seems like it's getting harder rather than easier as the time goes by!!
And I've been eating like a pig!!
But hopefully it'll all be worth it
And I've been eating like a pig!!
But hopefully it'll all be worth it
3 days smoke free!!!
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I envy you for even trying! keep up the good work! they say the physical addiction is gone within 8 hours, just the mental addiction takes along time..all the best! julie
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I tried to quit once.... well.... my situation is weird... but I still admit I am a smoker in all senses of the word. I tried to quit and did quite well.... the thing that drove me nuts though is I missed being able to "blow the smok" if you can get what I mean. These days, I don't smoke in my house, I don't smoke while at work at all (8+0 hours) so you'd think it'd be easy. I'll try again some day... I figure I am closer now than ever.
It will get harder for the first couple of weeks, then it will start to ease up after a couple of weeks. I was a heavy smoker before my daughter was born. She's eight. I still have had a lapse here and there, I still want to smoke sometimes, especially when I'm sitting around w/ my smoker husband, drinking. 
I play some sports and that helps. Last time I had a lapse I smoked for two weeks and by the second soccer game as a smoker I was ready to put them down again!! Just stick with it, it is worth it; cold turkey is best because the sooner the nic is out of your system, the better. Gum, patches, etc, just prolong the withdrawal. As long as you have nic in your system your body will crave more. Good luck!
BioF, you ought to try again - you quit just before the magic two week mark! The first week is bad, the second worse. Then it slowly gets better.
I play some sports and that helps. Last time I had a lapse I smoked for two weeks and by the second soccer game as a smoker I was ready to put them down again!! Just stick with it, it is worth it; cold turkey is best because the sooner the nic is out of your system, the better. Gum, patches, etc, just prolong the withdrawal. As long as you have nic in your system your body will crave more. Good luck!BioF, you ought to try again - you quit just before the magic two week mark! The first week is bad, the second worse. Then it slowly gets better.
