It has been 6 months and 5 days since my partner and I gave up smoking. I honestly didn't conceive of it being so difficult. For some reason I thought that I could give up at anytime and it wouldn't even bother me. I was very wrong!
I had tried to give up in the past, yet my effort had never been past the first day. Due to the fact my father would go and buy me a packet every time I tried to give up. Therefore I had no idea how hard it was going to be. It was no big deal to smoke when I was younger. At the time I gave up I had been smoking for 15 years, at around 40 cigarettes a day.
I thought that after the initial couple of days of cravings I would be getting along just fine, and would never want a cigarette again, oh how wrong I was. After the first couple of weeks of cravings, of feeling very sick, and having a weird symptoms, I entered the next couple of weeks of more cravings, weird things coming out of my skin, and more feeling sick.
I no longer felt as tired and down all the time, and my energy levels sky rocketed. Sleeping was short, and filled with strange dreams/nightmares. I suddenly felt a new appreciation for so many things, especially the cleanliness of my home. Everything I did and felt was different, it felt like things were no longer going through the cigarette filter.
Yet some of this subsided in the 2nd month of giving up. I can't believe how hard the tobacco companies had me. I was truly hooked, and it was effecting my life in ways I could not have imagined. I am not sure that I still know how badly these drugs/chemicals have effected my brain, and general health.
I still have cravings today, 6 months later. I watched my partners son having a smoke today, and it drove me around the bend. I had to stop myself several times asking him for just one smoke. This is not a nice feeling, in fact it was a down right awful feeling. I can't believe how much just looking at his empty packet in the rubbish bin effected me.
My advice to anyone who wants to give up, go for it! You will feel so much better in the long run. Cigarettes are far worse for you, and effect you in many more ways than you could possibly imagine. I'm sure that the ways that tobacco companies target exact parts of the brain, and how these chemicals really effect you will come out eventually, yet for the time being please please be careful.
Monday, March 5, 2007
Still craving a cigarette after 6 months
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7 comments:
hey thanks for the inspiration post. today is my first day quitting and i can feel the craving, its really hard.. oh so hard.. i keep telling myself "just one cigarrett is all i need" it is now 1:22 and I am soo tempted to buy a whole pack just for one ciggarrette. after readin through ur post i think i'll be able to survive through this night
thank you
Giving up remains being one of the most difficult things I've done, and I'm proud of my partner and myself.
I feel so incredibly much better for it, I wouldn't have a smoke now if you payed me too.
You can do it, you can give up, the trick is realising that you want to live.
Smoking is a constant state of smoke inhalation, slowing dieing.
I have never felt better!!!
I'm really glad that someone has found inspiration from my story.
I just watched someone die as a result of cigarettes, and believe me it is not a nice way of going, they were in so much pain, and what a waste.
Good luck, you can give up! You don't need it, you will feel so much better in the coming weeks, you wont ever look back.
I am at a 3 month mark. I realize this post is years old. How are you doing today?
Yes Kris, how are you doing? Would be interesting to hear. I am at the 6 month mark now myself.
He is smoking his fucking brains out!
I would also like to hear how you are doing, I am at the six month mark and the constant cravings are exhausting,I am wondering when I can expect some relief.
I am at 4 months quit and have been shocked at how hard it's been. The stress/anxiety factor have been the worst! I keep thinking (hoping!) that getting the 1st year done will be a turning point, and it will be better after then. I smoked for 38 years; seems like a year investment in turning around all those years of bad behavior is reasonable, even if I wish it were shorter. I hope everyone hangs tough!
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