1st Day - Smoking Cessation Message Board

suz79 · 08-10-2007, 04:59 PM

Geez this is ard woke up this mornin and straight away had to go have a smoke got half way thru and put it out it tasted like crap. Went inside put a patch on but still felt like one finished my coffee had one of the pieces of gum and felt a bit better but boy do i want a smoke now. God this is so so hard i crave one bad but i need to quit why does it have to be this hard

duttin · 08-10-2007, 09:13 PM

Suz,

Stay strong.Take each hour as it comes.

The first 3 days is the hardest,keep in mind why you want to do this.

You can do this.

suz79 · 08-10-2007, 09:57 PM

Well i caved i had to smoke

but then i went on the nicorette web site and did the survey and it says i should be usin the gum and not the patches or use the cut down and quit method so i think i will be tryin that now. Im not givin up on quittin but i need to find a way i can do it obviously the patches are not for me

bevann26 · 08-11-2007, 07:44 AM

suz...i am working on my second day smoke free today. i smoked for 42 yrs, 1-2 pks a day. i tried all the time to quit, but even after my lung diagnosis 13 yrs ago, i continued to smoke.
what i am saying is until you are ready, it does'nt matter what you use to quit with, you won't be able to do it. trust me, i know from yrs of experience at trying to quit that cancer stick!

best of luck to you in this quit. i am with you being only 1 day down, and the rest of my life to go! keep posting on here whether you are doing good or not. you can ck my past posts if you want. i have been going thru a smoking hell since june 25th!

bevann

Teiger · 08-11-2007, 04:43 PM

Suz....the first 3 days are the hardest and I think it is that way no matter how you do it, whether it be cold turkey, with patches, gum, or Chantix or what have you. I did it with the patch and that worked for me again this time. I knew I had to want to quit for real though or you could have put patches all over my body and I would have still smoked. Take it an hour at a time or whatever it takes for you to stay smoke free. It is worth it. It is hard, yes, but very worth it and you will feel better each day. I remember thinking I could not make it through the first day and wondering how I could do it the rest of my life if I could not do it the first day. Well, one day at a time for me works. It worked with my alcoholism and it works with my quitting smoking too and yes, I took it in smaller intervals too when I first quit, hours at a time, 3 hours at a time, etc.

Keep coming back here and posting and know that you have support here. I quit for 13 months and started again back in December of 2003. I finally quit and stayed quit again in September of 2005. It was hard but I am so grateful I kept going.

You can do this and we are all here for you.

Karen