New and tomorrow is quit day

[Elaine]

hello Everyone--

I have read through many of the posts here and I am sure I will get lots of help and encouragement from all of you. Tomorrow is my quit day and I am excited and nervous all at the same time.

I have my nicotine lozenges at the ready and my ashtrays and cigarettes are in the trash (I freely admit my palms were sweating!!), my quit reasons posted all over the place and the support of my family. As much as my family loves me, they are not and have never been smokers and think this will be a piece of cake. uh-hunh. I am sure I will be checking in frequently.

Thanks!
Elaine

[ncpops]

Hi Elaine, glad you decided to join us.

The journey begins. You'll no doubt find somethings difficult in your quit. Somethings will be a breeze. Out of all the advice I received, just a few have stayed with me everyday. One I used quite often "Cravings don't kill" they'll come, you'll fight the nicobeast. Remember your goal. It's YOUR life!

You have the right attitude...go for it!

Jimpops

[Don]

Hi Elaine!

Right you are Jimpops!....I always kept that "No one ever died from a craving." running in my head.

My primary mantra said that "I was not allowed to have a cigarette!". Sorta akin to someone with a deadly allergy. I forced myself to believe that one puff was fatal, to my Quit at least.

As for you Elaine, your family may not understand what you will be going thru. But WE do!

Come here and post your feelings before you feel the need to puff and ruin a good quit. Sometimes that little diversion of posting keeps you occupied until the craves pass. And they are like waves, they rush upon you and will pass.

[slim]

I don't know about you Elaine.....
but I had noooooo idea that I would or should get support when I quit cold turkey. Out of a need for research and an aim at understanding I came across several online support boards and as you can see I stuck here. Finding us on your first day is a blessing for you and your quit and I hope you take full advantage of us.... post often, ask questions, vent, whatever you need to stay smokefree. It's a battle, but worth your best effort....for Life is precious, isn't !

You sound all geared up for the BIG day and attitude is very important for sure! I quit many times for a few hours and after said " this is just too hard" and light up.
Be a bit selfish these first few days, let your family know that mood changes are likely , and see if we can get thru the day without seriously hurting anyone. ;D

[Elaine]

Thanks everyone for the welcome and kind words. Slim, it's been 25 minutes and 36 seconds and I still haven't seriously hurt anyone (that could be because they are still in bed!)



Elaine

[Graciedonovan]

Welcome Elaine. Congratulations on your decision to take your life back. No, your family will not understand at all. For the first few days, they will be so proud of you. Then, they'll wonder what you're whining about. After all, you quit, right? They will not understand that quitting is a process, not an event. BUT, we understand. We've "been there, done that". Post, read, rant, rave, whine (with or without cheese ;D), whatever you need to do. And it is true - "no one ever died from a craving". We're here for you, so don't ever feel alone.

[jbabies]

Hi Elaine...I'm thrilled to have you here! I'm only a week ahead of you, so I'm glad to have another "newbie" to go through this with! I've been stuck with all the old pros, so it's nice to have someone around who's possibly going through the same things I am at the same time! Welcome, and good luck tomorrow. I won't offer any words of wisdom, because I'm too new to have any!
Take care,
J

[dorothy]

;DElain,
Welcome and glad ya joined us.
There are really GREAT supporters here.
Love Dorothy::
Seven months, three weeks, three days, 3 hours, 0 minutes and 1 second. 3556 cigarettes not smoked, saving $711.25. Life saved: 1 week, 5 days, 8 hours, 20 minutes.
Roger:
Two years, eight months, one week, six days, 30 minutes and 6 seconds. 14790 cigarettes not smoked, saving $2,960.94. Life saved: 7 weeks, 2 days, 8 hours, 30 minutes.

[judyb]

Welcome, Miss Elaine! Congrats on finally deciding to take back your life from the nicobeast.


He's an s-o-b who wants nothing but to kill you slowly. Don't ever listen to him. Within the next few weeks you'll alternate between feeling on top of the world to feeling desolate, lonely. When those bad feelings start creeping in, GET YOUR BUTT ONTO THIS BOARD and read, post, ask questions....don't listen to the lies.

Yup, there are a lot of old "pro's" here, but we come here to be reminded daily of the struggle each and every one of us went through. Thanks to all of the "newbies" here for helping us maintain our quit!!!

[slim]

How are you doing Elaine?

Would love to hear from you!

[Elaine]

Day 1 went very well....I found most of my cravings were situational. But here I am at 4.45 a.m. with a lozenge in my mouth

I did have a majorly stressful moment yesterday (involving my furnace that decided to die) and I thought how nice it would be to share my stress with a cigarette....but I remembered the things I read here and decided the furnace would still be dead whether I had a smoke or not. SO....day 2 is under way (I wish I could sleep!)

I feel confident this time I really will quit for good. Thanks everyone!!
Elaine (Sleepless in MA)

[Graciedonovan]

You're doing great Elaine, and yes, the furnace would still be dead whether you smoked or not. That's a great lesson to learn early on. Sleeplessness or sleepiness seems to come with the territory. The patch seems to have the sleeplessness and bad dreams thing associated with it. I don't know if that is true of the lozenges or not. Things will balance out with time. Come here and read and post when the going gets rough. I love your confident attitude. As you will read over and over on this bb, ATTITUDE IS everything. If you think you're going to be miserable, you will be. It's a wild ride, but it's very doable. KTQ!