28 Oct 04
Hi. My name is Danny. I have been a non-smoker for 22 days. I smoked (cigarettes) for the past 11 years & although I feel like sh*t right now ... I know that (this immediate torture that I am going through) will soon go away.
I just wanted to let all you guys & girls know that I have not been in a good mood lately.
Also, that I have been very emotional. My wife says that I remind her of herself while she is having her period 🙄
So, anyway, I just wanted to let you all know that I am a non-smoker & proud to be too!!!
D.
28 Oct 04
That's great, congratulations. I am cigarette free myself since October 1st after 14 years of smoking a pack a day. I found the second and third week to be the worse. (Many many nasty fights with my girlfriend, started by me.😳) But it is slowly getting better and I’m starting to become happy I stuck with it. Got too damn sick of paying the tobacco industry to slowly kill me. Hang in there, it’s worth it! 😀
28 Oct 04
Originally posted by ArmerRitterMy gf is a smoker, and tries continuously to give up. The thing is, we always end up fighting on day 4 or 5, and she rushes out and buys a packet of cigs.
I found the second and third week to be the worse. (Many many nasty fights with my girlfriend, started by me.😳)
Now, what I'm wondering is this. Are the fights because she is in a lousy mood due to withdrawals or are the fights staged, so that she can get pissed off, rush out to the shops, rush home, and start sucking them lovely cancer sticks because of me.
I reckon its probably the first option, but so often it seems a bit tooo coincidental that the first thing she does after these fights on day 4/5 is rush out to buy some cancer sticks. I have to add here, that we don't row every 4 or 5 days in normal circumstances.
Anybody got any experience/advice about this?
: D
28 Oct 04
Originally posted by RagnorakI suffered from the same thing with my ex-girlfriend. She would try and quit for a couple days, then go off on me, then start smoking like a chimney almost immediately. And if I said anything about it she would yell back, "It's hard! You don't know!" I blamed it squarely on the withdrawals since I have always been the perfect boyfriend 🙂
My gf is a smoker, and tries continuously to give up. The thing is, we always end up fighting on day 4 or 5, and she rushes out and buys a packet of cigs.
Now, what I'm wondering is this. Are the fights because she is in a lousy mood due to withdrawals or are the fights staged, so that she can get pissed off, rush out to the shops, rush home, and star ...[text shortened]... ery 4 or 5 days in normal circumstances.
Anybody got any experience/advice about this?
: D
And if you're reading this Yvonne, I quit and I didn't freak out on anybody so it's YOU that's got the problem, not me... you Harlet!
Sorry about that everybody....
28 Oct 04
Originally posted by darvlayI am totally stunned & amazed this fine Wednesday morning ...
I gave up my pack-a-day habit exactly ten months ago to the day. And since then, I feel at least 673 times better than I did. What they say is true though, non-smokers are more sanctimonious than born again christians.
Good Work Danny! Keep it up!
Last night I was in a horrible mood ... I yelled at my kids (for no apparent reason), I ignored my wife (when she told me to go outside & take a walk-because I was yelling at my kids:'( ) & here I am now; I am feeling great this morning (although I really regret what happened last night), but I just wanted to say thanks to all for the support (I really need it). Quitting smoking is very & truly difficult (especially for the ones around us).
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28 Oct 04
Originally posted by dannypitanyRock on. I had my last smoke nine months ago. I'm an experienced quitter, having done it many times now 😉
I am totally stunned & amazed this fine Wednesday morning ...
Last night I was in a horrible mood ... I yelled at my kids (for no apparent reason), I ignored my wife (when she told me to go outside & take a walk-because I was yelling at my kids:'( ) & here I am now; I am feeling great this morning (although I really regret what happened last night), ...[text shortened]... need it). Quitting smoking is very & truly difficult (especially for the ones around us).
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But this time's the last. It's so hard, I don't ever want to do it again.
Don't ever fool yourself into thinking you can have 'just one.' If you do, you and your family will have to go through all this again the next time you quit!
I used to take my smokes to work with me in a little cigar tin in my pocket. When I quit, I put a picture of my family and a few verses from the Bible in that tin, in my pocket. When I needed a cigarette, I took some deep breaths and had long look at my wife and kids. Always did the trick! (if you're not into the Bible, try a list of reasons why you want to quit).
Hang in there. They say ex-smokers are unbearable, but this ex-smoker (and so many others in this thread!) is here to listen if you need to vent about cravings or something.
-Larry