Well done.  Quite right - you do not smoke anymore.  Now your have time for other more interesting things to do.  You are doing so great, your attitude is top notch.  You kicked the first of the icky 3's right in the duff.  Well done indeed.

Keep it up.  We are rooting for you 100%   

Doing good Lisa!  Stay quit!

Ernie

Lisa,

Carpool karaoke? I’m gonna have to look that one up. I got hooked on some strange prison show, which is not what I typically would watch. Been watching it while cross stitching since the beginning of my quit. I keep thinking I’ll stop watching it because it’s gotten kinda annoying and ridiculous, but I want to find out the end, lol. 

I know what you mean about the automatic thought of going out to smoke after doing something. I was cooking yesterday and it hit me once I took something off the stove. I’m happy to have something better to do now. I ate a piece of chocolate, lol.

Tomorrow (today?) is a hard day for me with some triggers I know will be there. I did my NOPE pledge and feel good about keeping it. 

Congrats on finishing day 5!! You’re doing great!

Jenny

I was so worried about today a week or so ago. Tomorrow it’s 3 years since my sister passed. It’s also my daughter’s 18th birthday. Quite the conflict of emotions. I actually don’t feel the pull to smoke today like I was sure I would. It may tug at me later, but I feel confident that I’ll be ok. I expect it’ll be more like an occasional tap on the shoulder that I can swat away pretty easily, lol.

I’m thankful to wake up feeling strong with my quit.

Jenny

Thank you Anne.  I needed to hear that.

                                      Lisa

Thanks Ernie !!!!

Stay strong Jenny .  I know you can do it !!

I like this quote from here - " If I have just one , I'll be right back where I started and where I started was desperately wishing I could be where I am today"

I am sorry about your Sisters passing.  It is hard to lose the people we love.

When my son turned 18.  I was happy but I also had a sad cry.  Time goes so fast.  

                                           Lisa 

Well, things have been difficult since last night.  Urges , increase anxiety, migraines/headaches, slept awful.  SMOKING IS NOT AN OPTION.

Migraines and headaches are not new to me , but damn they have been rough and constant since last night and sleeping awful doesnt help that situation for me.   

So yeah things are harder , so I fight harder.  I started using the Calm APP again .  Such a great APP !  

                                         Lisa

                                         Quit Feb 2

Hi Lisa... I read your recent post on how Day 5 for you was a struggle, and I want to tell you that it is people like you that inspire me! So as of.. Right now... I am quitting the nicotine lozenges. No more of this cutting down to quit business. When I hear and read about yours and Jenny's and Erika's struggles, and anyone else I might have missed, I tell myself... What am I waiting for? I am ready. Just a heads up for you all... I will probably be posting a lot lol. Okay babes, we've got this. Night to everyone!

Jenny... You are doing so well. Isn't it all part of the recovery from nicotine addiction to feel those pulls and nudges and urges to go back and smoke? And so with knowing that, we just need to accept it almost as a truth, not deny it but instead allow it to have room to move around in our heads until it eventually leaves, and it always does. While we accept that the cravings and urges are a part of the quitting process, we need to practice self compassion... Meaning if we need to sleep more, drink more water, dance off our anxiety by moving around in weird motions like I do, or eat chocolate, whatever it may be, we just need to allow ourselves to. Tonight I resolve to no longer suck on the lozenges. I am tired of my cutting down BS. I am so through with being enslaved to nicotine. All this being said, I am actually going to savour cravings and urges because I know that that means I am doing this, going through the necessary initiation to being nicotine free! So look out Jenny and everyone else here lol I might be posting a lot lol. I am looking forward to this more than dreading this. Night all.