FANTASTIC!!!

Congrats on trying - and one thing to keep in mind - even if you do get a craving and give in and smoke one cigarette - you have NOT failed. You've just smoked ONE cigarette. After that one - just pick yourself up and continue on your quitting...

Good luck Sharon

Maybe you should substitute your nicotine cravings with all the freed up chocolate that Kevin isn't eating anymore .

Take Care®,

Vic

Start a diet at the same time.

In the past five days I've been so focused on what I've been eating (and not f**king that up) that I haven't even missed the cigarettes. Yes it's only been five days, but the first couple are the hardest...or so I've been told.

Or you know whatever. Everyone seems to be giving you conflicting advice which just proves you need to figure out whatever works for you and go for it. The diet thing (as f**king annoying as it is) really helped me keep my mind completely off the fact that I'm not smoking anymore. It also lead me to start screaming "I just want some f**king real food" in my car and led me to being jealous of my dog who eats like a pig and weighs in at a perfect 55 pounds (The doggie equivalent of a size 0). f**king bitch. (It's also led me to say f**K a real f**king lot.) So you know. Trade off.

Anyway I'm rambling.

Good luck.

This is great, Sharon!

I hope you make it this time, as I'm certain you've tried lots before.

I did the patch over ten years ago and it's an experience I don't want to go through ever again.

The only advice I can offer is it takes about 3 weeks after you're off the patch to get over the first hurdle. I hope you have support from family and friends because you're going to be the worst person in the world for those three weeks.

I'm not going to wish you luck though. This is going to take all the willpower you've got.

But, there is a benefit. One day soon you'll walk by someone and will immediately know they've just sucked on a death stick. You'll feel good about that because you'll know you smell like a human being while they smell like an ashtray; and, it doesn't matter how much cologne they splash on themselves, they still smell like an ashtray.

And, remember to reward yourself every time you beat a temptation.

You can do this!

Good luck!!

Krista

Never having been a smoker, I can't and won't offer advice. However, as someone who lost one smoking parent to lung cancer and the other to emphysema and saw first-hand a couple of ways to die I wouldn't have chosen for myself, I can and will pray for your success in kicking the habit. Best wishes to stay strong when temptation arises--that's not a matter of luck; it's a matter of will-power.

"I can resist everything except temptation." --Oscar Wilde.

--Rigel

Good luck Sharon!

It's been 24 hours and I haven't killed anyone...yet. So I'm taking that as a good sign.

It's been a whole week. Still haven't killed anyone. Gold stars for me.