I don't know how to get started..
I tried my first cigarette at 9, and became a regular smoker at age 11, now at almost 24 years old I just want to be done. I've been trying to past couple of weeks to cut back but I end up getting freaked out! I won't have a cigarette for 5 hours but then end up smoking 3 in a row to make up for the cigarettes I didn't smoke.. I want to quit so bad, for me, and for my kids.. I just haven't quit figured out the best option for me :(
sound like me and the addiction is strong but I am at day 29 and its getting easier as in resisting the smoke , so I figure if I can do it :)
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You CAN do it!
If we can do it, you can do it!
I'm going to be 50 years old next month and I started smoking at 14. In addition to that, I'm no ordinary smoker. You can't make me smoke those pathetic low nicotene ciggies. I need a decent fag and lots of hard drags on it. I burn down to the end real fast and need another one after that!! I'd probably out smoke most of the folks on this blog! Haha! Someone might not agree!! Well, thats the attitude I had as a smoker. I'm tough, look at me, I can beat you at smoking.. LOL!!
Well, I need to change my friends. I need to say " I'm even tougher now! Yeh, I'm tough enough to give up this smoking nonsense!!" I',m also better informed about my addiction because that is what it REALLY is! I need to come here now and again to remind myself! I'm a die hard nicotene junkie and my favourite form of injecting poison into my bloodstream is through smoking. If I don't take the poison, I'll be fine though!
I'll be two months without any form of nicotene at the end of the weekend!!
To myself and all those who struggle, just don't take another puff!!
For what it's worth I tried to cut back the weeks leading up to my quit date and I found cutting back more painful than going cold turkey. Because I could smoke, all I wanted to do was smoke. Once I removed the option of smoking, it was surprisingly easier.
A physical craving will only really last for at most 5 minutes. When I was cutting back, that craving would extend longer as I was thinking about the time I could have my next smoke and I'd go crazy thinking about it.
The cravings are like negative thoughts. If you feed them, they get stronger. Once I had committed to not smoking completely, the cravings were far more manageable as I wouldn't fantasize about smoking.