Deep breaths ….. altoids, something cold to drink. I think coffee is aggravting me to the point that not smoking with coffee is going to make me kill someone. This patch is making my arm hurt now. My legs hurt when I walked up the steps today. I’m slower than usual. I’m going crazy. Waking up this morning was brutal because I thought this patch was just going to replace that gnawing feeling in my stomach. I was very wrong. I think I was overly optimistic about this patch …. thinking it was just going to take away the craving and I would hold pens in my hand and pretend to smoke them. So its going to be rough today. Back to work, which will take my mind off of it. Then I’m going out to dinner with Jaime so that is about another hour I can focus my attention on something else. I need something to do from about 8 p.m. – 12 a.m. so you all better start volunteering to fill up my open time slots. 😛
Hang in there! I was a smoker for 30 years and I finally quit 8 years ago. I used the patch like you, and it is true there are still cravings. But the patch should give you an edge over the need. Don’t let yourself accept defeat. That’s the key. I know it is rough. I sucked on mints constantly and beat my head against the wall (just kidding). My husband quit with nicorette gum. I think chewing on it kept his mouth busy.
Don’t give up! It is soooooo worth it to be smoke-free!
Thanks! I kind of feel hopeless sometimes and think the cravings may never go away. This woman I work with quit smoking over a year ago but she likes to come out with me when I go on a smoke break so she can smell the second-hand smoke! Crazy stuff. Anyways … thanks so much for the support! I’m sure it will be all I talk about for a good while, so stay tuned. 😛