every morning I start out a little pissed because I can’t have my morning cigarette. someone please tell me how to get over feeling “jipped” from not having a cigarette in the morning. it didn’t even used to be a problem but I broke down and smoked five cigs at the Christmas party. I was drinking. Now I see that I can do neither, but the damage has been done…I was like 80 days stopped, and now it’s like day 4 or so…really hard…I am so pissed at myself. oh well…woooosahhhh woooosahhhh…haha…
ok now…I cleared my head and now I’m at peace again. been watching more movies on netflix…watching Angie’s movies along with mine, her turn, my turn type thing, I get to see movies I wouldn’t usually see…interesting. I would also like to apologize to @mortimermouse my bad dude, I’m going through a lot right now…good for you doing so well.
Try not to be too hard on yourself. Smoking is one of the hardest addictions to break. One thing you have gained though is insight of when your hardest times are. This helps you to be better prepared next time. .
d00d. Been over two decades for me and I still miss my morning ciggy. And after a good meal. And while out for a walk. I don’t think that ever goes away.
“Now I see that I can do neither, but the damage has been done…I was like 80 days stopped, and now it’s like day 4 or so…really hard…I am so pissed at myself.”
If you want your lung tissue to heal, you will stop smoking.
I stopped smoking years ago, cold-turkey. Something happened to me years back and I started the nasty habit again briefly. How did I stop again? I would not buy packs of smokes. I began Hapkido, a form of martial arts, and, because my job was pressing at times, I would buy one smoke from co-workers when needing to release steam. I did not once say to myself, “you failed to quit”. I knew quitting was going to take time, a few months at least. I did quit again for good. Another co-worker was p*ssed I quit and said she wanted to, too. So she and her boyfriend also took up martial arts to help them quit smoking.
To this day, I count on healthy whole foods to sustain me. I even have a list of amino acids linked to specific organs and food choices to build up my body as awesome as I can.
It took two to three months after I quit before my sense of taste and smell came roaring back. I mean, REALLY came back. You don’t realize how blunted those two senses become when you’re a smoker. I remember eating fried shrimp at a restaurant and it was like a supernova of flavour with each bite. Not wanting to lose this helps keep me from going back smoking when the urge hits, which still happens several times per day.
That being said, I do smoke herbal pipe tobacco in my pipe no more than twice per month, but I keep it down to a dull roar now. I think the no tobacco, no nicotine, no tar stuff helps keep your tongue and nose from clogging.
Yes I was in a very bad mood - irritable, ever since coming down on my antipsychotic.
I am ultra sensitive and like a raw nerve.
Trying to quit smoking can crank up the nerves as well - Hang in there @jukebox - you will see better days
I’m getting sensitive to the smell of smoke on myself. When I go to bed at night I can smell that last cigarette of the day and it is horrible. Just keep that in mind and you’ll wake up stronger about not wanting one. I did.
For us people who have schizophrenia, quitting smoking can even cause relapses.
Just beware of it. I myself tried to quit three times and I made downward spirals into madness again.
There are worse things than smoking. At least you aren’t on crack. I actually mean that, lots of us end up getting hooked on harder things than tobacco, the statistics are hideous, it’s been in my classes.
Be easy on yourself and taper off of cigarettes, I do not recommend cold turkey.
On a side note, 80-90% of us smoke, like really smoke, like a pack a day or more, but schizophrenics have uncannily lower rates of cancer than normal people. My habit is justified! But I’m 21 and have been really smoking only since I was 19, before that I smoked less than a half a pack a day. Like two packs a week. Now it’s about a pack a day.
I’m trying to quit. I’ve had 3 cigs since New Years Eve. The Chantix is helping a lot but I think it’s having a bad effect on my mental state. I had an atomic meltdown earlier today. It was pretty bad and the worst I’ve been in recent memory. Right now, after having slept a while, I feel kind of drained and hollow.
I’m going to stay on the Chantix and continue to try and stop smoking.
hang in there buddy, you can do it…the thing with chantix is that you are supposed to be able to smoke even though you find that on chantix the cigs start tasting really bad. that’s how it worked for me anyways.
Be careful with Chantix, it can make people without mental health issues a little wacked. My insurance won’t cover it for me. Be determined to quit on Chantix because you can’t take it forever.
thanks everybody, I guess it’s like day 8 since I’ve smoked so I am getting into the “safer waters” again. that first seven days was harrowing !! don’t ever tell yourself you can just have one and then stop again…it’s like starting alllll over…
when I first gave up smoking I was a nightmare I was all shouty and angry my boyfriend turned up and he could hear me shouting at the poor dogs in his car outside my house. after a while you can just forget you still think I want a cig now you just don’t have one. I cook curries now instead I can afford the nice spices and its not going to kill me ( I hope) haha
