have you or your spouse/SO quit smoking? how did you not kill each other?
May 30th, 2011
my fiance and i haven’t smoked in a week, and we’re both so cranky and we’re being a-holes to one another. how to quit smoking and have your relationship survive? holy crap it’s so hard! we’re about to start again just so we chill out a little. aaaaah help! any words of encouragement?
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And who said I didn’t?
IT’s hard. you just have to know your triggers and avoid them to start off. and not let the non smoking part be your excuse on why your being rude to each other.
remember this is something you both want.
my husband quit after 20 years, cold turkey, and he is fine. he cannot stand the smell of it. he felt so much better right after he stopped
I am 3 months smoke free. Stay as far away from each other as you possibly can for about a month. Should be able to tolerate each other by then.
Keep on with the tricks that help people quit:
gum
patch/pills
carrots
crunchy fruit
exercise
other distractions…
And just keep away from each other when it’s really bad.
It WILL start to pass.
Congrats to you for quitting!
DON’T GIVE UP!!!!!!
xoxoxoxoxoxox
yeah we quit together. it was tough, but you need to remind yourself that it is temporary. obviously youll crave a smoke, it’s a huge addiction. you need to believe that those cravings will eventually go away.
i suggest staying busy, maybe take up running. i think for us we work out together a lot, which helps. working out relieves the stress too. plus, when you quit smoking you will start seeing all the improvements as you work out. when i was a smoker i couldn’t jog a lap on the track, now jogging 5 or 6 miles a day doesn’t seem like much to me.
They say never to quit at the same time, and now you see why lol. Keeping busy is going to be key here. Stock up on lots of healthy snacks so when the craving hits, you can replace it with something else. Have fresh veggies in the fridge with dip. etc. Go do things together that don’t link smoking…….such as a bike ride, or exercise. If you find that you are getting on each others nerves still, then take a break away. Go have lunch with a friend, or go visit family for abit. You both know why you are irritable, so try and support and encourage each other.
I was thinking of quiting to, can I move inn with you guys?
Your choice to quit at the same time is the only way it can be done. To be around each other with only one smoking will never work and its mean to the other person going through withdrawls.
You know you are addicted to a very powerful drug dont you? The chemicals in the cig is what your body is missing. Therefore the withdrawls. You need to go to a Doc and ask him for Nicoteen in a pill form and to take that pill as dictated period.
It takes longer to get it into your blood stream but it does help to curve the addition withdrawls.
Hope this helped.
I smoked(for ten years). He didn’t. I quit cold turkey. He was supportive and I was strong. I wouldn’t allow myself to cave in and cheat because I knew if I did, it would only make it harder on me in the long run. Anytime I felt like smoking or thought about it I’d force myself to do something to take my mind off of it. Chew some gum, eat some seeds & ect…
It wasn’t easy, but July will be three years cigarette free for me.
I hear ya, last time the wife and I tried quitting together we were at each others throats, and we both had really bad gas.