Am I over the worst part of quitting smoking?

Question

I have been cig free for 6 days now. Am I over the worse hump of quitting? Or are is the worst yet to come?

Answer 1

Arg! I know how you feel...I quit the same time as you - 6 days cigarette free and counting...

Sometimes it seems really easy and I don't think about it and then other times (like right now actually) the urge on me to smoke again is soooo strong... My husband still smokes 20-30 a day and it'd be so easy to just grab one of his cigarettes and light up....but I'm not going to do it - I have a stash of high dose nicotine chewing gums and I've found when the urge hits to munch down on one of those.

Good luck!

Heaven_T x (chewing as we speak)...

Answer 2

Natural Quit Smoking Magic

Answer 3

Well my husband who is not 34, quit smoking his almost 2 pack of Marlboro Mediums, over 4 years ago. Our son who was then 5, suffers from allergies and asthmatic symptoms. And the doctor told my husband that even though he smokes out side he is still bringing in the smoke/allergans off of him and his clothes, and that still passes on through our son. So he soon quit just for the health of our son. It was pretty hard ar first for him, but cold turkey was his only way he could do it. He tried some kind of thing he got from the flea market that he put on the end of his cigarette, that was suppose to help him quit, but it didn't. So his only method was purely just WILL POWER. After abour 6 months to a year he couldn't even stand the smell of a cigarette. He works with a guy who smokes daily, and it doesn't bother him at all and he is not tempted. Good Question!

Answer 4

I quit myself on Nov 16 after 19 years of smoking. I don't think there is a specific time when everything is easier but I do know that I think about it less often every day. I used the patch and I think it seriously took the edge off and made it easier.

Answer 5

Good for you - i quit 2years ago this may - my little boy wanted to go get smoke away from walmart -
i could'nt bare him begging me to quit anymore- i simply asked God and my boy for help- never smoked again -
yes it's hard but each day you go - that helped me not to turn back -
i would say i have gone ___ days -
i'm not wasting them accomplished days to pick up a stinky cigarette-
your doing great - 2 years and i still "want " one - when someones smoke goes into my face -
but i'v gone too far now too turn back and so have you -
Good job !!!!!! you are going to feel and smell and taste everything so much better !!!

Answer 6

well first things first stephanie-well done to taking the first steps to a new life. i quit 16 years ago and have never looked back. when people ask me i always say "if you can get through the first week-you can get through the first year-then the sky's the limit". you will get the cravings for some time to come but you will learn to live with them. you will be able to smell better (when i gave up the smell of roast beef hit me like a bullet) and you will smell better personally. one of the proudest things i can say in life is "thanks-but i don't smoke". now its like i never smoked. keep going you will not regret it.

Answer 7

My grandpa stopped smoking after 50yrs It took him 1 month cold turkey with no smoking at all to quit forever.

Answer 8

i dont know. i quit cold turkey for a week once and then just couldnt handle the withdrawls any longer. but drink plenty of water. it'll flush all the nicotine from your system. and keep busy to take your mind of wanting to smoke.

Answer 9

You should be over the worst. Stick at it. Take it a day at a time. Drink cold water every time you feel the need.

Answer 10

i have heard that it usually takes up to 2 weeks before the urge to smoke weens. after that, depending how long and how many cigs you smoked, you will have on and off again urges for the rest of your life. my mother stopped smoking in 73 after 12 years of it and even now she sometimes has craving for one.