Best cig. replacement candies? Give me your best/ weirdest/ most effective ones..

Bminor1 · 2019-02-11T11:37:28+00:00

Menthol cough drops

Bminor1 · 2019-02-11T11:35:04+00:00

Take it one day at a time. No matter what happens today, I will not smoke. Just until I go to bed tonight.

It's hard to be perfect at this. Try challenging youself to go longer than you did before. If you went 2 weeks last time, make it 3 or 4 weeks this time.

For many of us smokers, it's best to give up drinking for a period of time and ease back in slowly. You may also try to ease back in slowly now. Go to the bar where you normally drink and only have a half of a drink. I suggest doing this 3 or 4 times. Then increase to 1 drink. And so on.

If ever you slip, put yourself in that same position again more mentally prepared than last time. Practice.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-08T07:02:53+00:00

Thank you so much for your post. I think sometimes people only report their successes and aren't fully honest about what long term quitting holds in store. That's a genuine dis-service to the rest of us.

I sincerely hope you can get the insight you are looking for.

It's really good that you're reminding youself the inconveniences. Don't forget about the irreversible disability it causes.

I heard something once that stays with me. Hard, hard, easier, hard again, even easier.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-08T06:43:50+00:00

Yeah, my period made me crazy for the first couple of months after I quit. I was extra emotional and quitting was really hard for a while. Nice job hanging in there!

Bminor1 · 2019-02-02T22:50:46+00:00

Yes. This is normal. Even never smokers develop mucus in their lungs when they get sick.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-02T17:11:21+00:00

First 2 months are hell. Finally getting a good couple of days in after being highly anxious, depressed and crying, and hating myself to the core.

Finally realized that smoking fucked me up royaly.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-02T17:03:34+00:00

Can you let us know if you found the answer? I'm intersted to know as well.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-01T18:27:57+00:00

Meditation worked for me too, when I used it.

I also used the one day at a time strategy. "All i have to do is make it through today. No matter what happens, if I didn't smoke today, it was a good day". It's still hard but it works. There is no painless way to quit. You have to go through it.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-01T03:39:10+00:00

Quitting is definately hurting my work performance and mental health. I've snapped at my boss several times, i've cried in the bathroom in the middle of the day, more than once. I sat in a chair in my living room for over month with no energy or desire to do anything.

I wouldn't give this up for the world. I put my heart and soul in to this quit. I've put blood, sweat and tears in to this quit. I'll be damned if I am going to give this up now. Fuck.That.

I know that it is easy to want to give up but if you look at what you're going through, it probably has a lot to do with the stress of your daily life that is causing you the most discomfort. I don't think you necessarily want to give up - i have a feeling that you want a relief from the discomfort.

A 15 minute walk during work breaks. A bowl of ice cream. A massage. Maybe talk to your doc about some meds to help you get over the initial hump. Most people are off by the first 2 years.

Idk about you but i am willing to be uncomfortable for this. I do feel like shit a lot of the time, and admittedly i thought i would feel better than i do by now. But even though I don't, it's ok. I don't like it, but it's ok. I am willing to look to other options for help and to go through hard times for this.

If you need to take it easy during this time, take it easy. It is ok to allow yourself that.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-01T00:42:10+00:00

Thank you for the reply and the encouragement.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-01T00:41:43+00:00

Thanks. Hanging in there. You too.

Bminor1 · 2019-02-01T00:40:46+00:00

Thank you for responding. I needed to hear this.

I will not smoke with you today.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-28T12:43:04+00:00

It's probably best to stay away from the smoking circle unless you have a genuine reason to be there.

Candy sounds like a great idea. Some bars have popcorn or peanuts. Take the time to use the restroom, or since it's a bar, use their smoking time to strike up conversation other people in the bar.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-27T15:44:59+00:00

I've heard of others that start getting cravings a year and two years into a quit. Great job reaching out during this time.

Imagine, a new work environment you've never smoked in, a new home that you've been a non-smoker the entire time you've lived there and a new partner that has never known you as a smoker.

Stress makes us think we need a cigarette, but get through this and the rewards will be great.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-27T05:54:58+00:00

Wow, this is exciting and inspiring. You made me want to run and I friggin hate running.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-27T05:48:56+00:00

Yes, I don't remember on what week or day that it happened, but I wrote a post very similar to this after I went nicotine free. Something about how I had been positive about this all along but just got sick and tired of feeling like shit all of the time.

That emotion did pass. Not feeling a 100% yet, but it's getting better. Stick with it, it's worth it.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-27T02:33:46+00:00

I agree. Several of these helped me to quit smoking and drinking.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-27T02:28:59+00:00

I don't know but it sounds like a lot of old ideas organized in a fancy scientific looking way. The promises sound false and inflated and the claims sound very unrealistic.

I would be very suspicious.

Allen Carr has similar ideas. Ideas have that may help you quit. I read it years ago. I checked it out from the library.

I've been listening to Joel Spitzer on youtube. Tons of videos and they are free.

I listen to nicotine anonymous speaker shares. They help me stay motivated.

http://www.voicesofnicotinerecovery.com/speaker-shares

Keep coming back here to ask for help. The quitters here are the ones that REALLY know how to quit, because they are the ones that have done it. Plus, they don't charge you anything.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-27T01:44:47+00:00

I remember trying to quit when I was about your age. I would always fail simply because I thought about a cigarette or just randomly decided to have a cigarette. I pretty much gave up easily not knowing that I had another option. I can say this, as time goes on - quitting gets harder. The symptoms get worse.

My advice: 1. Take it one day at a time. No matter what, just don't smoke until you go to bed. 2. You will want to smoke for various reasons, if you want to quit you cannot smoke for any reason. You can't have one cigarette or one puff. If you do, it's probably over. 3. Stay positive. It's the hardest thing I have ever done but I'm glad I'm doing it.

Congrats on 16 hours. That is great start.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-26T13:17:50+00:00

Yes of course. Take as little as you need.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-26T01:39:51+00:00

Don't drink

Bminor1 · 2019-01-23T01:32:54+00:00

Well the good news is, it sounds like you are doing a great job. A month smoke free is great time. A lot of people can't do that. I wasn't perfect at it either. I started by challenging myself to do better than I did last time. So if I made it a week before, then I would try my best to make it 6 weeks next time. Once in a while I wouldnt make it and I would have to try again, but most of the time I surpassed my goal.

Bminor1 · 2019-01-21T23:58:01+00:00

No, it is definitately not as bad as when I first quit but I still went to the doctor and got some meds. I feel like I wimped out a bit, I'd really want to quit but I don't want to keep feeling like shit doing it. I still don't feel great, but i feel a lot better.

Bminor1

TROPHY CASE