I’m tempted to smoke again!!

SuccessHere
SuccessHere Posts: 240 Member
in Health and Weight Loss
I’m so stressed! I’m tempted to smoke a cigarette!
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  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    I want to smoke, too. It was a nice way to relax. I looked into vaping, but ended up not getting into it because my husband would make fun of me.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    i like the wait until tomorrow line up there.. and just keep putting it off until tomorrow.
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    I understand how you feel. I had so much stress with my elderly mum earlier in the year that I caved in after two and half years smoke free and went full on smoking again.

    I have felt awful for the last few months, wheezing at night, out of breath, got a cold and a chest infection. Feeling guilty because I know I stink of smoke and feeling lethargic and coughing all the time.

    I have now quit again. (I do use Ecigs on occasion just to take the edge off) but my lungs have cleared up and I feel so much better. I am not wheezing any more and I don't stink. My energy levels are up again and I have more money.

    So the choice is up to you of course but remember this. The cigarette industry needs your money more than you need that cigarette. Stay away from them they poison your body and drain your wallet.

    Take a deep breath and drink a glass of water. The craving passes in 2-3 minutes.
  • PaperDoll_
    PaperDoll_ Posts: 32,857 Member
    It's been about 4 hours... so... did you?
  • chrisahubbard
    chrisahubbard Posts: 201 Member
    @SuccessHere don’t *kitten* give in to your temptation. Just because you think it will help your stress levels. It won’t. It will compound because then you’re going to get sucked right back in to buying more and then smoking more. You’ll lose the battle if you cave now!
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    When I am stressed I clean, meditate or exercise. Maybe find something else to do.
  • neversaynever_43
    neversaynever_43 Posts: 59 Member
    emmamcgarity wrote: »
    I quit smoking 18 years ago and still crave it. The only thing that keeps me away is thinking about it as if I were an alcoholic and it were a drink. It is not possible for me to have “just one”. I am thankful to have that monkey off my back and don’t want to be “a smoker” again.

    9 years for me and until I had that mindset I kept failing. Knowing I can never ever ever have another one for the rest of my life was sort of freeing. Best thing I ever did.

    OP - Don't give in. Go for a run.

  • saraonly9913
    saraonly9913 Posts: 469 Member
    Nooooooo
    Do tell us. Were you able to refrain from smoking. Oh I sure hope so. I quit in 2011 and never want to go back!
  • nowine4me
    nowine4me Posts: 3,985 Member
    I hope you didn’t pick up a cigarette and that instead you went for a nice walk and listened to an awesome podcast. It’s sooooo worth it to get to the other side.
  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    Did you make it? I so hope you did!
  • SuccessHere
    SuccessHere Posts: 240 Member
    The first thing in the morning I measured my waist and I’m 42 inches. I’m 511 and my waist measures 42 inches. That is way too large. I don’t fit in any of my old clothes and I feel like a slob and I don’t know how I’m going to go to work tomorrow. It’s almost like I should start smoking again. I don’t even think I eat that much. Maybe I’m deluding myself and I eat way too much. I just don’t know how to stop eating all these bad calories. I just don’t know how to do it and I am so very frustrated. I hate having a fat belly.
  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    I gained 30lbs after quitting smoking. My doctor was HAPPY! Seriously! It's better to be a fat non-smoker than a fit smoker.

    As far as how much you eat, start logging it. Weigh your food, log it and get a true idea of how much you are eating, then work on cutting that down to fit into a calorie goal that will help you lose weight. You can do it, still eat the foods you enjoy. There is no inherently "bad" food. Some have more calories and you may need to adjust some of your other eating habits to make it fit in your calorie goal, but you don't have to completely cut out anything.
  • serindipte
    serindipte Posts: 1,557 Member
    Just took a looksie through your last couple of days... Looks like the bulk of your calories are coming from your coffee drinks. Maybe switch to skim milk and try a non-calorie sweetener? It may taste a bit off at first, but try it for a little while and see if you can enjoy it as much. That would free up a ton of calories for actual food.
  • LZMiner
    LZMiner Posts: 300 Member
    Don’t. Go brush your teeth. Chew on something. Avoid activities where you would normally smoke. Quitting is HARD. And worth it.
  • ogtmama
    ogtmama Posts: 1,403 Member
    The trick is to remember that it's not that you can't smoke, it's that you don't have to. That feeling you have right now is the monster of addiction in it's death throws...kill it
  • Diatonic12
    Diatonic12 Posts: 32,344 Member
    Food or smoking or alcohol addiction is a biochemical sensitivity to substances that once put in the mouth creates cravings that overwhelm other wants. Some want and do...quit. Others want but consistently stumble and can't...quit. ^^^ is correct. You're going have to 'starve' the addiction out. Not literally starve but gut it out.

    There are environmental cues that jack you up and there are abstinence cues that are linked to thinking or dreaming about it, driving you back to a response, to take action and act on it. Thinking about the euphoric experience and temporary relief. It only lasts about 5 minutes then you would be kicking yourself in the hindend.

    Gut it out. Go take a shower. You may have to stand in their all night but take a shower every time you feel overwhelmed. That's how my father quit and it was brutal for awhile. He used to dream about setting up a tripod across the room with one long 'one' perched on there and smoke it all day long. Gut it out.
  • zyxst
    zyxst Posts: 9,148 Member
    edited June 2018
    If you're really desperate and don't want to cave in to actually smoking again, go hang around outside a bar. You can usually find a couple smokers outside. Yeah, it's weird but you can inhale the smoke without lighting one up. I do it when I can find someone. They're usually in their cars though.
  • SuccessHere
    SuccessHere Posts: 240 Member
    MamaNess2018 wrote: »
    Successhere - I’ve been falling into the same trap as you. Weight loss is not going the way I want it to, so I start thinking “screw it, I should just start smoking again because it’s such a good appetite suppressant for me and I’ll drop the weight sooo easy”. And then I remind myself of how I smelled all the time, how I ran and hid from my kids to smoke every couple hours, and how I am saving $250 a month.... I miss smoking but it brings more problems than it solves. And I know I need to learn to control my intake in a healthy way so I can live the life I will be proud of. I hope this helps you see that you’re not alone!!

    Thank you MamaNess2018. It's nice to know someone else is going through exactly the same thing I am. I can't believe the weight I put on my gut area! I am not even sure I started eating all that much! Perhaps the little I do eat and the elimination of the nicotine has put the weight on. It infuriates me that I am now battling this fat again after I lost it. What makes matters even worse is it's not coming off!
  • HilTri
    HilTri Posts: 378 Member
    I am by no means a therapist, I have just had some therapy sessions in my day. I was at a point where I was looking for something external to make me happy. Whether it was food or cigarettes oh and then I switched to cigars. The problem for me was internal. Therapy helped me learn how to fill the void inside of me by myself instead of looking for something external that had negative effects ( food for the weight gain and smokes for the health risks). I still have my vices...Diet Coke, exercise and yes....nicotine gum. I would rather chew the gum than smoke. Good luck to you and keep fighting.
  • SabAteNine
    SabAteNine Posts: 1,867 Member
    Don't. Don't do it.

    I quit for two years, cold turkey. Then one day something really stupid happened, someone insisted a bit more on a rolled cigarette, and before I knew it I was back on the bandwagon. Yes, that easy. The biggest lie you can tell yourself is that you're free, you can have one every once in a while, and that would be enough. For some, like me, it is never enough - it's either all or nothing.

    I do plan on quitting again. This time it's harder. So congratulations for you, and all of you in this thread who quit and never looked back!
  • alexchoppa1
    alexchoppa1 Posts: 2 Member
    Hello, your problem is very familiar to me
  • alexchoppa1
    alexchoppa1 Posts: 2 Member
    alexchoppa1 wrote: »
    Hello, your problem is very familiar to me

    Hello, your problem is very familiar to me; for many years, my wife and I have regularly smoked cigarettes; the most common and addictive addictions include smoking, inhalation of nicotine, and other impurities of tobacco smoke - it is a natural drug, which is addictive and slowly destroys the body. We tried what could be, and nicotine pills and plaster, and all attempts were zero; in the end, we still smoke cigarettes. I had never smoked until friends advised us E Liquids and vapes to ease the craving for cigarettes, which helped. At the moment, we don't smoke anymore and only occasionally use vapes.

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