[Altari]

19 hours without a cigarette. Then I blew it. ARG!

[raw23]

Oh no! You gotta think of that kiddo inside you... You'll get back on. Baby steps!

[JulieJ08]

Just keep going! Look at it this way, you got 19 great hours under your belt. Now add some more.

[Altari]

I'm thinking I'm going to aim for 24 hours tomorrow and see how I'm doing.

[yoyonomoreinvegas]

Hang in there! You can stay OP with your eating so you can do this too!

I'll be right there with you in a few weeks - I've set Nov. 15th as my quit date. In the mean time, I'm reading a booklet by a guy named Allen Carr (SusanB originally recommended it but I couldn't find her post about it) - a tad boring and a little repetative in the beginning but this is a guy who quit some huge (like 5 pack a day) habit. I'm only about half way through but seems his basic idea is getting your mind switched over from "I'm a smoker and OMG it's going to be so hard to quit" to a plain old "I don't smoke".

[kittycat40]

Hi chicks,
I'm going to pop in here and mention that my mother was a three a day/ sneak a fourth pack smoker (even when preggo w/me) who, as a favor, accompanied her neighbor to a smoker cessation hypnosis course. The front desk worker told her she might as well join the class b/c it would be a long wait.
Well, as she tells it, she sat on the floor next to the couch and waited thru till the end of the session. Then she got into her car, took out her cigarette, held it in her hand but did not light up. Keep in mind this was a woman who would light up before her eyes were fully open in the am. This continued and she "accidentally" stopped smoking cigarettes. She then had withdrawal for a long time, but recovered from that too.

I don't know. I was too young. But I do know I grew up thinking my mother was a non-smoker. (which she still is)

Thankfully, cigarettes are not one of my very many vices. But I wish you good luck in kicking this ba$tard's butt!!

[Bravelilchicken]

Oh good job on the 19 hours and good luck, no, great luck on quitting altogether! I have been quit for over three years and it was truly one of the best decisions of my life. Sick less often, no more hacking cough. You can do it!!

[sweetnsassyfied]

This is a good web site for quiting. I learned a lot from it. One of the things that has been prementantly implanted in my brain now is...

When a smoker is hit with stress, or something tramatic, or frustrating the first thing we do is light up to relieve the stress.

Well come to find out, we aren't really relieving the stress. The stress is still there. Whatever the situation or frustration is, is still there and we will eventually have to deal with it.

What's really happening is... That stress threw us into Early withdrawal. So now we not only have the original situation but Added to our problem withdrawal symptoms.

That was so enlightening to me. Seriously think about it with the twist... Either you had just smoked your last cig and were on your way to get another pack. Or that you can't find your pack.

Anyhoo the site is www.Whyquit.com . Good luck on your quest.

[canadianwoman]

Think of your newborn having a cigarette every time you have one and you will stop.

Each time you light up that baby is becoming addicted to nicotine as well as being deprived of oxygen for at least the time it takes you to smoke it. Then there are all the other poisons/toxins and chemicals in those cigarettes and those are what your developing baby is taking in each time you light up.

Quit for him or her if not yourself.

I wish I took my own advice when I was pregnant with my youngest. If I did then he might not have spent his first four years in the hospital as often as he was in there and he probably would not have had to spend all those hours in the oxygen tent. He could have been playing outside in the fresh air instead.

I wish you luck because I know how hard it is to quit.
I quit 14 years ago and have never had another cigarette since.