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Try replacing the after meal cigarette with something else. Andes mints, peppermint, gum, sunflower seeds. Just pop it in your mouth if you need to stop eating. Eventually your brain will crave that instead of a cigarette. Then eventually, you won't even need that.

The thought of not smoking is way more overwhelming than actually not smoking. It gets easier and easier much faster than you would think.

Everyone I know who smokes, talks about how they want to quit. They are still slaves and you are not!!!! They envy you!!

I hit one month a few days ago and I am still doing great. I have a few days here and there, but they are few and far between. Really just moments. I haven't been on in a while and just wanted to say I am still doing great!!

Thank you everyone!!! :wub: :wub:

Wow!!! What a see saw of emotions I have been on for the last few days. Well, let's start with Friday. I have been feeling really good about myself for not smoking. So, I decided to go get a haircut. I showed the stylist a picture and said "I want that style, but a little longer". Well, she did the opposite. She kept me turned away from the mirror until she was done. When she finally turned me around.....WHAT A WHACK JOB!!!! My hair looked hideous!!! I paid quickly and walked out. I immediately started crying and crying and crying. Boy does crying trigger a craving so fierce! What a backfire!! I had to do an eye exam and then go straight to work. Thank God!! Because I am almost positive I would have smoked if I was able to just go home! I cried all the way to work. Cried as soon as I walked into work and everytime someone complimented my hair. I wanted to send out an SOS but I couldn't. My phone was almost dead and I wait tables so I just didn't have time or access. Well, I made it through my shift. Even though pretty much everyone I work with smokes. They are all running out for a smoke. The thought that I could go out there and have just one was right there in my mind much of the night. I was strong. I didn't give in. I kept telling myself that I could have a drink as soon as I got home. I stopped by the store on my way home and picked up a big beer. I cry some more on the way home. I am just an emotional wreck!! I get home and change into something comfortable and wash my face. I feel a little better. I pop open my beer and maybe drank half. I felt much better. I had a revelation! I don't need to smoke. A drink can take the edge off when needed. My smoking dreams went away and all was good. Well, yesterday something just wasn't quite right. I went to the store and got a pregnancy test. Yes!!! 2 lines people! I am pregnant!! Talk about timing. I quit on my own because I wanted to 3 weeks ago!! I will confess and say that I was unable to quit my first pregnancy and smoked the whole time. I felt like the most selfish Ahole person in the whole world when my daughter was born. I didn't know then what I know now. I didn't have the support and knowledge that is crucial to a successful quit! I will not make that same mistake again!! Lengthy, but I just needed to put it out there. Btw, the first person I thought of was Action. I know you quit for fertility. I wasn't ready for my first one and had just recently come to terms with the fact that I probably wouldn't have another child. Everything happens when it is supposed to. Your time is coming!!

Have fun!!

Wow!!

Once we finally break the chains, it is the most liberating feeling in the world!!

Tracey...lol.. that's perfect!!! :yahoo: :dance4:

That is all!! It just feels good to feel good!! Who's with me?

My 5 year old can hold her breath longer than me. Seriously. She can!!

The first time I quit, I noticed I drank more. It was nice to go out to eat and have a few beers and not have to leave the table. Plus I think it took that edge off that I believed smoking did. I am still early in my quit so I am not sure what will entail. Everything is different this time. Work schedule, we've moved and basically started over recently. I work in the evenings and by the time I get home I am just to tired to drink most days. My days still start early. Dancing Queen, it is fabulous. If you don't throw down a bottle of liquor and just drink to get a nice buzz, you probably won't even have a hangover. Just kill a big big glass of water before bed and you should be good to go. That was one of my favorite things about smoking. As a matter of fact, this is my third quit...and last one!!!! But all my quits always started the day after a night full of drinking and smoking because my cigarette hangover was so bad that day 1 was always a breeze for me!! I had no desire to smoke.

I want to live! I was scared I was going to have a heart attack!!

If you have forgotten about the first week of withdrawal, let me remind you. You didn't sleep more than 3 hours the first 3 days. You cried constantly and felt more depressed than you ever have in your life. The night before your daughter started kindergarten, you didn't sleep at all. You just stayed awake, tired and crying because you were so tired, but the nicotine withdrawal was at its peak and refused to let you sleep. Do you think you could do it again? Because if you can't, you may not see her even graduate high school. What will she do without you? That "one" cigarette will not be just one. It will open the junkie brain back up and by tomorrow you are already back to a pack a day. Your feelings to smoke are temporary. The effects of giving in are permanent. Do whatever you have to do to not smoke!! Chew a bag of gum. Eat 20 bags of sunflower seeds. Whatever you need to!!!! You never want to go back!!!!

NOPE!!!

Saw this on another board and loved this idea. I love seeing what everyone loves about being a nonsmoker!! So I will start and everyone keep it going... 1. I don't smell like an ashtray 2. I am not spending money I don't have 3. I can breathe!!! 4. I have more confidence and feel so powerful!!

NayNay, I never go outside now. It is super hot so it's not such a bad thing... but I am ready for fall to hang out outside when the weather cools down and enjoy being outside without having to smoke!! I am sure my daughter appreciates the fact that I am outside smoking all the time.

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Thank you everyone. I quit two years ago for 5 months. Drinking was so much better when I didn't smoke. I didn't have cigarette hangovers the next day. Therefore, my hangovers were almost non existent. Drinking did not make me relapse. I found my mother in law in my garage. She had just passed within the hour or so before I woke up and found her. It was very traumatic. However, I will certainly have an escape plan if needed. Last night was just what I needed to overcome some anxiety of hanging out with my friends. I have no desire to smoke. I feel too good and have come too far. I am actually watching someone smoke on tv right now and I am not jealous at all! LOL. I will keep my drinks low so I don't lose all inhibitions. Although, my hubby will look out for me and make sure I don't smoke if needed.

So, another big trigger for me is Saturday because I always hang out with my friends on Saturday and we have a few beers. My husband smokes, my friends smoke. Geez, they almost all smoke. Well, I haven't touched alcohol in two weeks because it has been giving me big anxiety. Or hung out with my friends....I miss them. So, tonight I drank a big beer! Alone at home. But nonetheless, I am beginning to conquer this one. I did good. My husband went out to smoke and I didn't have this burning desire to go out too. I thought about it....but I think I just mentally prepared myself before hand. I like to drink beer on Saturdays and hang out with my friends. I am ready to take my Saturdays back!! Baby steps!

That is supposed to say Triumph!!

So, I have been doing pretty well in my quit. After hell week, my biggest triggers were in the car, after a meal, and on Saturdays. Well, I drive about an hour one way to school. Today was the first day I didn't have to chew sunflower seeds the enitre way just to fill the void of not smoking. As a matter of fact, I didn't chew any at all and I was ok with that. This, so far, has been one of the easiest days so far. I hope this is a sign it is getting easier. Sometimes I fell like I am in a constant battle even though I don't really want to smoke.

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