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I quit cold turkey so i knew that the first few days will be tough, and if i can get past that then i can truly give it up completely. The first day will be bad and you will often feel the urge to light up but you also become more aware of your triggers. On the second day you first feel proud that you could actually go without a smoke for one entire day and for me that was huge motivation to carry on for another day. On the third day, you are even more proud of your accomplishments, there are still strong urges to smoke at times, but it is less frequent now. On the fourth day i saw a drastic reduction in my desire to smoke and the urges were reduced substantially as well. I remember on this day i had to drive for a good hour for a long meeting with a client, and normally after such a meeting i would have been running back to my car to grab a smoke, but this time i did not feel like i needed it and this was an awesome feeling. Remember that when you were smoking you were essentially taking a break from an activity, and i felt that it was important to still takes those breaks when you get the urges, but now fill those breaks with other tasks. I started browsing the news, taking a walk, eating a few snacks, and yes drinking lots of water.

Sorry guys .. i have been MIA for a few days .. and its been going really good. its not that i dont think about smoking atleast once a day, but the urges have died down drastically and it feels awesome. Thanks a lot for checking in and will post more often ...

This is awesome .. you and I quite almost at the same time ... yippppeee ...

Thanks for sharing this. I am curious, if there is a scientific reason for the urges to smoke after all the years a person has quit. Plus when you do have a puff does the body reject it in a similar way when a person smokes for the first time ever?

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Thanks Kristin .. and yes i am taking it one day at a time. I have become more aware of my triggers now and the moment i have an urge i remind myself of the 10 thousand cigarettes that i had already puffed away in the past .. none of them did any good to me. Its funny you mention yelling, crying and laughing ... for me i have started eating more .. and i think its a phase an ill gradually gravitate towards the more healthy stuff.

Hey Marti, Thanks a lot for your suggestions and support. I thought that the first few days would be super tough but now that i have passed that it felt so simple. I should have done this long time back. This is the first time i am able to go this far without any nicotine intake and saying NOPE out loud (I did that today a couple of time when i was stuck in traffic) really helps.

its that time in the day when i am ready to call it a night and go sleep ... but i have this real strong craving to light one up .. good thing i dont have any with me ... and its too cold to drive to the gas station on a cold night ... :) day 2 over ... i closed my eyes and took a deep breath ..

Hope your mum gets better soon. .. and its amazing that you were able to hold firmly and not giving in .. keep it up :)

this is day 2 or me and i just saved this picture as my phone wallpaper to keep me in check http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/15525

thanks a lot the posts and the links .. understanding the science behind the cravings helps me to avoid it ..

Hello everyone .. i have been reading the forums for a couple of days ... so thought that i should introduce myself and get support with my journey to quit ... i have been smoking for almost 14 years since undergrad .. it started with a couple cigarettes a week to 5 to 6 a day on a daily basis ... and this doubles in times of stress and with drinks ... I tried to quit in the past .. used nicotine tablets and patches ... more recently i starting vaping electronic cigarettes .. but when the charge ran out or the coil needed to be changed or the juice ran out .. i would go back to smoking ... i would always tell myself .. i am only smoking a few a day and not a whole pack .. so therefore i am not a chain smoker and i can quite whenever i want ... but NO i was wrong ... trying to quite has been very difficult for me .. and i feel this reflects in the person i have become .. i give up very easily when it gets tough ... and tend to always create an excuse or procrastinate .. yesterday i quite cold turkey and i am starting off with day 2 ... i have been feeling very jittery since morning.. but i am forcing myself to meditate the moment i get an urge ..