Is this day 1..?

[Una]

Craig, after a month I can look at the rows of packets and laugh :-)

Originally Posted by RichardP

It was more an issue of how to define "day"... going by "sleeps" means it was day two, but I have a feeling that "sleeps" is only a valid time period if you are a child around Christmas time

Anyway, its is just shy of 48 hours since I had a ciggie. I feel good - and it is worrying me somewhat; quitting smoking isn't supposed to be easy

I assume something bad is going to come along fairly soon and make me feel awful... which seems fair I suppose

Just because you've read it's going to be hard doesn't mean it will be for everyone. Each persons quit is different just as every pregnancy is different. It's good to be prepared for a bad day or phase but it's also good for other people to see not everyone has them. Just think, if someone's lurking and reads your posts and sees how easy it has been for you, they might just bin those cigarettes and join in

[austinlegro]

Originally Posted by RichardP

Anyway, its is just shy of 48 hours since I had a ciggie. I feel good - and it is worrying me somewhat; quitting smoking isn't supposed to be easy

Actually it is. Sadly we're bombarded with the 'fact' that it's incredibly hard although it is easy to fail. As it's so easy to fail it thus appears hard to quit thus reinforcing the myth and making a subsequent effort that little bit harder.
Anyone who does have an easy quit then becomes regarded as a bit freakish.
Quitters focus on all the negative aspects of cessation and usually forget it's as simple as just stopping buying them, stopping sticking 'em in your gob and stopping lighting them.
Quitting fags is as hard as the quitter makes it.
Nothing is in the rules. There aren't any rules.
If you don't like the rules you've found then find one's you do.
They're all as valid.

[RichardP]

Originally Posted by ShazzaH

What quit method are you on?

I didn't get along with the "just dont have the next one" idea, but it turns out that "dont buy another packet" seems to work for me

[RichardP]

Originally Posted by austinlegro

Actually it is. Sadly we're bombarded with the 'fact' that it's incredibly hard although it is easy to fail. As it's so easy to fail it thus appears hard to quit thus reinforcing the myth and making a subsequent effort that little bit harder.
Anyone who does have an easy quit then becomes regarded as a bit freakish.
Quitters focus on all the negative aspects of cessation and usually forget it's as simple as just stopping buying them, stopping sticking 'em in your gob and stopping lighting them.
Quitting fags is as hard as the quitter makes it.
Nothing is in the rules. There aren't any rules.
If you don't like the rules you've found then find one's you do.
They're all as valid.

There are negative aspects - not smoking is actually pretty dull! All those little bits in the day that aren't long enough to do anything constructive but which are long enough for a ciggie are pretty annoying...

[austinlegro]

...only because you've made them into smoking opportunities.
I used to be dreadful for leaping out of the sofa when a commercial break came on the TV and grabbing a smoke.
I still leap out of the sofa but do something else. With smartphone advancement my new habit is to check FB or Twitter when a break comes on.

The only smoking opportunities we used to have were at points in our day when we weren't doing something else. It's easy to see why we therefore associated smoking with relaxing despite the crashing faux pas that nicotine is a stimulant.

It's all only ever what we make it.

[Shellyinstoke]

I had no symtoms untill week 3 iv listed them on another thread today somewhere.. So let's hope u stay symptom free

[Shellyinstoke]

Originally Posted by RichardP

It was more an issue of how to define "day"... going by "sleeps" means it was day two, but I have a feeling that "sleeps" is only a valid time period if you are a child around Christmas time

Anyway, its is just shy of 48 hours since I had a ciggie. I feel good - and it is worrying me somewhat; quitting smoking isn't supposed to be easy

I assume something bad is going to come along fairly soon and make me feel awful... which seems fair I suppose

Hehehe sleeps what are them theses days not had many since giving up