If so, did you notice that - once you'd kicked the demon weed - your moods improved?

my 'mood' had improved before i quit

that enabled me to concider quittin...

Physically I felt nothing but good as a result of quitting. Right from the start, it was a removal of a negative.

Psychologically, there are still times all these years later where I think "I should buy a pack of cigarettes!" Then a second later I snap out of it.

NDRU said:

Physically I felt nothing but good as a result of quitting. Right from the start, it was a removal of a negative.

Psychologically, there are still times all these years later where I think "I should buy a pack of cigarettes!" Then a second later I snap out of it.

There are some folks who say the urge never really goes away for them. It can come up when you least expect it.

I have not had that expereince. I have absolutely no desire to smoke and honestly never get pangs of wanting one. Quite the opposite, it grosses me out.

I have not noticed any changes in mood as a consequence. Lots happened when I quit, though. That's when I really got things together - started running, started eating better, lost significant weight, etc. Once I saw success changing one horrible habit I wanted to see what else I could do.

None of that stopped me from having a recurrence of major depression, though. But that's just something I have to deal with. When it rears it's ugly head I address it (see my doctor, therapist, etc.).

I was one of those women who said " if I got pregnant I would quit cigarettes right away". Well, as embarassing as it is to smoke in public when u r pregnant I did for 7 months. It was horrible and when I finally quit I vowed that if it was going to be that hard to quit for me, I would never smoke again.

My babydaddy said I was a real bitch when I stopped and needed to light up again.

Really? You want the mother of your unborn child to go back to smoking???

Anyway, other than sugar, nicotine is my only experience with addiction. I learned that it doesn't matter if some folks can smoke just 2 or 3 cigarettes a daY, I CAN NOT.

TRUTH ACCEPTED.

Like Carrie, the smell sickens me now.

Deadflow3r said:

I quit 8 & a half years ago. I don’t recall any major mood changes, other than a general uplift from kicking a bad & expensive habit. I did put on a good amount of weight after I stopped, and it took me a few years to whittle my way down to where I had been.

The odd thought does pop up every now and then, but it doesn’t torture me - just the occasional vague memory of something I used to find enjoyable that hovers around like a distant moon, and I can dismiss it without any agonizing or melodrama. About a year ago I asked someone in our office for a drag off of her lightest-of-light menthol cigarette before she put it out – I had a memory of menthol cigs as being like candy – and I was amazed how harsh it was. I knew it would be unpleasant, but I didn’t think it would be that unpleasant.

it's been a year and a half now,

i still have the urge to smoke but i don't.

when i quit i was ready to quit and i

hadn't planned it. it was the day after x-mass

and i was thinkin i didn't wanna start a new year

smokin. i had one cig left and thought that was a

good a time as any to quit...

Still a current addict and I'm mean as hell when I go too long without it.

You could try this method:

I've recovered (although I still have a smoke from time to time, about once in two weeks; but I don't feel like I am addicted anymore).

However, the first 6 months were tough. I didn't feel well and was unhappy, and my natural reaction would have been to go for a smoke, but I forced myself not to. It felt horrible - I dreamt of ciggies, smelled and tasted them everywhere and I was in a bad mood.

Once I got around to doing proper sports again it improved, though. Now I'm fine. Running for ages like a hamster on coke and feeling good.

united1878 said:

You could try this method:

.. gawd he was twitchy as hell! & the litter bags, were they full of mars bar wrappers & haribo mix?

i gave up smoking about 12yrs ago, i just went cold turkey. one of the best things i ever did. wouldn't say my mood was affected but it is lovely not to feel like a rabid addict & i'm a bit richer also.