How is everyone doing?

kylee_marie

Just checking in? I am on day...10 and i feel great! The cravings are almost gone although i had to pick my dad up from the airport at midnight on Tuesday night and its an hour drive. driving was always my smoking time so that was HARD, i actually cried on the way because i was so frustrated (pathetic i know!) but i did NOT cave!

dmarie1181

Hey, it's not pathetic! It's a very hard thing to go through and you are doing great. Kick, cry, scream.... whatever it takes! Congrats on your success so far!! 10 days!! Keep on going!!

I've been completely smoke free for almost 30 hours now! I am doing ok, I know I can do this. It's hard though. I've been smoking for 15-16 years and my husband and almost all of my friends smoke. I've been trying to stay busy. I have found that in the car when I really want one I can find a good song on the radio and turn the volume up and sing and that takes my mind off it

Shishkeberry

That's not pathetic at all. I've had my crying tantrums, too. Congrats on getting to ten days! I hit two months yesterday.

srp2011

I'm at 53 smoke-free hours, and I'm finding it tougher than I expected (I quit for about a year several years ago, but then restarted, but don't remember it being so hard). Got some disappointing news today, and ever since then, I've been having crying spells on and off, and I'm having trouble with fuzzy brain - couldn't focus on work today - really hope this goes away soon because I have several deadlines I need to meet. I'm determined to stick with it, if only because I don't want to go through this again, but I can't wait to feel better... I thought about stopping to get a pack while driving home today, but realized it really wouldn't fix the disappointment and seemed like too much effort, so that was a small victory.

kylee_marie

I'm at 53 smoke-free hours, and I'm finding it tougher than I expected (I quit for about a year several years ago, but then restarted, but don't remember it being so hard). Got some disappointing news today, and ever since then, I've been having crying spells on and off, and I'm having trouble with fuzzy brain - couldn't focus on work today - really hope this goes away soon because I have several deadlines I need to meet. I'm determined to stick with it, if only because I don't want to go through this again, but I can't wait to feel better... I thought about stopping to get a pack while driving home today, but realized it really wouldn't fix the disappointment and seemed like too much effort, so that was a small victory.

sorry to hear you got bad news! hopefully everything is ok... good luck!

srp2011

I'm at 53 smoke-free hours, and I'm finding it tougher than I expected (I quit for about a year several years ago, but then restarted, but don't remember it being so hard). Got some disappointing news today, and ever since then, I've been having crying spells on and off, and I'm having trouble with fuzzy brain - couldn't focus on work today - really hope this goes away soon because I have several deadlines I need to meet. I'm determined to stick with it, if only because I don't want to go through this again, but I can't wait to feel better... I thought about stopping to get a pack while driving home today, but realized it really wouldn't fix the disappointment and seemed like too much effort, so that was a small victory.

sorry to hear you got bad news! hopefully everything is ok... good luck!

Everything is fine - thanks for checking - it was one of those things that seemed more traumatic at the time, particularly on day 3 of nic withdrawal, but I am so happy to say that I didn't let it throw me, and I am now on day 7 of smoke-free living!