I quit smokeing almost 2 months ago.I feel better and really don't want to smoke again I have even been around smokers since i quit and kelpt myself from smoking.but I think about smoking a lot i even miss it some times I know how bad it is for you and I know my three kids are a big reason why I fight these thoughts.I was wondering how long will I continue to think about smoking is this something that most people who smoked fight everyday for the rest of their lives.Will it get any easyer?
2007-03-19 07:22:04 · 20 answers · asked by superwomen 3 in Health ➔ Other - Health
I so agree with you catfish I quit because of back sergury that went wrong and left me in the hosptal for a month had wanted to quit before but needed this kinda of push and every nurse in their that smoked really made me sick but it helped because I did not want other people to feel that way about me and I know If I smelt like that then my kids did too THANK EVERBODY IT"S NICE TO KNOW I"M NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO HAVE THESE FEELINGS
2007-03-19 07:37:11 · update #1
Congratulations, I am so proud of you!!
It will get easier when things get less stressful. I quit smoking for 4 years and when I moved home for a brief period of time. I started smoking again and have not been able to quit this time. As soon as things change and your life is your own again you won't struggle so hard. Just stay strong and don't give in to it.
2007-03-19 09:59:00 · answer #1 · answered by Petra 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It does get some easier. Try to go six months. Then take it a month at a time. I quit 25 years ago after smoking 2 to 2 1/2 packs a day for several years. I got mono when I was 32 years old. My throat was so sore and my body so weak that I couldn't smoke. When I recovered after 6 weeks, I didn't start smoking again. I may have missed it a year or so, but by that time I realized I'd be a lot healthier to stay away from it, and I didn't smoke any more.
Good luck to you!
2007-03-19 07:30:20 · answer #2 · answered by brenbon1 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am a twice cold turkey quitter.You're doing great, girl, keep it up. You are quitting the right way. Enjoy life now w/out the nagging cravings, and the nasty trails it leaves behind, and keep resisting!! Give yourself about another month or so and you will notice a trmendous difference of being a non-smoker. You will notice, for example, your senses will become sharper; food will taste better than before(thats why people sometimes gain weight after quitting) you smell things that you never did bfore and so on. What youre experiencing now is natural but a bit challenging; this is what causes the irritability and highly opinionated thoughts, so I highly encourage running to get the rest of that stuff out of you. Be proud of yourself because if you notice, youve just gained quite a bit of self respect. Also know that this is the only time in life when quitters are winners. Best Wishes
2007-03-19 07:49:42 · answer #3 · answered by element_op 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
1 year
2007-03-19 07:26:53 · answer #4 · answered by Georgie 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just keep reading articles about what smoking does to people. Keep educating yourself. Sometimes it helps to try and help someone else quit. Nicely of course, be diligent about someone else making their own lives better. Try an exercise plan like walking or jogging. It will make you never ever want to go back. I quit about 4 years ago. I've had a handful of cigarettes since then, but I've always found them unexciting. You will reach a point to where you are just another person who thinks it's a disgusting habit. You'll do just fine.
2007-03-19 07:31:07 · answer #5 · answered by Amanda D 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Firstly, congratulations on giving up. I gave up and found that I still had the odd craving even after a year, but if you persevere, you will make it. Giving up smoking is HARD, but it's the single best thing you can do for your health, as I am sure you know already.
Science has actually proved that giving up smoking is as hard as giving up heroin, so be proud that you have achieved it, and stick in there! And if you waver, go talk to someone who has just smoked a cigarette. Their breath is horrible just after smoking, and the knowledge that I used to smell that bad kept me going. I can now tell if someone is a smoker from twenty paces away!!
2007-03-19 07:29:01 · answer #6 · answered by catfish 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It gets easier, congrats by the way! I know that is very tough. You will live a much more energetic life now. It is a LOT easier when you're not hanging out with smokers, but if you do and you stick with your nonsmoking I'll bet a lot of them will quit too! The just need some encouragement, and you're the best thing they've got for that!!!
2007-03-19 07:31:26 · answer #7 · answered by Be Still and know He's God 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It does take a little while to get over the habit of smoking..you're already over the addiction...it's the habit that keeps us going back to it again & again. When I got those thoughts of "go ahead, light one up" I would stop and think of the reasons why I quit in the first place, what it would feel like to start the quitting process over again <*gasp! horrors!*> then I would allow myself recall of the taste of a cigarette...and believe me, after not having one for a few months, the mere thought of what it would taste like is quite repulsive!! When you look at smokers and realize how hooked you were, how bad you smelled and how offensive it really is to others, you truly do not want to light up again...and you get over it...then you move forward free of that habit!!
2007-03-19 07:32:38 · answer #8 · answered by auntcookie84 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Congratulation to u cos u ve a good start n it's wise decision!!Smoking kill u n u family too!!
It hard at first..but it getting easier & easier!! Then u will off forever! U should ve determination n get u family to support u!!
I've friend who quite smoking after 6 mths. He can't stop himself from smoking when there's smell of burning cigarette!! But now he's a FREE MAN!!
Hope u FREE too!! U r not far from t freedom!!
2007-03-19 07:36:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will get easier and occur less often as time goes along. The main times you will notice it are the times when you used to light up like after a meal or while driving along in the car.
I find myself every now and then checking my shirt pocket to see if my cigarettes are there and I quit about 9 months ago.
Hang in there. The worst of it is over.
2007-03-19 07:30:22 · answer #10 · answered by don n 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋