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I've decided to stop smoking
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Enough is enough and I'm sick of being controlled and a slave to nicotine and purposefully administering this slow acting carcinogenic poison to myself. Originally I thought I'd start in the new year but why wait until then and further harm myself? Anyway I've bought some niquitin-minis lozenges 1.5mg and will be starting tomorrow morning after having my last smoke tonight. I will be logging cravings on a 1-10 scale, stress of the day on a 1-10 scale, depression and other things such as whether my appetite goes up etc..
I think the most dangerous times will be in the mornings, after meals and before bed.
I've stopped drinking for the moment so the after drink cigarette will not be a problem for now.
Hopefully I will be able to stick this out and maybe even be an inspiration for others to quit.
I think the most dangerous times will be in the mornings, after meals and before bed.
I've stopped drinking for the moment so the after drink cigarette will not be a problem for now.
Hopefully I will be able to stick this out and maybe even be an inspiration for others to quit.
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The thing that stopped me smoking in 1992 was fright.I began to find that I had difficulty in walking, went to docs was refered to hospital,tests showed that the main artery in my right leg was partially blocked & had to be cleared manually. I was told that the blockage was caused by smoking & warned that if I continued there was a strong possibility that I would have to have the leg amputated,believe me I have not smoked since that day.
Thank you all so much for the support, here's how it went. On fri 12th I had my last cigarette at 11 at night. Sat 13th I had my first mint at 6.00 am, felt good calm and focused and I held out till 10.30 by which time I had a weird sensation in my mouth probably from lack of cig smoke, so i had a mint, this helped but at the end of the mint I felt a little nauseous which is stated as one of the side affects. Next mint was had at 5:15 after purposefully trying to be strong and fight the cravings. 7:00/10:00 had a mint. At 11 I had a really strong craving but refused to bow down to it besides having nicotine at this time would interfere with my sleep so it will have to wait until morning.
Sun 14th-had mint at 7.00am and feel relaxed, I also noticed that my lungs feel as they have expanded and I seem to be getting a deeper breath which means more oxygen which is good. 10.30 another mint. 12.30-Im getting the feeling that as the cigarette nicotine drains out of my body my body's urge to get nicotine from the mit has become more pronounced at this time. 1.30 had a mint. 4.30 noticed the urges are definitely getting more frequent even though I have no outside source of stress.
6.55 had a mint. 2 more mints between this time and 11.
Mon 15th mint at 6.am. 10.30 feel hungrier than usual, I can see why ex smokers put on weight. I've also noticed that its quite easy to confuse hunger cravings with nicotine cravings as maybe your body and mind are in a state of withdrawal and confusion? 11.00 its now been 5 hours since my last nicotine hit. 2.45 pushed myself but now have to give in and have a mint. 7.00/10.00pm had a mint.
So there you have it, It's now the 5th day I haven't had a mint yet but will soon. I also have to add that on the pack of nicotine mints they recommend that you could have up to 15 a day, as you can see from my log I refused to give in to every urge hence the relatively low number of mints I was having. I feel today my nicotine cra
Sun 14th-had mint at 7.00am and feel relaxed, I also noticed that my lungs feel as they have expanded and I seem to be getting a deeper breath which means more oxygen which is good. 10.30 another mint. 12.30-Im getting the feeling that as the cigarette nicotine drains out of my body my body's urge to get nicotine from the mit has become more pronounced at this time. 1.30 had a mint. 4.30 noticed the urges are definitely getting more frequent even though I have no outside source of stress.
6.55 had a mint. 2 more mints between this time and 11.
Mon 15th mint at 6.am. 10.30 feel hungrier than usual, I can see why ex smokers put on weight. I've also noticed that its quite easy to confuse hunger cravings with nicotine cravings as maybe your body and mind are in a state of withdrawal and confusion? 11.00 its now been 5 hours since my last nicotine hit. 2.45 pushed myself but now have to give in and have a mint. 7.00/10.00pm had a mint.
So there you have it, It's now the 5th day I haven't had a mint yet but will soon. I also have to add that on the pack of nicotine mints they recommend that you could have up to 15 a day, as you can see from my log I refused to give in to every urge hence the relatively low number of mints I was having. I feel today my nicotine cra
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