Hit a Rough Patch - Smoking Cessation Message Board

Trish M&M · 03-04-2007, 02:28 PM

Hi All: From what I can tell, all the posters are doing well w/ their commitment to be non-smokers. That's wonderful!!

I'm on my 29th day of Chantix and my 22nd day of being a non-smoker!! I'm really proud of myself. I had done so well -- the urges had been minimal and were so easily controlled. However, since I started back exercising last week (after having been away for 6 weeks due to an injury), the urges to smoke have turned into down right cravings. I don't understand why - after all this time of being on the rx - this has started. I have absolutely no idea if there's any correlation between exercising and craving -- it's just that's when I started noticing it. Things seem better today. Maybe this sorta thing will always happen....who knows?!? It put me in a funky mood 'cause I thought anything other than a passing urge was all I was gonna have to tolerate. But....on the positive side...I didn't smoke, so that's good.

Bye for now...

TomJC · 03-04-2007, 03:03 PM

I’m just a beginner to this so I can’t really say anything that is useful other than congratulations for not giving in to your urges. It would really s*ck to have to start over.

Trish M&M · 03-04-2007, 03:12 PM

PS: I went shopping today and as I was about to enter a store, I noticed a man standing outside smoking. I deliberately got as close to him as I could -- without seeming like a stalker

He and his cigarette smelled AWFUL. It was really disgusting -- stomach churning, actually. I'm gonna try and keep that horrid smell in my mind so the next time I have a smoking nag, I can recall it 'cause I know I don't ever want to smell like THAT again. UGH!!!!

SanyBelle · 03-04-2007, 03:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Trish M&M

my 22nd day of being a non-smoker!! I'm really proud of myself.

Trish, I'm really proud of you too!! Keep that nicodemon away! Congrats on not smoking and giving in to that urge.

I hope you bought something fun.

DeadFish · 03-04-2007, 04:24 PM

Hang in there, Trish, yer doing super!
I think you have the right idea about the occassional brush with a smoker.
Right now, I still have the repulsion I had up my nose when a customer got too close to me yesterday!
Don't get me wrong, at 34 days, the last three have had some of the strongest 'urges' for me to think I wanted a cigarette. I was a whirling whatsis around the house here for a while, looking for anything else to redirect myself this morning.
Redirection has been the key for the most part.
(I hunted out an old Jerry Garcia Band bootleg and had some joy and shed some tears, and forgot where I was before it started!)
I just think that nico-monkey is always lurking in the dark, waiting for a weakness. We just gotta be smarter!!

"Remember the stink!" can be a battle cry!

Best Regards,
DeadFish