Comments on: I Gave up Smoking Six Weeks Ago. When Do I Start Feeling Good, Again?

By: Pauline rees

Pauline rees — Sun, 08 Apr 2018 11:59:35 +0000

I have also stuck a fag in my mouth at every opportunity possiblie and more but 7 weeks ago i gave up and found it suprisingly easy but very occasionally i get thisvurgecand it is getting harder and i dont want to go back to it any hints please will be very welcome

By: Miss S Eaton

Miss S Eaton — Fri, 06 Apr 2018 09:28:20 +0000

In reply to Tommy.

I Like that mantra….for every minute that sucks you get a minute extra to live ❤
Thanks Tommy

By: helen

helen — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 18:56:47 +0000

Just been to see smoking cessation adviser. I quit for a month with patches & inhalator then had (only a slight) relapse, smoking two or three ciggies. First carbon monoxide reading when i was a ‘ full’ smoker was 32 and after a month i’d gone down to 5. I was proud of myself so had a couple of ciggies this weekend. Today my carbon monoxide reading was 8 and the nhs nurse told me i’d ‘failed’ and was back to square one. She said i was like an alcoholic, and couldn’t have even one cig. As the daughter of a violent alcoholic, i told her there was no comparison! I came out of the surgery a mile high with rage and bought a pack of cigs which i’m now smoking. So much for nhs smoking cessation. I’m going to try again but after all the horrible withdrawal symptoms – short of breath, weight gain, constipation, diarrhoea etc, i needed encoragement and gentleness – not to be told i was like an alcoholic failure. I’m 52, started fags at 17, and am a ‘ binge’ type smoker eg i wouldn’t smoke all week but then would have 20 at the weekend while socialising. I just feel very, very angry! X

By: Zed

Zed — Sun, 23 Jul 2017 22:43:46 +0000

Im six weeks smoke free today,.. abd yes, i feel like crap as well. Im gainging wieght All i want to do is sleep. And ive been a smoker for 43 years. And i too smoked right after giving birth. Haha. Terrible. Ohh well. Ill keep plugging away at it. Dam i want one. But i know i needed this. I always said,.. if i started weezing and hacking,… im quitting. And the first weez i heard. I quit

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 18 Jul 2017 21:19:49 +0000

Never realised 6 weeks was such a milestone for kicking the habit. I surprised myself by quitting really easily at first. Battled the cravings without a big problem. It’s now I am really struggling. Miss the habit so much, feel like the colour has been sucked out of the world. I definitely feel physically much better, got so much more energy and increased motivation etc. Just feel like any pleasurable experience I ever took part in as a smoker just won’t be the same any more. I am hoping this will pass with time. I know I don’t want to go back to smoking but I really miss those little gaps in the day where I would just stand there and smoke. All the medical reasons are sound and I know it makes sense, but oh boy do I miss it.

By: June

June — Sat, 24 Jun 2017 05:57:22 +0000

To everyone who posted here please keep at it !! I too googled 6 weeks of non smoking…today is my 6th week! I turned 56 April 1/2017 and have smoked for 38 years. About 1 – 1 1/2 packs a day…sometime 2 or more when out socially drinking. I’ve tried almost everything, willpower – 3 days, hypnosis – lasted 1 month, NRT (nicotne replacement therapy) like the patch, gum, lozenges, inhalers of which I recently became allergic to them. And by the way I had allergy tests done back in my thirties and was told not to smoke as I am allergic to tobacco…which is probably why I cough like the dickens. Always had bronchitis and sinus infections. I coughed so hard when I had a cold in 2004 that I collapsed my left lung. Then in 2008 had pneumonia in the same lung. Dr. said if it ever happens again they would have to “cement” my lung to the chest wall to hold it in place! Not a good feeling when you cough so bad you can feel your lung moving around all the time (yuk)…I’ve had that feeling every day since 2008 !! Breathing is getting harder, walking, exercising, everyday life is getting harder. And coughing is becoming horrid…eyes bulge out, nose runs, pee squirts out (sorry but I am being honest) it is just not fun anymore !! My parents both smoked since the late 50’s…they have been smoke free for over 25 year now (my Dad is 78 yrs old and my Mom is 75 yrs old). My boyfriend just turned 60 and has been smoke free for 6 years now. MY TURN !!! I bought the Allen Carr’s Easy way to STOP Smoking book as well and it works !! He is from the UK but I bought the Canadian version, and it is brilliant! It is not only easy buy you can be happy as well…I smile and enjoy life like I have never before and it is glorious!! I do however, feel extremely lethargic since I quit and can sleep for 10-11 hours a day, not sure why? And I am eating more when I am not supposed to be but I can’t seem to keep it under control (I have gained 5 lbs so far) which is very hard as I lost 50 lbs in 1991 when I joined Weight Watchers and have kept it off until now…which has always been the reason for me to start smoking again – “the dreaded weight gain”! With this book I did not quit drinking coffee, alcohol or avoid any activity that involved others smoking such as drinks with friends or getting together with smoking friends etc. It really does work…no will power required and no nicotine cravings or withdrawal symptoms. If anyone is having trouble quitting please google Allen Carr’s Easy Way to quit smoking as there is world wide support! I have always told myself that I enjoyed smoking but I think I was only brain washing myself into thinking that. Now I tell myself that I am only going to go throught this “quit” once and come hell or high water I am going to ENJOY it and smile the whole time. So that is what I do…when I am having a bad moment I remind myself to smile, laugh and say “I am only doing this once so I WILL enjoy myself” …and it works. Just always remember…it is NOT a habit but an addiction and a psychological lifelong brainwashing that you can overcome.

By: Betty

Betty — Fri, 16 Jun 2017 02:25:57 +0000

6 weeks here . Smoked almost a pack a day. Feel like death eating a cracker. No turning back but pray I feel better soon.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Thu, 15 Jun 2017 18:37:43 +0000

Thanks for all the contributions on this thread . Trying to find other ex-smokers who are still going through hell after 6 weeks makes me feel better knowing that I’m not the only one battling with the ongoing withdrawal and side effects .
I’m a 47 yr old who smoked 20-30 a day for 32 years ..I celebrate 3 months of stopping cigarettes today and 7 weeks nicotine free ( stopped initially with a vaporizor 18mg )..I should be celebrating but I’m having another bad day. I have no energy …my body especially my legs and back are stiff and I regularly have numbness and/or pins and needles in hands and feet . I’ve been told I’ve changed by my partner ….he wants the smoker back ..after terrible, angry outbursts like scenes from The Exorcist who can blame him? I’ve gained weight :/ …I have dreams of self harming …but I guess that’s what I was doing as a smoker in reality? …It’s been arduous to say the least but hearing from the people on here that are further down the non-smoking path gives me hope that it isn’t never ending .

By: Eye

Eye — Sun, 29 Jan 2017 20:08:49 +0000

Hi all 10 weeks today feels more like 10 months, I hate not smoking the feeling you got on that first ciggy of the day with a cup of coffee or the one after your dinner bliss! I don’t feel any better for it in fact I feel worse. I wake up feeling exhausted my chest aches and my lungs feel flat which I didn’t have before quitting. I will be 67 next month I started smoking when I was about 11 just a couple a day which over the years ended up at between 20-24 a day. Last year I started having breathing problems now and again and the feeling of not being able to get any air in which was frightening my oxygen saturation was 93. Since I quit smoking my saturation level has gone up to 96 but I am still breathless and am now using an inhaler. Was breathless when I smoked and 10 weeks later I am still breathless, put on 4lbs all round my stomach, bloated all the time, nose feels stuffed up, headaches, heartburn, feel exhausted I dread getting up knowing I have another day of crap to get through makes me wonder if its worth putting myself through all this misery.

By: Mary

Mary — Wed, 25 Jan 2017 16:57:48 +0000

Hi, Friends. It’s 6 weeks today, for me! Thankful for this site and for y’all. I feel awful. Have had a cold for 4 weeks. I have had periods of acute shortness of breath, that just involves one inhale. Mske sense? I have gained 20 pounds in six weeks. That, of course, is ridiculous, and I allowed myself that, on purpose, because I did not want to feel further deprived of anything!! I am a Christian, and Romans 9:16 helped me beyond words. I agree that I, too, am completely exhausted, because it takes so much energy to avoid smoking . And I haven’t been able to concentrate on anything for this house six weeks. I still really want a cigarette badly and I just strive to get through each day. I am gonna keep praying for all of you and for me.