To think iabu to think it would be easier than this to give up

[Smokingmonstergotme]

Those that have given up smoking please come and tell me I'm not being unreasonable to find it so bloody difficult.

I really want and need to quit but I'm finding it was more difficult than I expected 😞 I just want to be done now and a non smoker so why is it so hard if I want it so much?

Every time I've tried to quit in the past I've never really wanted to give up so I thought that was why it was so difficult then. Now I want to I'm struggling way more than I expected.
I went cold turkey yesterday morning. Was going well until the evening when dc was challenging which caused a bit of a disagreement between dh and I later last night. I ended up smoking half a cigarette late last night after doing so well all day. I'm feeling all over the place today, pmt/pain from a recent back injury that is still healing/bored because I can't do much due to back injury/pissed with dh and tired from a bad night thanks to younger dc. I've had 2 more cigarettes today despite the all that stuff I want to quit and I'm fed up of making excuses to have a cigarette just because things are stressful. Life is bloody stressful and non smokers (like my dh) don't need nicotine to cope.

Argh please tell me this is normal and I'm not bu to feel like it's just hard.

Don't give up giving up. It is hard but you will get there. Take it in 30 minute slots, congratulate yourself for every 30 mins you go without a cigarette. You can do this.

My friend got some kind of tablets from the GP. Maybe that would help? or the Nicorette stuff? You could try keeping the money saved for something nice...

Well my experience prolly wont help ...

I was in midst of a divorce when I gave up, I figured I wouldn't (and couldn't) feel any worse than I did about life so ... and it worked!

Little tricks I used, when the craving hit I (mentally) acknowledged it but 'decided' that I wouldn't have one just yet ... would tell myself that if I still wanted one badly in 30 mins then I would consider it then.

30 mins passes and I have forgotten/gotten over that bout of craving. Every.Single.Time!

Another one was (and this sounds stupid I know) I 'promised' myself that if I wanted to, I would start again when I reached the age of 65.

I'm 62 now and no longer have any intentions of starting again but the promise helped me with the 'Only one ... what harm can 1 do?' moments that struck for months after stopping.

Lastly, I accepted the idea that if I fell off the wagon and had a cigarette, that did NOT mean that I had failed (so, might as well start smoking again ...), it was just a moment of weakness, put it behind me and press on with becoming a non-smoker ...

I stopped on December 1st 1993 ... Best thing I ever did ;-)

Throw them away so you can't? Why are there any in the house?

DH and I both smoke and want tot give up.

I've told him that we won't succeed if there is tobacco in the house but he still buys it. It drives me crazy.

Good luck OP. I know how hard it is.

It is hard to give up- it took me a few goes, I started again and eventually stopped again etc. As others have said 'don't give up giving up.' I think that's a great saying. If you find yourself having a cigarette, just get back on the wagon of quitting straight after. If you end up buying cigarettes, you can also chuck them before you smoke them. I'm sure you'll do it- good luck! xxx