Jewel

Good afternoon! Yes, its nice to be able to come here & tell y'all I'd like to smoke. It's so much better to say it & not go buy a pack of cigs to smoke! Today was hard to go out & buy no cigs but instead stuff to calm & to celebrate that I'm not smoking! I'm determined to continue down the No Smoking road! Thanks for riding along!

Good morning! Thanks! Yes, it is a paradox of so many things! I will not smoke today no matter what else does or doesn't happen! That's what matters most! It's going to a beautiful & hot day! Enjoy, SMOKE FREE!

Good evening! I made it through another say w/o smoking & very happy I did! I hope you did also! Today I had more & stronger craving than I've had in recent days! I'm not sure why but not only the craving, somehow I kinda want to smoke! It's like the taste, the smoke, all the horrible little nasty details I'm missing! I don't want too! I'd love to announce that smoking sucks & mean it! (It does) Or that I hate smoking, it disgust me! I'd really love to feel, hate smoking! One day maybe! Anyway, no matter how I feel, the crazy thoughts I have or don't have or even the cravings, I Didn't SMOKE TODAY! That's the most important part of my day, making it w/o a CIG!

Darn cravings are really strong today! Only cravings!!! Pesky little devils & quite possibly very convincing! Really want to take the fast way to be total free from addiction! Honestly I never pictured myself as non smoker & as I've stated everyday, 'it's hard'.

Good day! I'm so glad to be here & not smoking! I believe this although I miss much of that ugly smoking habit, o including the nasty taste! I remember many times not liking it & wishing I didn't have it but I miss it. Strange but true. I'm off to another SmokeFree day! It's amazing how easy it was to give it up but yet SI HARD. Weeks, months, years of thinking about it but never making decision that would end it! I have much work to do still to be free from the nicotine & it is so hard dealing with the anxiety I feel. One step, day at a time & I'm still doing minutes & seconds to get manage to make it through the day. Off & running! I'm glad I don't feel quite as alone! It's a little bit easier & I look forward to seeing replies. Please share your experience, it would be much appreciated! Enjoy a beautiful non smoking day! Free yet not...

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose!

NOPE! I think Definitely Not!

Thus too shall pass! I've said trillions of times! I can so relate! I too have the high anxiety crude & it's awful! Absolutely horrible! You'll get through & when you do, pull me along please! Hang in there, it will get better, I've been told...

Good evening! Nearing the end of another SmokeFree day! It really does feel good to say that! Thank You All So Much for the encouragement! I'm really dealing w/a lot & quitting is more than enough alone! Haven't felt very good today & didn't make it to the store for sleepytime tea! But on a high note, felt so bad I only had a couple lozenges! That's great, I've really been using a lot of those & even when I was sick I'd smoke! These are great! Anxiety up & down today, another plus. Entering into late evening winding up unfortunately. Taste & smell, things may taste little different but haven't noticed much change yet. I'm oversensitive to smell when smoking. I hope you all are having a wonderful Monday & get a great night sleep! Its still early here but I'd love to be able to call it a night!

Good afternoon! It's hard! I'm not filling my lungs w/smoke! I'm not killing myself slowly by breathing in nasty smoke! Nope! Not easy but working on it! Ñot today...

Thank you for your attention & replies! I love thinking I'm not a smoker. Although I feel like I need to have more time or do something to have that honor. Crazy... I have a lot of stinking thinking & have to be careful if it's actually a realistic thought or my addiction out for destruction or sabotage. Physically, behaviorally & psychologically addicted, each & every one of those areas of my life are affected by my quitting! Woohoo! Hip, hip, hooray! Celebration! 3 weeks ago today, I took the most important step & didn't smoke! Yay! I'm excited! Thanks for being here & you a great listener! ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Another day coming to the finale! I hope everyone had a great day! My day was pretty good for the most part! Started dozing off after 6:xxa & every 20-30 minutes I would wake up until around 10a & I got up. Didn't sleep much & did effect some of my day. Anxiety medium to high most if the day.Starting to realize not everything is I feel is a craving/urge. My feelings, urges, etc, need to be differentiate. At first, I attributed everything to cravings & grab a lozenges or tried divert attention elsewhere. Usually lozenges & distraction. Now I'm realizing some anxiety or other feelings aren't always cravings. Although most of the feelings cause cravings! It's real important that I learn how to determine what I feel; a feeling or craving & how to deal w/it.Did any of you use anything to help you through the quitting process? Herbal supplements? (skullcap, lobelia, kava, etc) Vitamins? Nicotine Replacement? Vape? Prescriptions? If so, what, how did you use it & how did it work? I'm doing vitamins, supplements, NRT, mints, juice, anything I think will help.I'm going to lay down while waiting on my grandson to come home from party. It was great visiting & hope to talk w/you real soon! Until, have the the best of the bast, you deserve

No rewards. Up very late or real early having snacks for the 10th time, instead of sleep. Really wanted sleep, was up til 6:30 this morning then woke up every 20-30 minutes after falling asleep...

Very true! It's just beginning to get hot here, today was about 96degrees w/84% humidity! Weather has been very nice compared to previous years & I hadn't really thought about how hard it is for me to breathe during hot, summer days! Enjoy! I love summer as long as I'm inside w/a/c or have plenty of water to get into or nearby! Keep on enjoying your beautiful days & nights on/in the beach! Life is worth living & time is to be enjoyed...

Darn, this is very hard! Without the patch, I really realize this is HARD, I still have much worse ahead & become very fearful of not being able to QUIT!

Hi! Yes,it's still hard! Actually much easier than first week! I'm still taking the easier, softer way w/nicotine patches. So I get to go through detox eventually. Consider the medical issues, I'll take it! Also stopped by another discussion & became interested in learning about copd. So, I'll continue on the nrt path & try to be glad everything will get better w/o smoking. It's very difficult & feeling little depressed. Glad I found this group. Finally I'm starting to realize away the horrors of smoking & totally unsure if I can stay quit! I just have to get through this minute by minute. Take care of my health & things will get better! Thank all of you for coming back & being there for newbies! (like me) Right now is all I do anything about & things always can be changed for the better. One more smoke free day! Cheers! Hope y'all have a great weekend!

NOPE

NOPE! Glad you're smoke free & are here! Today is a great day to have a great day!

Good afternoon! I get great feeling for a sec when i think I've quit smoking! Then some random crazy addicted thinking steps in... I've recently rcv'd a couple dxs due to a multitude of random symptoms, including brain fog & high anxiety. Quitting is going to be tough especially if I cant get other stuff in check, mainly the anxiety. Either way, I'll have to deal w/the anxiety, etc just not smoking little rough & hard. Seems my blood shows stuff being filtered out that i need & dangerous stuff not being filtered out that should. Like I said I'd rather not know some of the stuff going on but it got bad enough I had to get checked. And of course, Not Smoking is beneficial to everything wrong. Pending more tests but I've decided to wait to do. Rather blame it on quitting... I'm glad I found this group & sorry much of the time I'm kinda a basket case lately. Thank y'all! Tips on detoxing & quitting are Very Much Appreciated! ♥ NOPE ♥

Good evening! I hope everyone is doing very well tonight! Winding up another successful, rough day! I'm so glad it's close to bedtime & I've had a very long day! The mind is powerful & I really need to leash it for my benefit! It is not working for me since I've decided to quit & seems to strongly be opposed! Random, strong thoughts, some lasting, some not but definitely not on board w/quitting! Going to make some sleepy time tea & sip on a couple cups. Hoping to distract self til I fall asleep!

NOPE!

'I need to quit now!' I was planning to quit but couldn't decide & started thinking didn't really want to quit, etc! Next day, I quit! Not the ways suggested but it is working for me! Get rid of cigs, lighter & other items tonight & don't smoke in the morning. I've been w/o since June 25 - today! Never thought I could do it & you can too! Be kind to yourself, buckle up & just don't lite up! If you really want to quit, make your mind up, make a plan, list of reasons to quit, whatever you feel will help & quit. I didn't do anything except the quit part then joined the great folks here! Support is important! I had really rough time so researched & got herbal supplements & more vitamins! You can quit!

Good afternoon! Yep, been rough morning, got some sleep & up very early! Weird, miss that nasty taste, the smoke & really must be the addiction telling this crazy stuff! Hope y'alls day is going very well, mine's missing in action! Its fixing to rain here, guess if it gets to rough I'll play in it & try to liven it up!

I really appreciate all of your replies! Watched videos & read many posts & info about quitting! This is absolutely a very difficult process & since I chose the patches/lozenges, I'll get to keep going through the hard part awhile... It's definitely worth it! I truly didn't think I'd be able to ever quit! I'm excited & can't wait for the easier, softer version of being a quitter! I'll keep my quit going, praying for sleep & an easy day soon. Thanks!

I'm hoping quickly rather than slowly it's far behind & road is too dusty to see it larking there! Thank you! This too shall pass & its not any easier than it was a few minutes ago or yesterday or even a week! I need to QUIT! I've been fortunate & may not even know the harm/damage done by smoking. Just the way I wanted it! Now I need to be mature & honest smoking is stupid & playing Russian Roulette w/the bullets slowly planted over & over again! I'll explode eventually! Yes, my mind & body is feigning for a CIG & lies to me over & over again! I can't smoke now or... I'm a quitter!