Can I join? - Smoking Cessation Message Board

DaVinci · 09-01-2005, 04:01 AM

I don't know what to do? I have 6 1/2 smokes left in my pack and don't want to buy anymore. Have huge stresses right now, especially financial, but don't want to use that as yet another excuse. Figured if I can get over this bump in my life the rest will be smooth sailing. My worst time is the second I get up ....grab smokes .... make coffee....
Don't think a walk in the am will cut it as I also have a habit of getting up at 3 am.

bevann26 · 09-03-2005, 01:32 PM

i am a smoker also that wants/has to quit. i have same habit, get up, grab cig, make coffee. i have several health reasons for needing to quit also. i have been a heavy smoker for 40 yrs. tried to quit several times, longest being 2 mos. twice. am going home to florida tomorrow after being in n.h. for the summer. really need to get will power and just stop! maybe we can monitor each others progress and help each other? husband smokes too and that will be another hurdle to avoid.
hang in there, try to be strong, and i know we need to stop thinking of them as our best friends. our stress will always be there whether we grab a cig or not!!!..................bev

DaVinci · 09-03-2005, 09:21 PM

I'm with ya Bev! Currently sharing my home with my ex(also big time smoker).
I seem to have all sorts of reasons to light up yet again! Maybe if we make the goal easier or for a shorter time, say make it till noon. Then once it's noon ..."well I made it this far....how about 3pm?"
Quit for 2 years, this time want to make it permanent ..... did the patch, the gum.....getting older now ....in the heart range.....time to STOP!

fluffytoes · 09-04-2005, 05:49 PM

I quit cold turkey quite suddenly 16 days ago and just tried to get myself through each hour. I told myself I could always just start up again if I wanted but I really wanted to know what it was like to go beyond 2 days, I really wanted to know what it was going to be like not smoking.

I have feet!!!! They're warm already where they'd always been so cold I couldn't feel them.

You have nothing to lose and everything to gain, try it!!! I'll be here most nights for moral support.

Go on you know you want to, it's great to be free honest it is.

DaVinci · 09-05-2005, 06:52 AM

Thanks Fluffytoes! Just thinking about quitting stresses me out, guess it's like going on a diet...all of a sudden you start thinking about foods you haven't thought about in years....mmmm...cheesecake. Great intentions the night before but once it's morning ...coffee...cigarette. Maybe not the best time to quit as I got huge, I mean huge bills coming....bought my first home by myself(single mom,now), reconsultation for doctor(100s!), not to mention first time let my plastics get out of control. And my job, yikes!.....deal with 100s of people per day....high stress. To top it off ....broke up with my babes .................
enough excuses right? Sept 15th is closing and I wanta make my new home smoke free. Whered ya go Bev???

16 days is a long time! Keep up the good work Fluffytoes!