Quitting smoking... Ugh!

[JAMills]

So I found out last night that supposedly Wisconsin is forcing fire safe cigarettes by November. Yuck. Also, on April 1st the price is supposed to go up like %54 so I decided that's it. I'm done.

I'm pretty much going cold turkey. I don't want to pay for nicotene gum and still be addicted to nicotene.

I was at about a pack a day, and I've been smoking since I was 12 so about 10 years.

Today I alotted myself 7 cigarettes. I had 1 before work, one at 2 pm, 4 pm, 6 and 8. I've got 2 left. 1 for 10pm and 1 at 12.

Tomorrow, 7 again. Saturday 5 cigarettes. I can't decide on 5 again Sunday or 3 Sunday. Either way, I will no longer be smoking as of Monday.

My days off from work are Monday & Tuesday and I figure the first 2 days of NO smokes will be the worst. I don't want to kill any customers.

I'm doing well so far in that I haven't cheated, but damn I'm nic fitting like crazy already!!! I feel bipolar as hell!

I don't know what the point of my posting this is... I guess just venting about how badly I need a cigarette. lol

Wish me luck, share your stories, etc.

Thanks

I am right there with ya! Sat. 2/7/2009 was my 1st day as a Non-Smoker! The 1st 3 days really sucked but now I am doin' pretty good, just a little anxious like I don't have enough to do...
The other good thing is I have been throwing $7 a day into a jar as a Snake/Fun savings instead of buying a pack a day.

[DSGB]

Good luck. Ive tried a million times. Yet i still smoke a pack a day. I freakin hate cigarettes.

[DSGB]

I am right there with ya! Sat. 2/7/2009 was my 1st day as a Non-Smoker! The 1st 3 days really sucked but now I am doin' pretty good, just a little anxious like I don't have enough to do...
The other good thing is I have been throwing $7 a day into a jar as a Snake/Fun savings instead of buying a pack a day.

Thats a good idea!

[southb]

If you hate "fire safe" cigs then stop smoking period. You should try being a firefighter in my area. We have so many brush and grass fires that end up being right beside a road and guess what the main cause is?

[dizzy]

[QUOTE=southb;982633]If you hate "fire safe" cigs then stop smoking period. QUOTE]


Um.. I am? That was the whole point of the thread... ?



Thank you guys for all the encouragement. To be honest the $$ is the main reason I'm quitting. I know smoking is terrible for my health but meh.. We all have to die of something. I'm just really not willing to spend the $7 it's about to be. It sucks that I've been spending so much money for 10 years already.

Putting the 5 bucks into a jar every day is a great idea.

I did want to get back on my diet and lose some more weight before I made the plunge to stop smoking, but I think I'm doing well with the trident sugar free gum. I haven't been shoving food into my face like I thought I would. lol

I know not smoking will help me exercise easier so hopefully that will help when I get back on the diet really soon here.

As for update... I did great yesterday. I had my alotted 7 and didn't cheat. Yay for me. lol

I gave myself 7 again today... I'm doing odd hours this time, so I had one at 1pm and just had one at 3.

Thanks everyone.

[Gloryhound]

I get foreign cigs from the Ukrain and China. No fire safe wrappers on them.

[ev477]

The other good thing is I have been throwing $7 a day into a jar as a Snake/Fun savings instead of buying a pack a day.

That's how I got money to pay for my boa. I put $5 a day in, then an additional dollar every time I had a craving.

[BMorrison]

I had gone 6 months with no cigarettes until I started working day shift after being laid off for over a month so I've had about 6 total this week. It's hard stuff but I'm sure you'll make it. My average is 1 a month

[anatess]

I heard lollipops are a good option...

[dizzy]

So I think I'm doing pretty well... I told myself 7/day for 2 days then 5/day for 2 days and then I'm done. Well my second day I only had 6! Day 3 I had 5 like planned and Today is day 4. It's 6 pm here and I've only had one so far. Though I am about to have my second, I think I'm only going to do 3 today

I'm doing better than I expected but it's really, really hard. I'm just so anxious and on edge. Tomorrow is day one of ZERO cigarettes.