Hello everyone, I joined last week. Took the plunge on Dec. 22, 2009 at 8:00 p.m. and had my last cigarette. I had on standby the patch, lozenge, gum and my pacifer fake plastic cigarette to place in my mouth. I was trying to do it cold turkey. Christmas evening at my sister's get together.....smokers were smoking in the house. I did not cave in...I said to everyone literally the hours, not days that I had not lit up. It was hard. I did my work before hand. This was the second try to quit....at work I had just said to heck with it and slipped. So, it was a victory to have a long holiday weekend. IT IS HARD at times. Thanks to this site and reading the blogs, I have learned a lot. I discovered that I wasn't going to get the family support but that's okay. I am doing this for me. Especially if I want to stay alive. The one thing I did notice that on the third day of going cold turkey at night I was literally coughing and coughing and coughing. That made a sobering impression on me! I thought I could continue without a stop smoking aid and yes, I was scared, trading cigarette nicotine for another, you know what I am trying to say. Today, at l:45 p.m. I placed a 2mg cherry lozenge in my mouth. Right now, I am doing one moment at a time. Tomorrow I will take the lozenge with me to work. I had to change my routine and psyche myself up. The cravings come and go and I have to do a lot of self talk but am determined. One moment at a time, especially handling the triggers. Thanks for listening. Any encouragemet appreciated.
