One big lie
I quit drinking just over 7 months ago and I’ve been telling my partner that I quit smoking on Australia Day, but with the occasional smoke here and there. Looking back over the past two months, I’ve had a cigarette almost everyday so I haven’t really quit at all. I am lying to myself and to my partner and it hit me all today. I really want to quit smoking. I exercise a lot, and I keep very busy so I don’t know what more I can do to just say no or not ask a friend for a cigarette. I bought nicotine gum so I am not sure how that will help. I guess I have no willpower. Any advice would be great. I am so desperate to end this cycle, especially while I am young (22 years old)
good luck and welcome
it is hard, use whatever you need to help there are a lot of NRT's out there i personally found that they hurt my throat but in the beginning i think i bought nearly every product available, patches, gum and the inhaler
the inhaler was good because it gave my hands something to do also writing stories and reading others stories helped a lot
i smoked for over 40 years and smoked around 40 a day when i stopped so if i can do this so can you
be truthful with yourself, remember you have to live with yourself and you know when you lie
so take 1 day at a time or one hour take baby steps just remember you can't have even one cigarette or one puff
for me the first 24 hours was a nightmare then as the days went by I just keep telling myself i didn't want a cigarette because i didn't want to have to start again
do whatever works for you hopefully this is some help
Hi Greeeer,
Good on you for outing the lie. Maybe this might be a turning point for you. I’m no expert when it comes to quitting, this is my first real attempt and I’m now in my second week. I’m on the gum but and so far the cravings are manageable. I think if I they were stronger I’d try patches or champix.. anything to keep smoke free.
It might also help you to remember your why for quitting. Make your reason as compelling as you can. By that I mean, attach a pain factor to your reason. For me the pain is 30 wasted years of sluggish health and the money lost in puffing it away. The pain of thinking about that helps with my resolve to keep with the quit program.
I hope this helps you and I wish you well.
You say you have no will power. ????? You have amazing will power to just smoke 1 a day, that takes a lot more effort than just going cold turkey. Just make up your mind a do it! What are you waiting for? You must not only be in a state of guilt , and condemnation but perpetual withdrawal. Just end it. To take any NRT would be more expensive, damaging and addictive than to what you are now inhaling. Please just be firm and say no more!
After 3 days the nicotine is out of your system. That is the easy part. Its the psychological part that haunts us for months afterwards sometimes, but you won't even miss it! Read posts here and wherever you can to learn about nicotine. Believe us when we tell you the path comes to no good end.