Just Do It
When I woke up this morning I did not think about quitting. During lunch today after a smoke I just quit. Threw out all smokes, lighters, rolling paper, and filters. I have known this drug was bad for me, man, my only uncle died of throat cancer but I just kept smoking. I tried quitting but I relapsed after 3 weeks. Hoping this time I stick. We all know better yet we keep feeding this dangerous habit. I want to stay quit this time, I hope to take it one day at a time. Here I go, quitting cold turkey, hope this time I stay quit.
Hey ! I feel u ! I also tried to quit several times but this time I think I’m done with this drug for real ! I got sick and can’t stop coughing for two months and I was even scared to check a therapist because I know my lungs are black and my chest is black from smoke ! It’s my first day and I feel terrible ! Hard to concentrate and been eating mad snacks and lacking energy but I’m challenging myself this time ! Just because I think it’s the perfect time for a change ! I’m not convinced I should smoke I been turning 30 on may 30 ! My skin got drie too so I know this is hard but at least I’m trying just need a strong will ! Everytime I feel like relapsing I think bt the times when I was a non smoker and I know I was doing pretty well ! I had better skin ! Better teeth better health ! The food tastes so good ect ....so yeah this is my motivation !!!! Courage !
Hi Kennie
Have you heard of or read Alan Carr's "Easy way to stop smoking"? I highly recommend reading or listening to the audio version if you haven't already done so. It makes you challenge all the reasons you believe you want a cigarette. After understanding each and every possible reason you think you want a cigarette is a product of having been brainwashed you will no longer want and therefor no longer crave for a cigarette.
It may seem with all the methods of quoting smoking that reading a book would be the least effective, but for me, it was like magic. It took me 3 or 4 times reading it and really grasping what the Alan was saying. I used the willpower method of quitting cold turkey and made it through a year being kind of depressed and miserable and continueing to have cravings. I refer to the state I was in as being an "ex smoker". Someone who has quit smoking but still believes they are being deprived. Once you stop believing you are being deprived of something, you no longer crave.
Finally, the last time I read and really absorbed the concept of the book, it sank in and allowed me to no longer want or crave a cigarette. This is a key concept that makes the difference between a smoker, an ex smoker and a non smoker. Make yourself think like someone that has never smoked before, someone that hasn't been brainwashed by the nicodemon that cigarettes "make you relax", or "help you concentrate" .
Thankyou guys for your comments. @NotThis Time, thankyou, I just got myself a copy of Allan Carrs book.
Thats fantastic Kennie! It took me 3 or 4 readings to really believe and grasp what the book was saying. Hopefully you will get and believe the concept on the first time around :) .