January 25, 20188 yr 3 hours ago, Jacob said: I’ve got 3 days. This is what’s helped me the most: God please help me, God please help me, God please help me, God please help me, God please help me..... ??? Also calling another recovering Nicotine addict is helping a lot. Gummy Bears Welcome to the board, Jacob, and well done on 3 days. Please post in Introductions and tell us more about you and your quit.
January 25, 20188 yr 4 hours ago, Jacob said: I’ve got 3 days. This is what’s helped me the most: God please help me, God please help me, God please help me, God please help me, God please help me..... ??? Also calling another recovering Nicotine addict is helping a lot. Gummy Bears Gummy Bears really do help?
January 25, 20188 yr 5 hours ago, Jacob said: I’ve got 3 days. This is what’s helped me the most: God please help me, God please help me, God please help me, God please help me, God please help me..... ??? Also calling another recovering Nicotine addict is helping a lot. Gummy Bears I did that towards the beginning. It really did help because then God responded, "Ha ha ha JB, we all know where YOU are headed after death" then I heard the sound of flames. Then he said, "You want to end up there sooner than you have to?" I have not picked up a cigarette since my quit date. EDIT - I do hear that hell is a smoking section in it's entirety so I am thinking I will definitely relapse after i die. Edited January 25, 20188 yr by Jetblack
January 25, 20188 yr 10 hours ago, Jacob said: I’ve got 3 days. This is what’s helped me the most: God please help me, God please help me, God please help me, God please help me, God please help me..... ??? Also calling another recovering Nicotine addict is helping a lot. Gummy Bears Hi and welcome Jacob... On our main board...pinned with green squares ...is find of great info to get you up and running... Yes ..please go to the introduction thread ,and get a proper welcome ,to this fabulous place.. We have a daily NOPE thread too..great way to start the day....
April 22, 20188 yr Sleeping Twizzlers Crisps Exercise Binge TV Talking Board games Phone ga.es Social media ...and that's just the first day. Anything but smoking.
May 14, 20188 yr Exercise! Sugar-free candy, naps, carrots, dining out with family, message board, looking at horrible smoking pictures. That last one is really helpful
June 21, 20188 yr So far, what's helped me is going for a walk, each time I have a craving, my craving is mostly at work, since that's where I smoked. So I just go for a walk, and listen to some podcasts while I'm at it. Has helped so far.
September 18, 20187 yr I'm still on the first day but so far- hard candy chewing gum grape juice ice water As well as lots of reading here on the Qtrain. Those of you who post here may not realize it but you are literally life savers.
September 18, 20187 yr I walked past a favorite hoodie I'd hung on the back of a door this spring and instantly smelled cigarette smoke and it made my mouth water a bit. ? So, The hoodie went into the wash along with my work uniform and favorite shirts for a second cleaning to make sure there is no lingering siren song of tobacco to lure me back in to big tobacco's legion of cash drones.
September 19, 20187 yr WOO-HOO!! I've made it through the first 24 hours! ? It may seem odd but I was very concerned about making it through this first day more than the days to come. It wasn't fun by any stretch of the imagination but it wasn't as brutal as I had feared, Checking in here and reading all the advice and personal experiences helped immensely... Along with a lot of gum, hard candies,grape juice and deep breathing when the cravings got vicious. I'm kind of looking forward to going to sleep tonight because that's like an 8 hour vacation from the battle and it gets me that much further along from the pull of that last cancer stick.
September 19, 20187 yr Well done T....your first day done and dusted..stay close...support is si important ....
September 23, 20187 yr WOOT! I can hardly believe it, I've made it 5 full days without smoking! ? Having hard candies like Lifesavers, Werther's and Tootsie pops on hand hand definitely help a LOT! Staying busy has been a big thing for me too. I washed my truck today even though it was raining lightly at the time just to have something to occupy myself. It really did help and I didn't think about smoking much at all during the process. I'm sure people driving by thought I was a raving lunatic though. Anyway, These things and the others I posted on day 1 have helped me get this far and 5 days ago I wasn't at all sure I would make it through the first 24 hours without caving into to my addiction.
September 23, 20187 yr Awesome! Don't worry about what people think. If you haven't been addicted to nicotine you don't know what it's like. By the way... do you have to copy and paste a new ticker each time?
September 8, 20196 yr Author Bumping this for newbies and lurkers. This thread is full of things that helped us through the first days of a quit. Quitting isn't impossible, far from it. It is an important experience that frees you from nicotine addiction. I bump this to let ya'll know that quitting is one of the greatest things you can do for yourself and the people and animals that love you.
October 30, 20196 yr This is thread was perfect for me today. I have 2 days !! It has been years since I have gone even a day without smoking - so I am celebrating. I had some very stressful news yesterday and believe me I thought "oh no.- not now " And then realized If I want this quit TRULY - no amount of stress is going to make me light up. Hard to accept that but necessary. And here I am dealing with it - SMOKE FREE and let's face it, I am not trying to get out of work to have a smoke or avoid it - I am taking it head on and smoke free. This is NOT EASY in anyway - but it is possible.
October 30, 20196 yr Two days is absolutely amazing! I hadn't gone even one full day without smoking for almost 2 decades before I quit, so I know well how every hour and day smoke free feels like (and is) a major accomplishment early on. And good for you for not using stress as a reason to cave. You're an all-star, HeatherD!
October 30, 20196 yr High five Heather....your doing great ..what your achieving is flippin amazin .....
October 30, 20196 yr 6 hours ago, HeatherDianne said: no amount of stress is going to make me light up You've overcome one of the most powerful triggers to lighting up again. A similar thing happened to me a couple of weeks ago and thankfully I came through it as you did. You've earned this:
November 5, 20196 yr Do as much physically demanding activity as your can. It will remind you why you're doing this in the first place when you're short of breath. Each day you will be able to do a little more.
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