quitting jan 2

[Suzanne]

nervous, excited, anxious....i really have to do it. i'm a year out of cancer and i can't believe that i haven't given up smoking yet. i'm actually mortified about it. the hospital we used asked me to be their poster child for semi younger people who contract cancer (i'm 45) and my picture is up all over town on billboards, in the mall, newspapers, magazines and they have an ad at the movies. i feel like such a hypocrite. all these people that recognize me now, i feel like if they saw me smoking....well, i;m sure you all get it. it has become so socially unacceptable...we are the pariahs of society now and i, for one am so tired of it. there's so much i need to get out, but it's new years eve and i have friends coming so i have to go cook. i'm sure i'll be here ALOT over the next few weeks. happy new year all!

suzanne

[Susan]

Ah, geez.....sorry about the link. I only pasted part of it. Trying again:

http://community.becomeanex.org/forum/topics/trying-again?page=1&am...

[Kathy]

I also started the patch when I woke up January 1st. Still have the urge big time. Put patch #2 on today. Yesterday seemed harder than yesterday although I am eating alot more than normally. I have a straw I stick in my mouth or hold when the urges get too overwhelming. I opened up an unused packs new years eve and put them under the water so I would not be tempted LOL. My hubby quit with me, however I caught him behind the shed smoking tonight...I could smell it LOL. I was so tempted to go smoke too but I didn't. I wasn't so mad at him for slipping but more so for lying about it. I wish you the best in quitting and we can do this supporting each other!!!

[Suzanne]

i slipped....actually, gave myself false justification to pick up a cig. so i did it...i have to try again. do what i said.....im going to....i feel like i'm in my own head right now...i have to stop. good luck kathy

[Suzanne]

i slipped....actually, gave myself false justification to pick up a cig. so i did it...i have to try again. do what i said.....im going to....i feel like i'm in my own head right now...i have to stop. good luck to all...

[Susan]

It's good that you are being honest about it. Choose AGAIN to quit. I got some news about a health condition I have that is made much worse by smoking, and I quit right at that minute. It lasted for a whole 2 hours! That's when I came to this site and followed the instructions about tracking my smokes and separating. I decided to get a Chantix scrip, and it's helping. I am finishing Day 2, and although I have had a few tough moments and some anxiety, my decision is SOLID. That post link I sent (if you have read it) really helped me turn the corner in my mind. YOU CAN DO THIS! YOU CAN!

[Sherryl Hooks]

YOU CAN DO IT!

I've smoked for almost 40 years and Dec 31st was my LAST CIGARETTE! I haven't had any withdrawals or anything. I feel a little lost, without having something to puff on, so I've just been simulating inhaling and it's working.

Don't give up......JOIN ME IN FREEDOM!!!! Whooo Hoooo