to about a half an hour. very irritable, which is highly unusual, even for a quit attempt   Thoughts: this seems like a horrible time to quit, with everything that is going on right now, with family a
christine 12

christine 12

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Trying again

This will be my sixth or seventh attempt since I first started trying to quit at the beginning of the year.    Wish me luck.
christine 12

christine 12

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Haven't given up

I just have to keep trying. I can't sleep, it looks like an all-nighter. I am going to make it worse by having coffee in a half hour or so. I will sleep for a couple hours after my boyfriend gets up. It's easier to sleep when he's awake anyway. Luckily it's the weekend so he's home all day. He didn't buy a pack tonight, so I think he's ready to quit. I hope so. I will quit again by wednesday, for certain reasons I won't go into here right now.     
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it will be easier tomorrow

I am not normally a drama queen, but it's just really HARD for some reason to quit and I feel like I'm being a big baby about it. The other times I tried to quit, it didn't seem to last for hours. Maybe I just gave in soon after the obsessive thoughts started? Or possibly I'm just having a manic episode. This is a possibility due to being schizoaffective. Either way, I need to deal with it. I am running out of energy from pacing around too much. I even went to sit in the smoking chair in the gar
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