An Ex-smoker's Journal: 2nd Day
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Hi Everybody,
I started smoking when I was 15, now I'm 40, but yesterday at 7.30am I stopped COLD TURKEY. Today, at this time 3.45am, I have NOT smoked a single cigarrete.
Why am I writing this? Because I want to share with those of you who are still smoking, the experience of quitting an expensive, deadly habit, & stubborn addiction.
How I feel now:
Now, I don't feel the urge to light up and puff after pulling pass the initial 8-16 hours. The urge to smoke has weaken considerably, such that I can simply refuse to light up. Food tastes funny now (not bad, just funny), because I just only stopped smoking, so it may take some while for my taste to revert back to normal - most people say food will taste better when or once you stopped smoking.
All that I am having now is a cup of black coffee with not milk and little sugar, I feel mentally alert without cigarettes, abd can still do my work without it. Concentration is not affected by lack of nicotine after 22 hours.
I'm not having insomnia being up this early, because to avoid being bothered by the urge to smoke I slept really early last night (around 9.45pm). Now I'm up and the urge to smoke has become really weak.
I am happy with progress and my efforts, but I have identified dangerous situations wherein I may be pulled back into it, so I will avoid these situations.
Yes I may have to stay away from office for a few days, and conduct work from home office for the sake of pulling pass the first week as a normal person who does not smoke. I really want to quit this addiction.
Side effects? Yes, IRRITABILITY. Yesterday, within the first 8 hours, due to withdrawal I accidentally raised my voice at my employee. I apologised later, but he says he knows why I yelled at him, and told me to keep up my efforts to stop smoking. I was so touched - I knew then I have good people as emplyees. I bought him dinner.
And then later, I nearly smashed my PDA phone on the ground because I couldn't hear the other party due to bad connection, but my colleague stopped me. Thank goodness, otherwise I'd be spending more money replacing it.
Well, that's all for now, will come back and update as I go along.
I tend to stay smoke-free forever. But even if I fail, I will come here and say that I failed and reverted back to smoking, stating cause and reasons.
But PERSONALLY, and RESOLUTELY, NO i don't intend to fail in this final attempt. -
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!
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carry on..
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jia you!
*jumps around n wave pom poms* -
please continue smoking in case you really murder someone out of anger~!!!!Originally posted by ShutterBug:Side effects? Yes, IRRITABILITY. Yesterday, within the first 8 hours, due to withdrawal I accidentally raised my voice at my employee. I apologised later, but he says he knows why I yelled at him, and told me to keep up my efforts to stop smoking. I was so touched - I knew then I have good people as emplyees. I bought him dinner.
And then later, I nearly smashed my PDA phone on the ground because I couldn't hear the other party due to bad connection, but my colleague stopped me. Thank goodness, otherwise I'd be spending more money replacing it. -
nicotine remains in your blood for around 6 months after your last drag. if you can refrain for longer than that you do stand a chance of quitting permanently.
you have 179 days to go. -
I'm here... still ALIVE!
Nahhh... I believe that once I can past one week, the nico-crave will drop drastically... anyway, I found Redbull which contains nicotinamide - it helps. -
great.. keep it up !
u have my support -
launtpc @ CT Spawn (RADIO): Go go go!
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Woah... 2nd day oly... u start to regard urself as an ex-smoker... I oly call myself tat when i successfully resist Mr Cigarette for a yr...
But JiaYou JiaYou... Hope u kan quit it once and for all!!! -
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keep it up dude =)Originally posted by ShutterBug:Hi Everybody,
I started smoking when I was 15, now I'm 40, but yesterday at 7.30am I stopped COLD TURKEY. Today, at this time 3.45am, I have NOT smoked a single cigarrete.
Why am I writing this? Because I want to share with those of you who are still smoking, the experience of quitting an expensive, deadly habit, & stubborn addiction.
How I feel now:
Now, I don't feel the urge to light up and puff after pulling pass the initial 8-16 hours. The urge to smoke has weaken considerably, such that I can simply refuse to light up. Food tastes funny now (not bad, just funny), because I just only stopped smoking, so it may take some while for my taste to revert back to normal - most people say food will taste better when or once you stopped smoking.
All that I am having now is a cup of black coffee with not milk and little sugar, I feel mentally alert without cigarettes, abd can still do my work without it. Concentration is not affected by lack of nicotine after 22 hours.
I'm not having insomnia being up this early, because to avoid being bothered by the urge to smoke I slept really early last night (around 9.45pm). Now I'm up and the urge to smoke has become really weak.
I am happy with progress and my efforts, but I have identified dangerous situations wherein I may be pulled back into it, so I will avoid these situations.
Yes I may have to stay away from office for a few days, and conduct work from home office for the sake of pulling pass the first week as a normal person who does not smoke. I really want to quit this addiction.
Side effects? Yes, IRRITABILITY. Yesterday, within the first 8 hours, due to withdrawal I accidentally raised my voice at my employee. I apologised later, but he says he knows why I yelled at him, and told me to keep up my efforts to stop smoking. I was so touched - I knew then I have good people as emplyees. I bought him dinner.
And then later, I nearly smashed my PDA phone on the ground because I couldn't hear the other party due to bad connection, but my colleague stopped me. Thank goodness, otherwise I'd be spending more money replacing it.
Well, that's all for now, will come back and update as I go along.
I tend to stay smoke-free forever. But even if I fail, I will come here and say that I failed and reverted back to smoking, stating cause and reasons.
But PERSONALLY, and RESOLUTELY, NO i don't intend to fail in this final attempt. -
Fugue, it isn't the sight of ciggies, or people smoking, nor the smell of ciggies that urges me; it's STRESS. So long as I stay calm in a quiet office for these few days, I can make it.
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Besides, I just spent $7K pn musical equipment and instruments just to keep myself diverted away from the urge and to de-stress.
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you're a loser man, quitting smoking is as easy as having sex.
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keep it up
good to know one less smoker
but then viceroy still soldout
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We're all losers. We were natural born to DIE.
If you can prove that you can't DIE, you're the WINNER. -
quitting sex is easy meh?Originally posted by vito_corleone:you're a loser man, quitting smoking is as easy as having sex. -
Originally posted by ShutterBug:We're all losers. We were natural born to DIE.
If you can prove that you can't DIE, you're the WINNER.
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Congratulations on your second day staying smoke free.
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i have to admit something....
i "extracted" your post & emailed to a smoker friend.
his almost immediate reply....
"ok ok i get the hint"
KEEP YOUR DARN GOOD JOURNAL SHARING GOING!!!!!
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can help FI quit anot?
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Yeah, I have one more kaki joining me.Originally posted by ShutterBug:Hi Everybody,
I started smoking when I was 15, now I'm 40, but yesterday at 7.30am I stopped COLD TURKEY. Today, at this time 3.45am, I have NOT smoked a single cigarrete. -
OK.
Today, is the 3rd day of being SMOKE-FREE.
I tell you all, it sure is NOT EASY!
I was close to dancing in public just to divert my mind from the urge.
After eating lunch or dinner or eating or drinking ANYTHING, I must get up and leave the table IMMEDIATELY - or the urge to light up eats me up inside!
But i conquered it!
Tpday is my 3rd day, and the craving is much more muted now. hehehehe
Can't believe this - I'm making iT!!!!
My technique is simple actually; I use another motivation, to de-motivate this smoking habit. I went into digital music production - expensive crap, but so is smoking!!
I put aside about $12 per day, I get $360 per month. This amount I used for paying off some equipment I bought under instalments of 18mths, will ensure that I can't default in my plan to stop smoking. Of course I can just pay it all up one shot, but this way, it's more CONVICTING to succeed in QUITTING!
All these years of about $10 per day, I could have bought hell of a lot of stuff! -
You might ask; why don't buy photo equipment since I'm a photography enthusiast?
Simple, no more space to keep liao!