You surely can do it, mink. You're doing so well and have been strong all week. Just one puff would probably taste disgusting anyway, and you'd be so mad at yourself. In the past I've found that 'one puff' or 'one fag' or whatever has made me feek so cross & upset that I've thought: 'Oh, bugger it', and gone right back to 20 a day.
Your parents will being going soon & temptation won't be there, right in your face. It's so hard, having fags around. Even just having parents around all the time can be tension-making (that's what I find, anyway). In the short term pls try to avoid seeing their fag packets (hard I know) & keep busy... maybe remind yourself too that you're lucky to have stopped, while they can't or don't want to...
CC, like you, I wish dh would hide his fags away. He has gone to glasgow to take kids to see shrek II (I am meant to be working!!) and has left fags behind. Not craving too badly today but in the past I'd have found it impossible to resist - being alone in the house, with fags very close by.
Mink - these cravings will lessen. Clean teeth, big drink of water, nice scented bath when you can manage one... it'll fade away. Another week and it'll start getting much easier for all of us. I think we're at quite a hard stage cos the high and novelty of quitting has started to wear off, and we're experiencing the less exciting (all right - pretty drudgy) realisation of knowing we cannot smoke again. Peppermint tea sounds good, will try that mm. Am not crazy about these things but I do find that changing certain other habits does help. (getting away from the coffee/fag association).
Me too - I loved the morning fag! When I really want it, I picture myself on our back step, in the rain, by the bin, embarrassed cos I know our neighbours can see clouds of smoking gusting over the wall, and on tenterhooks cos one of the kids could ping downstairs at any minute and find me madly stamping on fag butt - or dd (aged 4) would say 'Smoke came out of your mouth!' and I'd fib, 'It's just because it's cold & frosty outside!' Then upstairs for handwashing, teeth cleaning, breath freshening rigmarole... god I am so sick of all that. It made me feel about 2 inches tall (and often made us late for school as well!)
I do crave still (a kinda low level constant craving, rather than full on dementia at the mo) but am very very glad not to be smoking as I was so so sick of it, and nearly used to cry in despair over my lack of willpower/self control. It really is good to be free of that - copywright A. Carr (am ignoring my friday night blip, by the way!!)
Some oils would be lovely mink thank you - will email my address. Like cc I love being able to sniff at something nice to take my mind off cigs. It sort of heightens the fact that the sense of smell is so much better already. No throat gunge so far - but still a bit sweaty the odd night, and face is greasy with massive pores! Delightful.
Anyway folks am very grateful for this continuing support, you really are lovely cc and mm. see if emoticon works!