Diane R

No you don’t want to do that. Every time I think about a cigarette I remember how awful I felt the first few days. You’ve got 3 days over with just 1 day at a time.

Nope

I am dreaming big! Dreaming of all the thing I can do with all the money i’m Going to save. I see a nice vacation in my future!

Well I did get back to sleep this morning. I’m not getting much on interrupted sleep seems like I’m up all night up and down up and down. Oh well it will get better. Joe hope you got some sleep or you are sleeping now.

Absolutely Nope!

Well Joe I’m up too if it makes you feel better. Not cause of withdrawals though. My sugar got to low. I’m guessing my sugar levels are a little lower now that I’m not smoking and I took a little bit to much insulin with my snack. But I have it under control. The struggle is real. Hope you feel better soon and can get some sleep.

Congratulations!

Thanks again everyone. This forum has been a huge help to me. It’s a great place to educate. And also to vent and get good advise. I know without a doubt it would’ve been much harder if I didn’t have the forum to go to.

That’s an understatement lol. My hubby is sick of me right now. I have been very grumpy. And everything gets on my nerves lol. But I have started enjoying the pool every afternoon. And a few white claws. That’s hard seltzer in case anyone hasn’t heard of them before they are delicious and only 2 carbohydrates. It’s a win win for me!

Somedays I thought I might cave. But than I remembered all the fatigue, nausea, and moodiness I have had. And I thought better of it. I sure don’t want to go backwards. Plus I hate that my life revolved around cigarettes. Where am I going to have one. Do I have enough to last. When are they leaving so I can go smoke etc etc.

It’s funny I love all the little badges that app gives me. The app is quit now in case anyone wants to get it.

Well I made it through the first week! My badge from my app!

Oh they started putting additives in cigarettes to make them more addicting in the 60s or 70s. I watched a video on that some time ago. Might have been hbo documentary. I can’t remember. My father smoked so I never noticed the smell til I was much older. But even when I smoked I could smell it if I entered a place that allowed smoking. Now I can really smell it.

I’m using Chantix to quit today is 7 days of no smoking. Chantix works I didn’t set a quit date but by week 3 I was ready to just quit. Make sure she take the Chantix after she has a meal and drink the 8 ounces of water or the nausea is awful. But I found if I wait 10 to 15 minutes after I ate I didn’t get the sour stomach so bad. Tell her good luck!

Thanks Michelle! My quit is going well. I am having more problems with the mental part of smoking. I’m not craving cigarettes in the least at the moment. And today seem like the fatigue is finally going away. But I still have the mind set of a smoker. That’s the part I’m working on now. Good luck on your quit. It is a hard thing to do. But my new motto is I CAN I WILL I MUST! And I tell myself that every morning.

Nope nope and nope!

I’m doing good. Still smoke free. I still think about smoking of course but I’m able to find something esle to do instead.

I only had a few drinks with dinner. I feel like I have to put myself out there. The world isn’t going to change because I stopped smoking. If I got i’m comfortable at anytime I would have just left. But it really didn’t bother me.

Nope

Thanks everyone for the great advice! I went out tonight had a few drinks and dinner, than went over to the beach and listen to a band had a couple of drinks. People where smoking it didn’t bother me in the least. I’m no longer a smoker. I will not pick up any thing put it in my mouth and lite it on fire. Grant it you can’t smoke in a restaurant so that was no problem. But you can smoke outside where the band was playing. I think I did a good job of not smoking. Baby steps. I can’t hide in the house forever.

As a matter fact I took two Aleve PMs last night and I slept till noon today. Lol of Course it was almost 2 am when I took them. Had a little back pain.

Thanks Johnny! I’m starting to feel human again lol. I’ve been stay in my little cave for the most part. Think I’ll try and get out tonight for a while.

Here is a app I use it helps me. Funny I used it my last quit. I never took it off my phone. I knew I would quit again. QuitNow! Achievement unlocked: First five, No smoking for 5 days via @QuitNowApp #QuitNowApp http://quitnowapp.com/download

Yay five days! This is an app I have on my phone. It helps me remember when why I quit and I love these cool badges

Joe how are you this morning?