i just can't control....... - Smoking Cessation Message Board

kristi · 01-30-2001, 08:56 AM

hey guys and gals....i'm not doing so well on quitting it is so hard i know i want to quit and i just cant do it....THE CRAVINGS ARE SO OFTEN...i drive a long way to work and when i get so bored i just smoke....everyone around me seems to want to smoke just to see if i will ask for one...and sometimes i do..i was going to quit monday and i had cigarettes left so i thought i'd finish them and be done with it but today is tuesday and i havent made it at all does it get any easier????? it is so hard to do and everyone thinks i wont quit so if noone has faith in me why should i quit????

Lucky · 01-30-2001, 10:41 AM

Kristi,

It took me many months just to get in the right mind set to quit. For weeks I would tell myself I wasn't going to buy another carton at the grocery and did this for months . . . I finally got ****ed at myself and one weekend I didn't. And when I ran out I quit. It's all in your mind! You WILL get to a point where you will just make up your mind that you're done!

I too had "tried" to quit many times before, but didn't last a day. But this time was different . . . I don't know what came over me . . . I just knew I was done with them. I'm sure everyone has their own story of how they did it.

Just don't get discouraged, it comes from within yourself . . a little will power, maybe a little being ****ed at yourself for ever starting, maybe being worried about getting cancer or emphysema . . . whatever reasons you have for quiting, some day they will all gang up at once, and that GREAT day you'll set them down forever . . . I'm sure of it.

Good luck

Lucky!

Lori · 01-30-2001, 03:06 PM

Hey Kristi!
It is VERY hard to quit, thats why its so important not to have people bringing you down. Maybe you could join a support group? Try with every bit of strength to keep busy for this first week, because after that I promise it WILL be sooo much better! And the longer you go, the less the cravings,etc will be. Think of it this way, what are they going to say when you do quit? Great satisfaction and being able to rub it in their face that you beat this demon and they didnt think you could do it

I have faith in you and I KNOW you can quit, you want to so bad, please dont let those other people do this to you.
Take care and good luck!! YOU SHOW THOSE PEOPLE WHAT YOU CAN DO FOR YOURSELF!

kristi · 01-31-2001, 08:20 AM

hey guys thanks for the support did anyone else just sit around and cry when they tried to quit my emotions are horrible i can just sit here and wonder what i have done to myself and why i just cant throw them down and not understand why its hard but i think i can do it..no i know i can do it thans again for you support....

kristi

Lori · 01-31-2001, 02:18 PM

Hi Kristi!
I experianced the same thing!! I was extremely emotional when I quit. I was mad for nothing and crying a LOT. I felt reeeeaaaaallllllyyyyy depressed for like weeks after I quit! I dont know why that happened, but it got better. I also regretted starting in the first place and was comming down pretty hard on myself. Then I started to think that everyone makes mistakes and this doesnt have to keep happening. I can quit so I dont regret it even more down the road. And right after I quit it seemed everything was going wrong! It was really hard to keep off the smokes. Im glad I did. So Keep trying girl, you can do it

You'll get there and you are doing great! One of these days you will just stop, and be mentally/emotionally ready.
Take care!
Lori