FunkyMonkey

Still hanging out on the train. Had my first dream where I was smoking last night. That was weird! My family & my doctor are thrilled with my quit and so am I even though I am still struggling with how annoyed I get .... like were all of them this annoying before????

Be kind to yourself. Reward yourself often - especially in the beginning. I went to the dollar store and had little goody bags made up for myself for every 2 hours for the first few days (candy, cheezits, bubbles, fidgets, juice cans/boxes etc). I ended up not needing all of them but they're still there in the event of an emergency I also watched Joel Spitzer's videos many times (and still do). I basically treated myself like a toddler on a long car trip.

Thanks everyone - it feels longer. I will be happy when I can go a whole day without thinking about smoking. At least I can go hours at a time now

It helps me, mentally, to have passed through triggers (weekend away, house full of relatives, medical procedures, getting sick) without dropping everything and running to the convenience store for smokes. I owe most of my success (so far) to a combination of this website and all of you, Joel Spitzer's videos, and stop smoking self-hypnosis (youtube) and pretzels. Lots of pretzels.

I had a house full of relatives with the obligatory sight seeing trips from Friday - Monday and follow up medical tests today. Found myself trying to sneak outside to smoke more than once. Instead, I just snuck outside (without lighting anything on fire) to take a quick break or two.

It's almost the weekend! I think the biggest learning curve so far (for me) is how to be mad/annoyed/irritated/frustrated as a non-smoker. Happy, sad, sick, tired, hungry, bored, excited - all seem fine. Still not planning to give up this quit. NOPE, NOPE, NOPE. So far no people, animals, insects, invertebrates, plants, mollusks, or other living beings have been harmed during this quit (despite my urges to the contrary)

Crazy, busy week ahead for me. Most minutes of most days are good - still getting caught off guard with occasional zingers (craves) out of the blue. Nothing that makes me want to go back to a smoking me

Just a quick check in - I'm still here! Hope everyone is having a good weekend.

Sorry - I went away for a long weekend and then came home and was sick in bed all day yesterday. I am still on the train.- - 2 weeks tomorrow

I'm doing well. Had a long weekend out of town and then spent yesterday sick in bed. Tested negative for COVID so I must have picked up some other 24 hour bug. It was nice to be able to go away without worrying about when/where/how often I could smoke. I always hated that dreaded first thing in the morning: leaving your hotel room, navigating through the hallways, elevators, lobby to go outside to smoke and then rinse/repeat 20 or so minutes later.

A lot of this one today

Yesterday was tough so I'm trying to stay in my happy place at work today. Headphone's on and listening to a combination of The Awesome Mix - 1 & 2 (from Guardians of the Galaxy), Best of Abba, 70's Disco & Best of Queen.

Since I work a hybrid schedule - this is my first day back in the office since quitting. Fortunately, I was not a social smoker so that's not an issue. I do enjoy my breaks so I'm going to use our meeting room to have a snack & play some phone games. As an introvert - I really cherish that quiet time (that I used to get by going outside to smoke). Not an issue when I'm working remotely so we'll see how today goes Whatever adjustments I need to make - it is still a NOPE day!

We got this Linda! Maybe you just need a little mental change of scenery

Yay - it's not Monday No matter how many times I read it or heard it from ex-smokers - I am blown away at how hungry I am. If you are reading here and planning or contemplating your quit - the hunger is real. I am not eating much more than before - but I am grazing all day. Have snacks available to graze on. Treat yourself like a toddler on a long car trip

Our other dog is named Cricket - so it just worked

More Bug on a Rug And finally - Baby Bug on a Rug

Danish

Bug on a rug (her name is Bug)

Trying to get used to the new morning routines. Today was the first day that I got up first and had to wait for the coffee to be ready. Had a moment of panic (normally I would have smoked while waiting). Well I made it through okay. I have watched Joel's videos many times now & his voice pops into my head "...never take another puff". The other one I keep telling myself is "craves don't kill you -cigarettes do!" At some point I will post about what I think has helped/not helped me get through this (#1 is this forum group and all the resources here! - oops Spoiler Alert). Right now, it's easier for me to stay logged in but not post very often. PS Isn't it crazy when you see your ticker - I have avoided (at least) 76 cigarettes which I would have smoked without even thinking about it but if seems a huge number when I see it listed like that.

Still here - slept well last night. Fighting my junkie brain a bit more today. But I'm okay - I'm looking at it like when I was on a particularly long backpack or even hard day hike. Buckle down, on step at a time.

Still here. Over 48 hours now On the hunt for 2nd lunch now Lol Without using NRT

Still here. Had breakfast & 2nd breakfast. Took a walk. No NRT today - just life savers candy.