OH do tell and let us help you with the bad moods, also everyone will know why you are cranky :) Hang tough, dont give in. :) lean on us for support, You can do this Tresa My Milage:
My Quit Date: 8/8/2002 Smoke-Free Days: 2143 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 51,432 Amount Saved: $9,000.60 Life Gained: Days: 306 Hrs: 8 Mins: 40 Seconds: 32
Theresa:
I guess I finally broke down and told those people that are effected by my moods because it just didn't seem fair to torture innocent bystanders. So the people who are forced to be in my presence by circumstance are now within the "circle of trust." Today is looking brighter.....and so it goes...... Lisa
I think not telling anyone because of the possibility of failure for me would be like giving myself an acceptable excuse to fail.
Does that make any sense?
I told the people I work with mostly because I wanted them to understand why I was behaving the way I was for the first few days. I didn't become as much *****y as I did withdrawn, I guess I was in some sort of nicotine mourning. From everything I have read and heard, the bad mood is VERY NORMAL. .
I told my closest family members and friends because I knew they would all be rooting for me and disappointing myself is one thing, but knowing I would disappoint them as well has helped to keep me on the straight and narrow so far.
I guess whatever works best to keep your quit on track is the right thing to do.
Theresa
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 6/9/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 11 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 187 Amount Saved: $37.40 Life Gained: Days: 1 Hrs: 8 Mins: 21 Seconds: 52
Hi Lisa- niether my husband or myself told anyone for a while that we had started a Quit programme. The main reason was that we were not convinced we would succeed, as neither of us had ever tried before.
Now we tell everyone and most people are interested in how we are doing (especially family)
And Lisa the bad moods will subside they get less and less, hang on in there you're doing great.
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 5/10/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 41 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 1,025 Amount Saved: $615.00 Life Gained: Days: 4 Hrs: 20 Mins: 40 Seconds: 33
I told everyone that I was quitting I think cause in some way to me it made me more accountable for my quit. I would have hated telling all those folks that I had failed.
Lisa
My Milage:
My Quit Date: 3/30/2008 Smoke-Free Days: 82 Cigarettes Not Smoked: 3,280 Amount Saved: $360.80 Life Gained: Days: 8 Hrs: 23 Mins: 51 Seconds: 7
I was wondering whether it was better to tell people that I'm quitting or whether it's better to just keep it to myself until I know it's going to stick. I was erring on the side of not telling people, ie those I work with, in case I didn't succeed. But I just now told my boss who has decided to lock me in my office. I felt compelled to tell him because I'm walking around in a constant bad mood. I was just curious as to what others have done and whether this bad mood is normal. Lisa
