Boredom

[TravellingSunny]

The last eleven days have been the longest eleven days ever.  Man!  Quitting smoking will definitely make you aware of how much down time you have when you're not smoking.  I've never been so bored in my life!  LOL!

 

It gets tiring trying to constantly fill my waking minutes with stuff to do so I don't think about smoking.  I've watched A LOT of television, which I almost never do.  (Binge-watching Game of Thrones again.)  But, you can only sit still or play handheld games but for so long before the body demands movement.  

[jillar]

If you need more movement sunny, come on over. I could use some housecleaning help hee, hee. You're doing great on your quit btw

[Sazerac]

I lurked here and there and read about what my body was going through.

I did a meticulous house cleaning and of late, I wonder where that washer woman is. She was great and I miss her.

I walked and walked.

I gardened. 

I doodled .

I wrote.

I bided my time when I was too foggy to do much of anything.  

I napped.

 

Stay alert about HALT,

any craves you may be having can likely be attributed to boredom or

because you are hungry, thirsty, angry, emotional, lonesome, bored, tired...

Edited May 1, 2018 by Sazerac
HALT

[TravellingSunny]

8 minutes ago, Sazerac said:

Stay alert about HALT,

any craves you may be having can likely be attributed to boredom or

because you are hungry, thirsty, angry, emotional, lonesome, bored, tired...

Yeah, just about every craving I get now is because I'm bored.

[John]

Sunny, I recently gave into a sudden impulse to smoke after quitting for almost 15 months. Please believe me, there will be a time where your life doesn't revolve around smoking. in fact just the opposite. You will eventually find that you don't have time to smoke nor will you want to give smoking any time of your life. 

 

I'm going back to the drawing board myself, but I do have the experience that allows me to assure you that you can do this bored or not bored. Promise.  

[Martian5]

Filling the time -- I found that a challenge at first but now find it exhilarating and a sense of freedom to choose what I really want to do.  Sunny you will get there and you will express joy after each crave knowing that you have won and getting better.  You are doing well.  

[Reciprocity]

Just think about the amount of time that you used to devote to smoking relate things just weeks ago. I found it was an unbelievable amount of daily time. Not just the actual smoking part but other related time too - buying smokes, going outside to have a smoke then back to where ever you were before that. It really adds up. Suddenly you stopped. Now all that time needs to be filled doing something. Trust me. It will happen naturally. As your mind slowly forgets all the smoking minutia you will just fill that time naturally doing other (healthier) things.

[Octain]

Oh the time thing.. 

The number one reason a drug addict relapses is boredom.

 

In the first few weeks I remember the extra time I had. It actually caught me by surprise. I didn’t realize how much time I used smoking or trying to figure out how to smoke. 

Do things that you don’t relate to smoking. I didn’t smoke while vacuuming, so I vacuumed a lot.

I never smoked while walking the dog. Can’t smoke in the shower LOL. A bit difficult to smoke and have sex…  

You get the point.

 

Do whatever you have to do to not smoke. 

 

 

[Doreensfree]

Ya boredom...it's amazing just how time consuming smoking is( was )....

I took up Qi Gong...it's so relaxing..and good for the mind....stopped me going crazy...well crazier...

Find new hobbies..is there something you have always wanted to do..? but didn't have the time...

We have some in the past took up knitting....

Keep busy !!!!