robin0212

Hi Sandi, is this a new post from today? Still learning how to navigate the forum. I was smoking 5-6 a day for over a year. Stopped for almost 2 weeks. I smoked on Thursday. It's not working. I hear you. It has to be all or nothing for me because 1, 2 or 6, it doesn't matter. I still feel terrible!

Thank you everyone. I have been watching Joel's videos for 2 hours. I am feeling like I NEED to quit more than I WANT to quit, and everytime I have this thought I start crying. I don't want to do nicotine replacement or Chantix. I may sound stubborn, but If I can go 8 or 9 hours then I dont want to add nicotine.

I thinks it's boredom-I will work on this. Maybe take on knitting!! Thank you for reaching out. How long has it been now for you? What helped?

Caved!!! Couple a day since Thursday. Ugh. I wish I could be that couple of day person forever.

@Sandi149 I hear you! I could eat all day! We have to stay distracted and agree one minute at a time.

@overcome Thank you! I'm going to read tonight. I'm also looking forward to waking up in the morning without anxiety attacks. What an awful feeling. This is a great group.

@Sandi149 I was just bouncing around the forum and saw what may have been your first post? Congratulations on giving up those last couple of cigs a day!! Amazing work! If you can go 10 days you got this! I think for me I need to focus on keeping myself busy. And not eat every 5 min!

I'm sure I will be posting often! Thanks everyone for all the support!

@DenaliBlues I did jumping jacks last night so I can relate! @Sandi149 I will try that!

@Sandi149 I guess we just can't look back. I feel like looking back makes me feel so guilty and then I want to smoke the guilt away! Sometimes it feels like such a natural wave rolls over me "time for cigarette. I need it now" and then it passes. So weird.

Hmm..I never thought of an inhaler, thanks! First quit I had pneumonia three weeks. Was like bedridden! Hoping not this time😬

Thank you for the warm welcome@jillar! Will definitely look around. The breathing is scaring me the most now.

Hi everyone! I am new to the forum today. I am 4 days free after a 14 month relapse following a 2 year+ quit. I started smoking more than 30 years ago. I had been feeling tired, needing to take deep breaths at times, finding it difficult to get through a typical workout. Monday I decided that's it. I need to be done with this. I had more than 2 years of blissful freedom and I caved. A family issue presented itself, I was so stressed. I felt like such a failure, such an addict buying that pack. I've been really tearful and angry and bored and tired. Like I don't want to do anything. It feels like I'm giving up my best friend. Does anyone else feel that way? The grief is so real. The first time I quit Allen Carr's book really helped me. I'm going to read it again. Have any of you read his book? What do you think of it?