well, sorry for your crappy day, but YAY for your smoke-free week! That is a major accomplishment!
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Congratulations - it is hard, but it can be done. Stick with it!
Wow! Crappy Day? Tell yourself that you made yet another day without a smoke. Now that's something to be happy about! Congratulations on your first week.
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bama chick good for you
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that's awesome also thanks everybody for the support now to drop my seriously high caffeine intake and new sunflower addictionFound something to feed the birds
I guess somebody's momma never taught them not to play with their food . . . .Found something to feed the birds
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One issue at a time, bamachicks! Your body kinda needs SOMETHING to hang onto while you're dealing with one "brand" of physical, emotional and habitual withdrawal.
The caffeine withdrawal can be brutal, with raging headaches and other physical symptoms. Don't do it cold-turkey, but in stages, replacing some of your caffeinated drinks with non- caffeinated ones. (Words of my doctor - not that I followed through on that one...)
The sunflower seeds are replacing the hand-to-mouth ritual from smoking, that oral satisfaction. Try baby carrots, or celery stalks so you don't add so much salt to your diet.
Good luck!
And just so's ya know, I am neither caffeine nor smoke free, so who am I to give advice?!
The caffeine withdrawal can be brutal, with raging headaches and other physical symptoms. Don't do it cold-turkey, but in stages, replacing some of your caffeinated drinks with non- caffeinated ones. (Words of my doctor - not that I followed through on that one...)
The sunflower seeds are replacing the hand-to-mouth ritual from smoking, that oral satisfaction. Try baby carrots, or celery stalks so you don't add so much salt to your diet.
Good luck!
And just so's ya know, I am neither caffeine nor smoke free, so who am I to give advice?!
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The strong cravings last for several weeks. As I remember, for me, the third week was the worst and then each week beyond got a little, tiny bit easier, but it took three months before I was no longer tempted daily.
I have been a non-smoker for 17 years. I had tried many, many times to stop and had failed, until I got pregnant for the first time. I quit and it really was not that hard, I guess because smoking was simply not an option. I vowed that if I could quit for nine months, I could quit forever. With that said, I have not had a cigarette since then and there are STILL times when I either think "If I were smoking, I'd have one now" or there are times when out of the blue, I think I smell a cigarette and have an instant (although very mild) craving for one. I believe anything that addictive should be illegal.
The caffeine thing is much easier, in the long term. Yes, the headaches are rough but usually only last a day or two and then you're done. As long as you don't start back, you don't have to go through the withdrawls anymore.
I agree with Gryeyes, one step at a time, Honey, one step at a time.
I have been a non-smoker for 17 years. I had tried many, many times to stop and had failed, until I got pregnant for the first time. I quit and it really was not that hard, I guess because smoking was simply not an option. I vowed that if I could quit for nine months, I could quit forever. With that said, I have not had a cigarette since then and there are STILL times when I either think "If I were smoking, I'd have one now" or there are times when out of the blue, I think I smell a cigarette and have an instant (although very mild) craving for one. I believe anything that addictive should be illegal.
The caffeine thing is much easier, in the long term. Yes, the headaches are rough but usually only last a day or two and then you're done. As long as you don't start back, you don't have to go through the withdrawls anymore.
I agree with Gryeyes, one step at a time, Honey, one step at a time.
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