well done.
most of it is in your mind though, the headaches etc.
i smoked for 15 years and was buying a pack of 50's every single day (add that up!!) till one morning i woke up and came to the realisation that for the last 10 hours i had been asleep, id already quit and the hardest part is already over.
i emptied the ashtrays, put my half pack of smokes on the fridge and decided to see how long i could go before i gave in.
the trick is to have that half pack of smokes sitting there.
if you give in, its no big deal.
if you give in and have to go and buy a new pack of smokes, its IS a big deal and thats the sort of thing that makes you feel like a failure.
you should also not be told that quitting is hard either - it isnt, its a mind set.
if you believe it is hard and that you cant do it, you will never be able to do it.
i started with the mindset that i had already quit for the last 10 hours i was asleep and realistically, what withdrawls do you have when your asleep - none at all, so why should it be any different when im awake?
it shouldnt.
it was kinda like a game for me, i went the first day, knowing full well i could go grab a smoke any old time i wanted but i wanted to see how long it would take before i got these "mad cravings" and "wanted to kill" feelings that you so often hear about.
it never happened.
the first day came, the first day went.
woke up the second day, and it was the same thing.
didnt feel like a smoke, didnt have kill feelings either.
i figured id give myself 3 days and then i may as well call it done, id have quit smoking.
day 3 came and gone, no cravings, nothing.
smokers started to smell, the dryness in the mouth was going, i slept a bit better too.
so anyway, a week later, when you get this far, you will have the most stinking-ist crap youve ever had in your life - dead serious!
you will gag on your own smell, i kid you not, it is horrid.
all the toxins and chemicals have worked their way out of your system.
this is the point where food starts to taste different, you can pick a smoker as soon as they come near you - they actually do stink.
after a couple of weeks, you can breath a lot better, food tastes completely different (especially if you havent had something for ages) and if it hasnt already happened, you can be around smokers without being tempted.
your first real test - give yourself at least 2 weeks - is your first drink after quitting.
if you can have a couple of drinks and not have a smoke - your done, youve quit.
i quit over 2 years ago, i personally found it to be stupidly easy, no agro, no cravings, no eating the fridge, nothing at all.
if i had have been told how easy it really was, i would have quit years ago but like everyone else, i believed i couldnt do it - thats what we've all been told.
you dont need to cut down, you dont need patches or this other B>S stuff they have.
just get up and give up.
it really is that simple.
dont go telling everyone either till at least a week.
the less people know about it, the less pressure there is on you to not fail.