QuittingGirl

Just keep coming on here for support and you will get through it. You will get tons of great advice and there is a Games section to take your mind off of smoking. Check it out, especially the Chicks and Sticks game! That one is a real blast, especially since the chickies are always winning...LOL!!!! What I would do in the beginning of my quit is take a cinnamon stick and make believe I was smoking by sucking the air in from the hole. It really helped me and it tasted good. If you don't like cinnamon, you can use cut up straws. You can definitely do this @Genecanuck

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Hi @Genecanuck I'm glad he goes outside to smoke as that makes it a lot easier. Yeah you can't take that first puff at all. If you do, it's all over because one puff will lead to two, three, four, and more!! Just keep doing what you are doing and if you get to the point when you want to take that puff, come on here and vent to us. There is always someone on here to help!! I love this group and as I said, if it wasn't for these people, I don't think I would have made it past the first week or two!! Your partner may actually stop smoking after you have been quit for a while, don't think that he won't! My husband quit about 5 or 6 years before I did, and he actually never thought I would quit either, but here I am over a year later Smoke Free and I had a really deep addiction too!!! But, right now, just concentrate on YOU!!!

Congratulations on 1 month, that is a great start and onward to month number 2!! You can do this!

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Hi @Genecanuck I know how difficult it can be to have someone in the house who smokes. Thankfully when I quit, my husband was already quit several years before me, and when I smoked, I never did it in the house. But, my mom who lives downstairs from me (we own a 2 family house), she smokes. In the beginning for me it was not easy because I would see her smoke and smell it and want one. She tried not to smoke around me but I still would smell it. Now I'm used to it and it doesn't bother me much anymore. In fact, I think it might make me stronger. Does your partner smoke in the house? If he does, can you ask him to go outside and smoke? That will be a big help to you. It's definitely not easy to live with someone who smokes, but it is definitely doable! You can definitely do this. If I can, anyone can as I was so addicted to cigarettes!! I won't sugarcoat anything, in the beginning it's very hard. I was climbing the walls and if it wasn't for these people on this site, I don't think I would have made it. Keep coming on here venting to us and we can help you get through it! It's a big commitment but so worth it and you are doing this all for you! Maybe if your partner sees that you have quit for a while, he just might get on board too! Good luck to you and I hope you stay on board the train!

Xenia

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